POLICE STATE, U.S.A.: GUANTANAMO LAWYERS FIRED FOR "CRITICISM"

U.S. Fires Guantanamo Lawyers After Criticism

The Pentagon has fired a team of military lawyers who had volunteered
to defend the detainees held at Guantanamo Bay in military trials. The
Guardian of London reports the attorneys were dismissed after they
charged the Pentagon's rules governing the cases made it impossible
for any of the detainees to get a fair trial. The government, among
other things, wanted to [VIOLATE
THE MOST BASIC CLIENT-LAWYER RIGHT TO PRIVACY AND TO] monitor all
conversations between detainees and their attorneys.

Pentagon: Enemy Combatant Can See Attorney

The Pentagon announced Tuesday it would allow a U.S.-born man who has
been detained for two years to finally see a lawyer. The man, Yaser
Esam Hamdi, has been held as a so-called enemy combatant, a
designation that [ACCORDING TO THE GOVERNMENT] allows the government
to hold U.S. citizens indefinitely without pressing charges, giving
evidence to a court or allowing the detainee access to an attoney. The
U.S. said they captured Hamdi in Afghanistan in 2001. While the
Pentagon backed down on its refusal to allow Hamdi to see an attorney,
it said in a statement that the move should not be treated as a
precedent for other cases.

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