Appeals court upholds genital searches at Guantánamo

Source: McClatchy News

Posted on Friday, 08.01.14
Appeals court upholds genital searches at Guantánamo

Michael Doyle
McClatchy Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON -- An appeals court on Friday upheld genital searches of Guantánamo Bay detainees who are going to meet with their lawyers.

In a unanimous decision, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit called the search policies “reasonable security precautions.”

“The new search procedures promote the safety of the guards and inmates by more effectively preventing the hoarding of medication and the smuggling of dangerous contraband,” Judge Thomas Griffith wrote.

Defense attorneys contend that the aggressive searches deter detainees from talking to counsel. Last year, U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth agreed and ordered the searches halted. The Obama administration appealed.





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