And the Chicago Tribune picks up on the oral arguments tomorrow in the DC Circuit on Justice's petition to limit access to counsel for the Gitmo detainees. Great point here:
As for the claim that the attorneys feed information to the media, that's correct -- and, provided they're not leaking government secrets, it's appropriate. The lawyers are the main source of information about the detainees. Their firsthand accounts constitute a big share of the public's knowledge about Guantanamo Bay.Justice is blurring the distinction between an attorney leaking classified information and one simply giving the media a firsthand account of life at Gitmo. The first is illegal. The second is just inconvenient for the government.
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