Guantánamo Bay guards 'gave Fifty Shades of Grey to prisoner'
Source: Associated Press
Guantánamo Bay guards 'gave Fifty Shades of Grey to prisoner'
Lawyer's allegation comes after US congressman says he was told book was favourite among detainees in Camp Seven
Associated Press in Guantánamo Bay
theguardian.com, Thursday 22 August 2013 03.58 EDT
A lawyer for a Guantánamo Bay prisoner charged in the September 11 terror attacks has said guards gave his client a contraband copy of Fifty Shades of Grey apparently as a joke or an attempt to discredit him.
The allegation came weeks after a US congressman returned from visiting the prison and said officials told him the book was a favourite among men in Camp Seven, its highest-security section.
James Connell said his client, Ammar al-Baluchi, had never heard of the book until they discussed an article about the congressman's assertion on Monday. That night, guards in Camp Seven appeared with a copy of it, he said. The lawyer said Baluchi turned the book over to him, unread.
"He says 'no thank you'. He does not want the book," Connell said. "It's in my safe and as soon as I am able I will return it to joint task force Guantánamo."
The book does not have the mail stamp required for any material sent to prisoners from the outside, nor does it have a label from the detainee library, the lawyer said.
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