Lawyers can question 9/11 suspect in writing

Source: Associated Press

WASHINGTON – Lawyers for a Guantanamo Bay detainee will be allowed to question — in writing — accused Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, a federal judge has ruled. The decision is a setback for government lawyers who had sought to limit the scope of detainee lawyers' challenges to the detention and prosecution of terror suspects.
In a written ruling, Judge Ricardo Urbina says lawyers for detainee Abdul Raheem Ghulam Rabbani can submit written questions about their client to Mohammed. Prosecutors say he worked for Mohammed, but Rabbani's lawyers contend he was just a menial servant, not a part of any terror network.
The ruling says prosecutors may review the answers before delivering them to Rabbani's lawyers to remove any national security information.
Government lawyers had unsuccessfully sought to convince the judge that any questioning of Mohammed by Rabbani's lawyers would risk exposing details of sensitive intelligence programs.

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Justice is slowly on the march.

Kick

no-nonsense, tough, and smart. A Clinton appointee.

They'll appeal this, of course, delaying and delaying, but the DC Circuit might respond to a request for an expedited hearing and ruling. That's a very interesting bunch of people, the DC Circuit.

This ruling from Urbina isn't surprising. The righties hate him................