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Judge grants access to secret Guantanamo camp
http://www.boston.com/news/world/caribbean/2013/02/21/judge-grants-access-secret-guantanamo-camp/IpH2JRXwSLqJ4k9zpAJAWJ/story.htmlJudge grants access to secret Guantanamo camp
AP / February 21, 2013
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The judge presiding over the Sept. 11 war crimes tribunal is allowing defense lawyers their first chance to see the secret section of the Guantanamo Bay prison where the accused are held.
Army Col. James Pohl granted the defense teams less access to Camp 7 than requested. Lawyers for the five prisoners facing a military tribunal for their roles in the Sept. 11 attacks wanted to spend 48 hours inside the camp. They also wanted multiple visits.
Pohl ruled that three members of each team can visit once, for no more than 12 continuous hours.
He barred them from interviewing guards.
unhappycamper comment: Gitmo is one of our gulags that needs to be closed, much the same as our terrorist training camp in Ga., formerly known as the School of the Americas.