One of the more frustrating aspects of representing detainees is not being able to tell them all of the details that we (the lawyers) are privy too- some of the information that we cannot share with our clients actually came from our clients in the first place. It is complicated and stupid but these are some of the rules that we had to agree to in representing our clients because the pentagon has classified everything that comes out of our client's mouth and it is a secret until it is unclassified.
Now it seems that CIA is allowing some of the men to actually talk about what happened to them-- not everything mind you....(as shown by all of the redactions in the Guantanamo Diary) but some things that happened to detainees are coming to light -- whether this is an actual change in the rules needs to be further explored.
With this in mind take a look at this article in the Atlantic.
Monday, June 15, 2015
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