U.S. Argues War Detainee Shouldn't See a Lawyer

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

New York Times  1 June 2002

U.S. Argues War Detainee Shouldn't See a Lawyer

By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 31 - The government argued today that Yasser 
Esam Hamdi, a prisoner from the Afghan war who was born in Baton 
Rouge, La., and is in custody in Norfolk, should not be allowed to 
see a lawyer for national security reasons.

Mr. Hamdi, 22, reared in Saudi Arabia, was in United States custody 
in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, before being transferred on April 6 to 
Norfolk, after officials learned that he might hold dual American and 
Saudi citizenship. He has not been charged with any crime and has not 
been allowed to see a lawyer on the grounds that he is an enemy 
combatant....

<http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/01/national/01TERR.html>
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Yoshie

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