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Gitmo Drives Detainees Crazy: Lawyers

As trials draw near, prisoners' mental health at issue

By Matt Cantor, Newser Staff

Posted Apr 26, 2008 10:48 AM CDT

(Newser) – Osama bin Laden's driver can't help his lawyers prepare his defense because he's been driven mad by years of isolation at Guantanamo Bay, his lawyers say. The conditions "boil his mind" and prevent a fair trial, they say, an argument that will become increasingly... Read full story »

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