I have written extensively about the crucial importance of Guantanamo in the current regime's drive to uncontested, absolute power, and the related issue of the destruction of habeas corpus by means of the profoundly loathsome Military Commissions Act; [..]
Now, the NYT brings us this news:
The Justice Department has asked a federal appeals court to impose tighter restrictions on the hundreds of lawyers who represent detainees at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, and the request has become a central issue in a new legal battle over the administration's detention policies...read on
Jeralyn at TalkLeft has more...