“For years in the military courtroom at
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, there's been a subject no one could talk about: torture.
Now that's changed.
This latest chapter began when the
military commission at Guantanamo held a hearing earlier this month in the case
of five men accused of plotting the Sept. 11 attacks — a case that's been stuck
for nearly three years in pre-trial wrangling.
It was the first time the court had met
since a summary
of the Senate Intelligence Committee report on the CIA's interrogation and
detention of suspected terrorists was made public late last year. Raúl
Castro Demands Return Of Guantánamo Before Normalizing Ties With U.S. What many call
"the torture report" is no longer a government secret, so lawyers for
the defendants can now talk in court about what was done to their clients.
The change was readily apparent to
observers who've followed this capital case.”
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Note: A link to this NPR Report was added to our Open Forum blog post, "Guantanomo and Amnesty International." AI Madison Group #139 members can comment on the blog.
