Contraband Underpants Found at Guantanamo
Posted on Fri Sep 14, 2007 at 06:11:51 PM EST
Tags: Guantanamo, Detainees (all tags)
In the ridiculous item of the day category, who smuggled underpants to two detainees at Guantanamo? The military wants to know. They accused the detainees' defense lawyers who adamently deny being involved.
Both prisoners were caught wearing Under Armour briefs and one also had on a Speedo bathing suit, items the military said were not issued by Guantanamo personnel or sent through the regular mail, according to a Defense Department letter obtained Friday by The Associated Press.
A spokesman at Gitmo, Army Lt. Col. Ed Bush says this is a very big deal.
"There is no room for error when working in a dangerous environment, and constant vigilance is of the utmost importance," Bush said.
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Stafford Smith called the suggestion that he or the other lawyer, Zachary Katznelson, smuggled underwear to prisoners "patently absurd."
"Neither I, nor Mr. Katznelson, nor anyone else associated with us has had anything to do with smuggling 'unmentionables' into these men, nor would we ever do so," he wrote in response the letter.
Stafford Smith noted lawyers are searched when they enter the detention center and a camera monitors them while they visit clients. "The idea that we could smuggle in underwear is farfetched," he wrote in his reply.
Stafford Smith suggested where the military might redirect their investigation.
Under Armour briefs are popular with members of the military and suggested investigators check to see if the offending underwear was purchased at the U.S. Navy base where the prison is housed.
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