New layer of secrecy emerges at Guantanamo court

[unhappycamper]

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2013/06/10/193546/new-layer-of-secrecy-emerges-at.html

New layer of secrecy emerges at Guantanamo court
By CAROL ROSENBERG | The Miami Herald
Posted on Monday, June 10, 2013

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVY BASE, Cuba — When the war court reconvenes this week, pretrial hearings in the case of an alleged al-Qaida bomber will be tackling a government motion that's so secret the public can't know its name.

It's listed as the 92nd court filing in the death-penalty case against a Saudi man, Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, who was waterboarded by CIA agents.

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But what makes the no-name government motion so intriguing is that those who've read it can't say what it's about, and those who haven't don't have a clue. Not even the accused, who, unless the judge rules for the defense, is not allowed to get an unclassified explanation of it - and cannot sit in on the court session when it's argued in secret.

The motion was so secret that al-Nashiri's Indianapolis-based defense attorney said members of the defense team would not characterize it over the phone. "Literally, I had to fly to Washington, D.C., to read it," said attorney Rick Kammen of Indianapolis, a career death-penalty defender whom the Pentagon pays to represent al-Nashiri.



unhappycamper comment: This is Orwellian at best: We can't tell you what you're being charged with.

[FirstLight]

1. i am so disgusted by Guantanomo

it's more than a blemish on our 'democracy'... it's an example of how the US and all its 'freedom' is a sham.

i took my obama stickers off yesterday, for a few reasons, but this was at the top of my list. Here we are into his SECOND term...and Gitmo is still open for business, troops still in Afghanistan, drones killing civilians in Pakistan... all the things he said he'd put an end to and they are still going strong. (not to mention domestic policy...another long list)

meet the new boss, same as the old boss...at least rethugs are more obvious about their awfullness, seems like the dems just smile and shake hands while they continue to stab you in the back and sell us out just the same...