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February 22, 2013

Judge: Defense Lawyers Can Visit 9/11 Prisoners in Top-Secret Gitmo Facility 
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Lawyers defending five prisoners on trial for orchestrating the 9/11
terror attacks will now be allowed to visit their clients in a
top-secret Guantánamo prison compound for the first time, a judge ruled
Thursday. The suspects, including accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh
Mohammed, are jailed in Camp 7, a maximum-security facility reserved for
those formerly held in secret CIA prisons overseas. All five of the men
were held in such prisons abroad and reportedly tortured before arriving
at Guantánamo in 2006. Defense lawyers had asked for permission to stay
for two nights in cells next to their clients in order to witness
conditions in Camp 7. Judge James Pohl rejected that request but said
they can stay for up to 12 hours.

 

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