Prisoners to Challenge Interrogations (Guantanamo)

[Rose Siding]

WASHINGTON -- Four war crime defendants held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, are expected to challenge the conditions of their interrogations, the senior official overseeing their tribunals said Tuesday.
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...He said it is likely they will dispute the credibility of information obtained from interrogations at Guantanamo, suggesting that interrogation techniques used there forced involuntary confessions from prisoners, which, under American legal systems, are not admissible in court.

"I think that will be an important issue in some of the trials," Altenburg said.

Prisoners who weren't coerced but claimed they had heard such techniques were used on others could argue that they disclosed information involuntarily out of fear of later receiving such treatment, Altenburg said.

Military and intelligence officials have been under fire for using harsh interrogation techniques to acquire information they say will be used to stop terrorist attacks. More of the criticism has been directed at interrogators in Iraq and Afghanistan than at the Guantanamo prison.

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