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Guantanamo Hearings Delayed as Legal Files Vanish

Posted by samzenpus on from the sieve-security dept.

houghi writes "The defense lawyers of Guantanamo prisoners have been ordered to stop using government computers for sensitive information due to security and confidentiality concerns. One News from New Zealand says 'In another case, system administrators were searching files at prosecutors' request and were able to access more than 500,000 defense files, including confidential attorney-client communications.' Due to all this, hearings were postponed."

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  1. Re:What kind of moronic "defense" lawyer... by wagonlips · · Score: 5, Informative

    You haven't really been following this story, have you?

    The defense attorneys aren't military and some of them are quite outspoken against their client's treatment.

    Not only the defense lawyers... http://harpers.org/blog/2008/02/the-great-guantanamo-puppet-theater/

    "Davis submitted his resignation on October 4, 2007..."

    "Colonel Davis is not just any JAG officer. He was an up-and-comer widely viewed in his peer group as someone in line for a star, and ultimately perhaps, to be the Air Force’s Judge Advocate General. He is also no whining civil libertarian, but rather a no-nonsense conservative, whose prior scraps with civilians in the Pentagon came over the restraints they put on his ability to charge forward and prosecute cases."