US Scraps Plan To Limit Guantanamo Detainees' Visits With Lawyers

US Scraps Plan To Limit Guantanamo Detainees' Visits With Lawyers

The Justice Department yesterday withdrew one of its proposals to tighten restrictions on lawyers representing detainees at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, but said it would continue to press a federal appeals court for other limitations on the lawyers.

In a court filing yesterday morning, department lawyers said they were no longer asking the appeals court in Washington to limit the lawyers to three visits with detainees at the Guantánamo naval base, where about 380 men are now held.

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