'Deeply Unsettling': Allegation of Translator Link to CIA Torture Site Halts 9/11 Hearing

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Published on
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
byCommon Dreams

At Guantánamo Bay hearing, accused men say court translator was present at "black site" where they were tortured.

byAndrea Germanos, staff writer

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"The courtroom at Guantánamo Bay is piling further injustice on top of impunity for torture," stated Amnesty International's Anne FitzGerald. (Photo: Justin Norman/flickr/cc)

The pre-trial hearing for five men suspected of plotting the September 11 attacks was suspended on Monday after two of the men said that a courtroom interpreter was also present at a CIA "black site" where they were tortured.

Amnesty International said the incident marked "just the latest in a string of serious incidents that have marked the inherently unfair military commission process at Guantánamo Bay."

According to media reports, the allegation first came from 42-year-old Ramzi bin al Shibh, who told presiding judge Col. James Pohl soon into the hearing taking place at the U.S. prison in Guantánamo Bay, "I cannot trust [the interpreter] because he was working at the black site with the CIA and we know him from there."

Carol Rosenberg reported for the Miami Herald:

Full article: http://www.commondreams.org/news/2015/02/10/deeply-unsettling-allegation-translator-link-cia-torture-site-halts-911-hearing

[Judi Lynn]

1. It would be torture all over again seeing this man introduced as the "courtroom interpreter."

It would have ripped the scab right off the psychological scars from the earlier visit to hell.

What a monstrous shame and horror it is having these sadists working for "our" government.

[Jefferson23]

2. Holy shit if this turns out to be true. n/t

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[Hissyspit]

4. kick nt