US tried to gag Binyam Mohamed with plea bargain

US authorities tried to gag Binyam Mohamed, the former Guantanamo Bay detainee, by offering him a plea bargain under which he would gain his freedom in return for dropping torture allegations.

He would also have been required to abandon a legal attempt to obtain documents which he believed could prove his innocence.
Clive Stafford Smith, Mr Mohamed's lawyer, said: "This reflects the way the US government has consistently tried to cover up the truth of Binyam Mohamed's torture. Full Story »

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by Ben Ross - Mar. 27, 2009

Quick glance at the storm brewing as Guantanamo incarcerated start to tell there stories....England is taking a 'Rule of Law' view of the law. Unflinching documents the info ....No names of the "government lawyers" names so.. could add names and dates....sure to come out in trial.

Hopefully the actions of the DoJ, Armed Services, secret services and the Administrative branches will be held to the standard of any in investigation of a garden variety rapes or child molester.

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