News Groups: Access Denied to Gitmo Case

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Source: Associated Press

News Groups: Access Denied to Gitmo Case

Wednesday November 21, 2007 8:31 PM

By PETE YOST

Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) - Five news organizations complained
Wednesday that they are being denied access to much of the
military commission proceeding against a Canadian terror
suspect.

Various arguments in the case of Omar Khadr at Guantanamo
Bay, Cuba, are apparently made via e-mail - a communications
channel to which the public has no access - and issues
apparently are being raised in closed sessions for which no
transcripts or summaries are available, the news organizations,
including The Associated Press, wrote in a filing.

In addition, the filing stated, the public is not permitted access
to motions and other documents submitted by the parties and
“even the existence of a motion is not currently disclosed in
any publicly accessible way.”

“The public is not permitted access to the 'Filings Inventory'
of motions, requests for relief and other written records filed
with the tribunal,” the five organizations added.

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