Lawyers To Get Access To Secret Guantanamo Camp

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) – Lawyers for the five men charged in the Sept. 11 attacks will get to see the section of the Guantanamo Bay prison where they have been held in near-total secrecy for more than six years. A military judge is deciding how much access the lawyers will have to top secret Camp 7.  Lawyers for the prisoners have asked for multiple 48-hour visits to evaluate conditions.

But a military prosecutor says the judge should limit any visit. Army Maj. Robert McGovern said at a hearing Tuesday that a 48-hour visit could compromise security. Camp 7 opened in September 2006 to hold men held in CIA jails overseas. Two lawyers had a brief visit in 2008 but otherwise it’s been off-limits. Its location on the U.S. base in Cuba is classified.