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.
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