"James Connell, a lawyer for Ammar al-Baluchi, one of the five men
accused of plotting the September 11 attacks, on Friday insisted he
doesn't know how to handle information pertaining to his client because
the government won't explain what's classified. He could be prosecuted
for mishandling classified evidence, he said, so "I treat everything at
the highest classification level and drive my IT folks crazy." It also
makes it extremely difficult for him to prepare his case. Connell said
the National Security Agency created a document specifically explaining
the classification of evidence in military commissions, but the
government has refused to provide it to the defense. "It stuns me that
no one will give us this information," he said."
From an article by Daphne Eviatar, Senior Counsel, Human Rights First.
The Military Commission hearing the case at Guantanamo has been adjourned until early December.
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