Sunday, August 23, 2009

Guantanamo Detainees' Defense Attorneys 'Out' CIA Personal?

If these allegations are proven to be true, and this is going to be the standard modus operandi in trying these cases, then the worst fears of those who opposed civilian trials of terrorist suspects has been realized.



I believe in the presumption of inossints as much, if not more, then the next guy. That does not in any way mean the CIA agents should be 'outed' to potential terrorists.



http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/20/AR2009082004295.html



"The Justice Department recently questioned military defense attorneys at Guantanamo Bay about whether photographs of CIA personnel, including covert officers, were unlawfully provided to detainees charged with organizing the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, according to sources familiar with the investigation.

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Investigators are looking into allegations that laws protecting classified information were breached when three lawyers showed their clients the photographs, the sources said. The lawyers were apparently attempting to identify CIA officers and contractors involved in the agency's interrogation of al-Qaeda suspects in facilities outside the United States, where the agency employed harsh techniques. If detainees at the U.S. military prison in Cuba are tried, either in federal court or by a military commission, defense lawyers are expected to attempt to call CIA personnel to testify."

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