The new commander of the Guantanamo Bay prison is seeking to impose new rules on communication between detainees and their lawyers, despite stern objections on the grounds that they violate legal ethics and constitutional rights.
The proposed rules, still in draft form, would allow a “privilege team” from the Defense Department to conduct security reviews of all communications to the prisoners and would restrict their correspondence to letters only, banning any supporting documents such as legal motions or articles about their case.
The commander of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility began imposing these new rules without issuing an order or informing the defense lawyers back in October, when he had military officials read their correspondence with the five defendants charged with involvement in the September 11th attacks.
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