The general overseeing Guantanamo war court defense teams has
issued an order forbidding his staff to sleep at the Camp Justice
compound following a new health risk assessment on cancer-causing agents
there.
Marine Brig. Gen. John Baker issued the order over the weekend in an email obtained by the Miami Herald. For unrelated reasons, the Sept. 11 judge canceled this week's pretrial hearing, meaning few if any staff are at the crude compound built a top an obsolete airstrip at the remote U.S. Navy base in Cuba.
"At this time, the potential cancer risk and non-cancer health effects associated with Camp Justice and any final conclusions (and risk management actions) cannot be determined," according to a new Navy-Marines risk assessment dated Feb. 23 that just surfaced.
Baker notified staff Monday night that they are forbidden to stay at the trailer park where U.S. military defense personnel are typically housed "until I am provided a clearer explanation of the health risks associated with living at Camp Justice, and how any remedial measures will mitigate those risks." The general, however, did not forbid staff from working on the site, where the Pentagon Office of Military Commissions has special top-secret computers and trailers to handle national documents.
Marine Brig. Gen. John Baker issued the order over the weekend in an email obtained by the Miami Herald. For unrelated reasons, the Sept. 11 judge canceled this week's pretrial hearing, meaning few if any staff are at the crude compound built a top an obsolete airstrip at the remote U.S. Navy base in Cuba.
"At this time, the potential cancer risk and non-cancer health effects associated with Camp Justice and any final conclusions (and risk management actions) cannot be determined," according to a new Navy-Marines risk assessment dated Feb. 23 that just surfaced.
Baker notified staff Monday night that they are forbidden to stay at the trailer park where U.S. military defense personnel are typically housed "until I am provided a clearer explanation of the health risks associated with living at Camp Justice, and how any remedial measures will mitigate those risks." The general, however, did not forbid staff from working on the site, where the Pentagon Office of Military Commissions has special top-secret computers and trailers to handle national documents.
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