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=== News Update ===
9/11 :
U.S. says terror suspect shouldn't talk to civilian lawyer
By Associated Press
11/05/06 WASHINGTON (AP) — A suspected terrorist who spent years in a
secret CIA prison should not be allowed to speak to a civilian attorney,
the Bush administration argues, because he could reveal the agency's
closely guarded interrogation techniques.
Human rights groups have questioned the CIA's methods for questioning
suspects, especially following the passage of a bill last month that
authorized the use of harsh — but undefined — interrogation tactics.
In recently filed court documents, the Justice Department said those
methods, along with the locations of the CIA's network of prisons, are
among the nation's most sensitive secrets. Prisoners who spent time in
those prisons should not be allowed to disclose that information, even
to a lawyer, the government said.
"Improper disclosure of other operational details, such as interrogation
methods, could also enable terrorist organizations and operatives to
adapt their training to counter such methods, thereby obstructing the
CIA's ability to obtain vital intelligence that could disrupt future
planned terrorist attacks," the Justice Department wrote.
The documents, which were first reported by The Washington Post, were
filed in opposition to a request that terror suspect Majid Khan should
be given access to an attorney. Khan, 26, immigrated from Pakistan and
graduated high school in Maryland.
According to documents filed on his behalf by the Center for
Constitutional Rights, Khan was arrested in Pakistan in 2003. During
more than three years in CIA custody, Khan was subjected to
interrogation techniques that defense attorneys suggest amounted to
torture.
President Bush acknowledged the existence of the CIA system in September
and transferred Khan and 13 other prisoners designated as "terrorist
leaders" to the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Under a law
passed last month, they are to be tried before special military
commissions and may not have access to civilian courts.
The Center for Constitutional Rights is among several advocacy groups
challenging that law. They say the Constitution guarantees prisoners a
right to challenge their detention.
The Justice Department argues that civilian courts no longer have
jurisdiction to intervene in the case. They say keeping details about
the CIA program secret is essential because national security is at
stake.
"Information obtained through the program has provided the United States
with one of the most useful tools in combating terrorist threats to the
national security," the government argued in court documents.
"It has shed light on probable targets and likely methods for attacks on
the United States, has led to the disruption of terrorist plots against
the United States and its allies, and has gathered information that has
played a role in the capture and questioning of senior al-Qaeda
operatives," it said.
Gitanjali S. Gutierrez, an attorney with the Center for Constitutional
Rights, responded in court documents Friday that there is no evidence
Khan has classified information. Gutierrez accused the administration of
using national secrecy concerns to "conceal illegal or embarrassing
executive conduct."
U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton has not indicated when he will
rule.
source:
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+lawyer+-+USATODAY.com&expire=&urlID=20064711&fb=Y&url=http%3A%2F%
2Fwww.usatoday.com%2Fnews%2Fwashington%2F2006-11-04-
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