U.S. Seeks to Limit Detainees' Contact

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The U.S. government has proposed limiting contact between defense lawyers and detainees at Guantanamo Bay, according to court documents.

The government argues that it must restrict the detainees' communications, as news of world events could incite the prisoners to violence.

The U.S. proposed the rules in a filing to a federal appeals court in Washington that was examined by The Associated Press. The case deals with an Afghani detainee but the government wants them to apply to other prisoners at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in southeast Cuba. The prison camp holds some 430 detainees.

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In the court filing, which was first reported Wednesday by The Boston Globe, a military lawyer said security at Guantanamo Bay has been threatened by the introduction of a book on Abu Ghraib, a speech given at an Amnesty International conference about the war on terror, and other materials.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6171547,00.html

[LynnTheDem]

1. bush LIED AGAIN.

Gee how very shocking.