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The case of Binyam Mohamed is moving forward regardless of the denial that it even exists. Yesterday, U.K.Judges agreed to reopen the case next month in regards to disclosure of the "alleged" torture evidence..

Yesterday, Air Force Lt. Col. Yvonne Bradley, representing Binyam Mohamed, met with several lawmakers in London. Although Mohamed's release will ultimately be determined by his American captors, Bradley says Britain has the power to put more pressure on Obama.

Well the pressure came today in the U.K. papers - Binyam Mohamed torture evidence 'hidden from Obama'

Letter to president about Binyam Mohamed was blanked out, say campaigners as they prepare for Guantánamo prisoner's release to UK
http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-files/Guardian/documents/2009/02/11/CSSlettertoObama.pdf
In his letter, Stafford Smith tells Obama he should be aware of the "bizarre reality" of the situation. "You, as commander in chief, are being denied access to material that would help prove that crimes have been committed by US personnel. This decision is being made by the very people who you command." The letter and its blanked-out attachment were disclosed as two high court judges yesterday agreed to reopen the court case.

US-appointed military lawyer, Lieutenant Colonel Yvonne Bradley said; ''Sooner or later, all those things that were done in the dark corners of Morocco and Pakistan are going to come out into the light. It's better to get this out in the open and just deal with rather than dragging it out. It's obvious people were tortured. It's obvious individuals were rendered.What's unique about his case is the extent he was tortured and that the facts have been corroborated,''

Mohamed says that before he arrived at Guantánamo in 2004, the United States sent him to Morocco, where he was brutally tortured and interrogated. He says British intelligence officials interrogated him in Pakistan when he was arrested and that the British government knew about his ''extraordinary rendition'' to Morocco.

At the Pentagon, spokesman Navy Cmdr. Jeffrey Gordon would not say whether Mohamed was sent to Morocco. Nor would he say say when Mohamed was taken into U.S. custody. The CIA also declined to comment on Tuesday.

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/v-print/story/897177.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/11/binyam-mohamed-release-torture-letter/print



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