Camp seven (Guantanamo)
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Camp Seven is the most secure camp within the Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba
.
Its existence was kept secret for the first two years of its use.
It was opened to hold the fourteen "high-value detainees" who had been held by the CIA, and were transferred to military custody on September 6, 2006.
The detainees held in this camp are forced to don hoods when they are transferred from the camp to their military commission or other purposes.
Lawyers for some of the other detainees, who faced charges before the Guantanamo military commissions were initially told that they could not interview the detainees held in camp seven, because that would be a breach of the camp's security, as that would allow them to know the camp's location.
When
Suzanne Lachelier
and Richard Federico offered to wear the same hoods the detainees wore, to visit the camp, they were eventually allowed to visit the camp, without wearing blindfolds.
They were however transported in the same windowless van as the detainees, so they did not know the camp's location.
On February 4, 2009, Chief Military Defense Counsel Peter Masciola
wrote:
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
.
Its existence was kept secret for the first two years of its use.
It was opened to hold the fourteen "high-value detainees" who had been held by the CIA, and were transferred to military custody on September 6, 2006.
The detainees held in this camp are forced to don hoods when they are transferred from the camp to their military commission or other purposes.
Lawyers for some of the other detainees, who faced charges before the Guantanamo military commissions were initially told that they could not interview the detainees held in camp seven, because that would be a breach of the camp's security, as that would allow them to know the camp's location.
When
Suzanne Lachelier
Suzanne Lachelier
Suzanne Lachelier is an American lawyer and commander in the United States Navy.Lachelier lived in France, in Orgeval, until 1983. She is fluent in French...
and Richard Federico offered to wear the same hoods the detainees wore, to visit the camp, they were eventually allowed to visit the camp, without wearing blindfolds.
They were however transported in the same windowless van as the detainees, so they did not know the camp's location.
On February 4, 2009, Chief Military Defense Counsel Peter Masciola
Peter Masciola
Colonel Peter Masciola served as the Chief Defense Counsel for the Office of Military Commissions in 2008 and 2009.He was appointed in the fall of 2008.Masciola was President of the Judge Advocate Association in 2001-2002....
wrote: