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April 12th, 2013 
Peter Nolan
“This new disclosure is simply the latest in a series of revelations of
courtroom monitoring, hidden surveillance devices and legal bin searches,”
he added.
Military commissions Judge Colonel James Pohl has delayed for the same reasons
a hearing for Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri of Saudi Arabia until mid-June. The
hearing for the man accused of masterminding the 2000 bombing of the USS
Cole had originally been set to begin Monday.
In response to the claims, the military’s chief defense counsel, Colonel Karen
Mayberry, ordered all attorneys representing detainees before the court to
stop using their computers for confidential email and court documents.
The email surveillance “follows on the heels of the seizure of over 500,000
emails containing attorney-client privileged communications, as well as the
loss of significant amount of defense work product contained in shared
folders,” said Commander Walter Ruiz, a lawyer for Saudi defendant Mustafa
al-Hawsawi.
The order to stop using servers and emails, “essentially cripples our ability
to operate,” he said.
Nashiri and the five men accused of plotting 9/11 face the death penalty.
During the last 9/11 hearing, it was revealed that all conversations,
including those whispered, between the accused and their lawyers could be
heard by government monitors, whether they took place in the courtroom or in
offices where they meet behind closed doors.
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