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Article: NO ORDINARY JAIL. THE MILITARY BRIG AT NORFOLK NAVAL STATION HOLDS 145 PRISONERS, BUT ITS OPERATIONS ARE ALMOST COMPLETELY SECRET.(FRONT)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- February 23, 2004
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Byline: MATTHEW DOLAN THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
NORFOLK -- Yaser Esam Hamdi slept here.
But little else was known about the military brig at Norfolk Naval Station , where Hamdi, the American-born "enemy combatant" captured in Afghanistan, spent 15 months.
For almost two years, the Navy refused to allow access to the brig or answer questions about Hamdi's confinement in Norfolk, which began in April 2002. Details about his cell, his security, his treatment and his welfare were considered classified. Even his lawyer was barred from the Norfolk facility.
On July 30, 2003 , the Pentagon moved Hamdi, 23 , to a military jail in Charleston, ...