Guantanamo a 'Black Hole,' Says 1st Civilian to Visit

[bicentennial_baby]

"NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where suspected Taliban soldiers are being held, is a "physical and moral black hole," the first civilian lawyer allowed to meet a client there said on Wednesday.

Australian lawyer Stephen Kenny, who last week visited detainee David Hicks of Adelaide, Australia, said at a news briefing in New York that Hicks was in "reasonable spirits" but "quite depressed about his conditions."

-snip-

"The Australian was the first detainee at Guantanamo Bay to be allowed a visit by a lawyer. Kenny was accompanied at the Navy base by U.S. military defense counsel and restrictions were placed on what he could say about his five days of meetings.


The government gave permission for the visit after the U.S. Supreme Court (news - web sites) said last month it would review a ruling that the detainees are outside the jurisdiction of U.S. courts. The court would decide by the end of June the cases of two British nationals, two Australians and 12 Kuwaitis, but a ruling would likely effect all detainees"

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=564&ncid=564&e=1&u=/nm/20031217/ts_nm/security_guantanamo_dc_1

[Cronus Protagonist]

1. I'm sure they would prefer to be treated like Saddam

But they're worse than he, apparently, because he's a "prisoner of war" and they're "enemy combatants".

http://bushspeaks.com/home.asp?did=151&dir=b

[JailBush]

2. Sounds like he's describing the United States. N/T

[LiberalFighter]

3. Could we send whistle-ass to Guantanamo when it is time?

Since they consider the United States Army Base to be outside of our jurisdiction. Then they could do anything they want with the stiff ass monkey.

Or we could send him to an American Embassy in Russia or some other country that would like to get their hands on him and then accidently lock him out so he couldn't get back in.