Attorneys can visit secret Gitmo camp

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- Defense lawyers can inspect the secret "Camp 7" at the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detention center where major al-Qaida suspects are held, a military judge ruled.

Judge Ralph H. Kohlmann ruled attorneys for Ramzi Binalshibh -- allegedly a go-between for the Sept. 11, 2001, hijackers and al-Qaida leaders in Afghanistan before the attacks on U.S. soil -- could inspect confinement conditions for their client as part of a mental health inquiry, The Washington Post reported Tuesday.

The visit would be the first by any defense lawyer to a lockup guarded by a special military unit code-named Task Force Platinum, the Post said. Detainees housed in the camp include Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the self-admitted operational mastermind of the attacks and 14 suspects transferred from secret CIA detention facilities elsewhere in the world.

Kohlmann also ruled that a clinical psychologist chosen by the defense could examine Binalshibh's classified medical records. The psychologist won't be allowed to visit Camp 7 or interview Binalshibh.