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September 23rd,
2009 - ACLU Seeks Bagram Air Base Detainee Records News article from the
Associated Press |
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ACLU Seeks
Bagram Air Base Detainee Records From the Associated Press September 23, 2009 New York - The American
Civil Liberties Union in New York has sued the federal government, seeking to
make public the records related to prisoners held at an air base in
Afghanistan. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday
in federal court in Manhattan, asks the court to order the Defense
Department, the CIA and other agencies to reveal vital information about the
detainees at Bagram Air Base. ACLU staff attorney Melissa Goodman said there
is growing concern that Bagram has become the new Guantanamo. The Obama administration
says Bagram differs from the base in Cuba because the roughly 600 prisoners
at Bagram are in an active war zone in the sovereign nation of Afghanistan
and present sensitive diplomatic considerations. Government spokeswoman
Yusill Scribner declined to comment. Copyright © 2009 The
Associated Press. External link: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5juyAGDy0ZSDycULqD2uF-iOXXvVgD9ASNOOG0 |