Guantanamo Commander Seeks Access to Attorney-Client Mail
Posted on Tue Dec 27, 2011 at 01:13:40 PM EST
Tags: Guantanamo (all tags)
Guantanamo Commander, Navy rear Adm. David Woods, has sent a 27 page memo to defense lawyers representing clients charged in military commission proceedings which includes a provision that attorney-client mail will be submitted to a security review.
The memo asked the lawyers to sign and approve the the memo within 48 hours. Instead, the lawyers filed an objection.
The defense objection, filed December 19, is listed on the Guantanamo docket "Defense Motion to Bar JTF-GTMO from Interfering with the Defendant's Right to Receive Confidential Legal Mail and Access to the Courts". The site says it is undergoing a security review. If deemed publically releasable, it will be made available to the public 15 business days after the document was filed with the court.
The next hearing in al-Nashiri's case is Jan. 12. On Dec. 21, Gitmo sent out this invitation to the press to attend.
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