Lawyer Unable to Meet Guantanamo Client: "A U.S. military lawyer representing a terror suspect at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba said he hasn't met with his client for two months because of delays getting security clearance for an interpreter.
The attorney, Navy Lt. Cmdr. Philip Sundel, said Tuesday there are few qualified candidates, and that the approval process for his choice - a German woman fluent in Arabic - is moving at 'a glacial pace.'
'It's a disservice to justice, and it's clearly a disservice to our client,' said Sundel, a lawyer for Ali Hamza Ahmed Sulayman al Bahlul.
Al Bahlul is charged with conspiracy to commit war crimes and could face life in prison if convicted by a tribunal. The United States says he was a bodyguard for Osama bin Laden and an al-Qaida propagandist who produced videos glorifying the killing of Americans. "
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