30 January, 2013

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVY BASE, Cuba: Strange censorship episode at Guant�namo enrages judge - Guant�namo - MiamiHerald.com

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVY BASE, Cuba: Strange censorship episode at Guant�namo enrages judge - Guant�namo - MiamiHerald.com: Unclear so far in these hearings is whether the judge knows where the black-site prisons were and whether any of them remain. Although he has a special security clearance to hear the 9/11 case, the CIA has not yet released classified information to the court because the defense and prosecution are still haggling over a protective order.

But to court observer Phyllis Rodriguez, the judge appeared “furious” and “livid” when he realized that that outsiders had their finger on the censorship switch of his courtroom.

“It’s a ‘whoa moment’ for the court,” said Human Rights Watch observer Laura Pitter. “Even the judge doesn’t know that someone else has control over the censorship button?”