Re: Guantanamo

From:john.podesta@gmail.com To: laurasnichols@yahoo.com Date: 2008-11-12 12:03 Subject: Re: Guantanamo

Tell them to ck in with todd Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile ----- Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:53:15 My daughters good friend at school father is one of the 4 lawyers leading representation of prisoners at guantanamo bay. They would like to meet with member of transition team in this area. This felt like one request I thought should go thru you. See his email below. Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile ----- Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 06:52:19 Laura, Thanks very much for getting back to me. The four lawyers are myself (information below), Sabin Willett (with Bingham in Boston), Charlie Carpenter and Steve Truitt (with Pepper Hamilton here in D.C.). We all represent individuals in GTMO who are cleared for release or, in some case, even not enemy combatants (such as the Uyghurs that Sabin and I, along with others, represent). We are interesting in briefing the transition team on the practical issues associated with men in our clients' positions. In particular, we want to make sure that the transition team has the information it needs to understand that many or most of the men at GTMO, contrary to much of the media spin lately, do not need a trial. They are not even alleged to have committed a crime, there is nothing to try, they simply need to be released. The Bush administration has, in fact, already decided that this is so but either refuses to release them or claims to be prevented from releasing them. This includes the situation involving the Uyghurs who were ordered into the United States by the first district court judge to hold a hearing only to now be tied up in appeals based on immigration law arguments made by the Bush Justice department. Please let me know if you need any further information in order to hook us up with the right person. Thanks again, George Clarke Miller & Chevalier Chartered 655 15th Street, N.W. Suite 900 Washington, D.C. 20005 (W) (202) 626-1573 (M) (703) 598-5121 * * * This electronic message contains information which may be legally confidential and/or privileged. The information is intended solely for the individual or entity named above and access by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the contents of this information is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this electronic transmission in error, please reply immediately to the sender that you have received the message in error, and delete it. Thank you. * * * 31 CFR Part 10, Section 10.35, requires us to notify you that any tax advice in this electronic message was not intended or written to be used, and cannot be used, for the purpose of avoiding penalties.