Bill Puts Scrutiny on Detainees’ Lawyers -- New York Times
WASHINGTON — A provision tucked into a defense bill before Congress would direct the Pentagon’s inspector general to investigate any suspected misconduct by lawyers for Guantánamo Bay detainees, opening a new chapter in a recurrent political controversy over legal ethics and the representation of terrorism suspects.
The measure is part of a major defense bill that the full House of Representatives is expected to begin debating this week. It was added late last week, shortly before the House Armed Services Committee unanimously approved the legislation.
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My Comment: The detainees at Guantanamo should never have been given habeas corpus rights .... and their lawyers should never have disclosed and outed the CIA agents that were involved in the incarceration of these detainees. Having said that .... this bill will do nothing to address these facts.
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