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Admin Backs Down on Gitmo Attorney Visits

HeadlineMay 14, 2007

The Bush administration has withdrawn one of its proposals to restrict attorney access for prisoners at Guantanamo Bay. The Justice Department says it will no longer seek to limit attorneys to just three visits with their clients. But it wants to keep rules that would allow just one visit for prospective lawyers, deny attorneys access to secret evidence and allow military officials to read attorney-client mail.

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