Behind the Blindfold

Podcast discussing the government's use, and misuse, of its suspension power to interfere with Guantanamo Bay detainees' rights to independent counsel. Combined with the government's silencing of the detainees by denying them a hearing on who they would like as their attorney, and the government's blocking privileged legal mail subject to the attorney-client privilege, the governme

Episode discussing how the government interfered with attorney-client communications at Guantanamo Bay in order to select counsel for the detainees. Discussion of Rahim al Nashiri and Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, government attorneys appointed to interfere with their chosen counsel. Inability of Guantanamo Bay detainees to effectively be able to secure independent representation.

A description of how the government isolated detainees at Guantánamo Bay in an effort to shield them from independent attorneys. Describes efforts of the government, and attorneys hand-picked by the government, to ensure a narrative amenable to the United States and its allies. Description of the involvement of government and complicit civilian attorneys in ensuring that Guantána