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August 21, 2009

Military Lawyers Questioned for Seeking to Identify CIA Torturers
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The Washington Post is reporting three military attorneys at Guantanamo
Bay have been questioned for allegedly showing pictures of CIA
operatives to prisoners accused of plotting the 9/11 attacks. Military
officials say the lawyers could have broken laws shielding the identity
of classified intelligence. The lawyers were apparently trying to
identify agents who may have been involved in torturing prisoners at US
jails overseas. American Civil Liberties Union director Anthony Romero
criticized the focus on the attorneys, saying, “Rather than investigate
the CIA officials who undertook the torture, they are now investigating
the military lawyers who have courageously stepped up to defend these
clients in sham proceedings.”



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