Thursday
Feb122009
Binyam Mohamed: Guantanamo Torture Evidence Hidden from Obama
Thursday, February 12, 2009 at 9:52
From The Guardian:
London and Washington may want to act quickly, because yet more embarrassing detail on the case has emerged today.
Clive Stafford-Smith, Mohamed's lawyer, claims the US Department of Defense is preventing President Obama from seeing evidence of Mohamed's alleged mistreatment and torture. He has written to Obama:
Binyam Mohamed, the UK resident detained in Guantánamo Bay, is to be visited by British officials and could be returned to Britain shortly, the foreign secretary, David Miliband, signalled today. The US authorities have agreed to treat Mohamed's case as "a priority", the minister said, enabling Britain to work with Washington for "a swift resolution".
London and Washington may want to act quickly, because yet more embarrassing detail on the case has emerged today.
Clive Stafford-Smith, Mohamed's lawyer, claims the US Department of Defense is preventing President Obama from seeing evidence of Mohamed's alleged mistreatment and torture. He has written to Obama:
You, as commander in chief, are being denied access to material that would help prove that crimes have been committed by US personnel. This decision is being made by the very people who you command.
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