Further detainee rights abridgement - a world-class disgrace

shame, shame, shame on us... we have the unmitigated gall to preach democracy, freedom, and the rule of law to every other country in the world, and look what we do...

The US Supreme Court has refused to block government moves that would result in severely limiting contacts between Guantanamo war-on-terror detainees and their lawyers, a judicial source said Friday.

The court rejected a request submitted Wednesday by detainee lawyers to keep alive habeas corpus petitions by detainees to protect their legal rights, including access to their lawyers.

In effect the ruling could lead to the cancellation of arrangements established over the past few years that allowed lawyers to meet with detainees and retain sensitive records from Guantanamo over their cases.

Based on government recommendations indicated by one case last year, that could result in restricting detainees access to only one lawyer, and allowing the lawyer only three visits with the client, regardless of the duration of the client's detention.

as i posted on wednesday...

“These rules,” [Jonathan Hafetz of the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University] said, “are an effort to restore Guantánamo to its prior status as a legal black hole.”

where does it stop...? never mind, i don't want to know...

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