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: Legal Ethics ForumSpoliation of evidence issue raised in Guantanamo
Story here. The JAG lawyer detailed to represent Omar Khadr, Lt. Cmdr. William Kuebler, says that the Pentagon instructed interrogators to destroy notes that would have provided useful evidence for the defense. (Disclaimer: I've worked with Kuebler on various matters related to Guantanamo.) Key graf:
?If handwritten notes were destroyed in accordance with the SOP, the government intentionally deprived Omar?s lawyers of key evidence with which to challenge the reliability of his statements,? Kuebler said in an e-mail to reporters.
Full post as published by Legal Ethics Forum on June 10, 2008 (boomark / email).
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