Magistrate: Lawyer Can Meet With Detainee

[Judi Lynn]

Magistrate: Lawyer Can Meet With Detainee
By PETE YOST
Associated Press Writer

March 25, 2006, 3:59 AM EST

WASHINGTON -- In a decision that highlights the legal tension over the Guantanamo Bay prison, a federal magistrate has ordered the Bush administration to stop blocking a private attorney from meeting with one of the facility's 500 detainees.

The 33-page opinion by U.S. Magistrate Alan Kay chronicles problems that have hindered access to the courts for detainees at Guantanamo Bay, despite a Supreme Court ruling nearly two years ago that opened the door.

Kay's ruling may be one of the last by lower court judges dealing with Guantanamo Bay. President Bush signed legislation Dec. 30 that sharply curtails detainees' ability to go to court. The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia is considering whether the law also curtails existing detainee cases.

In an opinion released this week about a detainee named Salim Muhood Adem, Kay said 10 detainee cases have been at a standstill in the courts since October while the administration contests whether one detainee can file a petition on behalf of another.
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http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-guantanamo-lawyers,0,1127330.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines

[sattahipdeep]

1. Here in reality

The former Taliban ambassador to Pakistan has been released from a U.S. military prison

http://www.dawn.com/2005/09/13/int12.htm

Ex-Taliban Salam Zaeef Taliban Ambassador

Anyone see a problem with that?




:hi: Anyone?

[Kagemusha]

2. Ambassadors aren't the biggest threat to US citizens.

IMHO.