Posted on 11/04/2006 4:40:05 AM PST by Ready4Freddy
WASHINGTON - 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.
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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.
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U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton has not indicated when he will rule.
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This is not a good thing from CIA. First, what about their interrogation methods is so secret that it can never be revealed? It smells bad. Second, they're pretty much saying that because they can't reveal their interrogation techniques, anyone they interrogate can never be released.
'..can never be released.' - or perhaps, not released for a very long time.
About nails it.
“The good news is you have convinced us of your innocence.The bad news is we can never release anyone once they have been interrogated.”
So just give them a Camp Gitmo T-shirt, straw hat, a pair of speedos and a pina colada and flip-flops.
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