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Defense demands abuse evidence in USS Cole bombing case
Source: Reuters
Defense demands abuse evidence in USS Cole bombing case
BY TOM RAMSTACK
FORT MEADE Md. Wed May 28, 2014 7:57pm EDT
(Reuters) - A Guantanamo Bay detainee accused of organizing the 2000 bombing of the U.S. warship USS Cole asked a military judge on Wednesday for a classified Senate report on CIA interrogation techniques as part of his defense in the death penalty case.
Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, a Saudi Arabian national of Yemeni descent, is accused of organizing the suicide bombing of the Cole that killed 17 American sailors and injured 42 in a Yemeni port.
Al-Nashiri was arrested in 2002 and held at secret Central Intelligence Agency prisons before being transferred to Guantanamo.
Al-Nashiri's lawyers have said he was tortured during his detention with waterboarding and death threats by military personnel using guns and electric drills. They argue that they need the Senate report to see if it contains evidence that would help them defend al-Nashiri.
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BY TOM RAMSTACK
FORT MEADE Md. Wed May 28, 2014 7:57pm EDT
(Reuters) - A Guantanamo Bay detainee accused of organizing the 2000 bombing of the U.S. warship USS Cole asked a military judge on Wednesday for a classified Senate report on CIA interrogation techniques as part of his defense in the death penalty case.
Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, a Saudi Arabian national of Yemeni descent, is accused of organizing the suicide bombing of the Cole that killed 17 American sailors and injured 42 in a Yemeni port.
Al-Nashiri was arrested in 2002 and held at secret Central Intelligence Agency prisons before being transferred to Guantanamo.
Al-Nashiri's lawyers have said he was tortured during his detention with waterboarding and death threats by military personnel using guns and electric drills. They argue that they need the Senate report to see if it contains evidence that would help them defend al-Nashiri.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/28/us-usa-guantanamo-cole-idUSKBN0E829C20140528