Guantanamo Lawyers Say Letters Seized

[Eugene]

June 30, 2006, 4:26PM
Guantanamo Lawyers Say Letters Seized

By BEN FOX Associated Press Writer
© 2006 The Associated Press

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Defense lawyers said Friday that authorities at the
Guantanamo Bay prison confiscated letters to detainees and other legal papers
as part of an investigation into three apparent suicides three weeks ago
at the facility.

U.S. military officials declined to discuss whether papers were seized or the
reasons for doing so.

Attorneys said at least one detainee claimed it was because prison officials
suspected the lawyers might have had advance knowledge of suicide attempts,
or even encouraged them as a form of protest _ an allegation the lawyers deny.

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The Center for Constitutional Rights, which has filed challenges on behalf
of about 200 detainees, plans to have one of its attorneys look into the
seizure and press for the return of papers during a visit to the jail next
week, said Bill Goodman, the group's legal director.

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