{"id":1172327,"date":"2021-12-30T10:49:12","date_gmt":"2021-12-30T15:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1172327"},"modified":"2021-12-30T10:49:16","modified_gmt":"2021-12-30T15:49:16","slug":"pentagon-retreats-from-transparency-at-guantanamo-bay-builds-new-secretive-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pentagon-retreats-from-transparency-at-guantanamo-bay-builds-new-secretive-room\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon Retreats From Transparency At Guantanamo Bay, Builds New Secretive Room"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpentagon-retreats-from-transparency-at-guantanamo-bay-builds-new-secretive-room%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1172327&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Pentagon is building a new $4 million war court chamber at Guantanamo Bay that will not allow for public access, The New York Times reported Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The new courtroom is expected to begin holding proceedings in 2023. Two military judges will be able to hold proceedings at the same time in the new chamber, and it will hold smaller cases, the NYT <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/12\/29\/us\/politics\/pentagon-guantanamo-secret-courtroom.html\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While members of the public will not be allowed inside the courtroom, they\u2019ll be able to watch the proceedings in a separate building via video, and on a 40-second delay. This separate room is described as a \u201cvirtual gallery with multiple camera angles simultaneously displayed,\u201d according to Office of Military Commissions spokesman Ron Flesvig.<\/p>\n<p>It was designed prior to President Joe Biden taking office, the NYT reported. One of the current administration\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/02\/12\/biden-administration-announces-review-process-for-closing-guantanamo-bay-detention-camp\/\">goals<\/a> is to completely <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/02\/12\/us\/politics\/biden-guantanamo-prison.html\">empty<\/a> and close the Guantanamo prison. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/19\/abdul-latif-nasir-department-of-defense-guantanamo-bay-morocco-state-department-ned-price\/\">(RELATED:&nbsp;Biden Administration Sends 1st Guantanamo Prisoner Back To Home Country)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7344813\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7344813\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA \u2013 OCTOBER 23: (EDITORS NOTE: Image has been reviewed by the U.S. Military prior to transmission.) A sign welcomes military personnel to the U.S. Naval Station at Guantanamo Bay, also known as \u201cGitmo\u201d on October 23, 2016 at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (Photo by John Moore\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The new courtroom is yet another example of a lack of transparency at <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/01\/31\/department-of-defense-guantanamo-bay-covid-vaccination-paused\/\">Guantanamo Bay<\/a>. In recent years, photography has been barred in areas once commonly shown to visitors, and places like empty wartime prison facilities are inaccessible to journalists, according to the NYT.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-axufdj evys1bk0\">Guantanamo Bay already has an existing courtroom that opened in 2008. Members of the public can watch proceedings live at this chamber, though they also hear audio on a 40-second delay. This gives time for those in charge to mute comments deemed classified, the NYT noted.<\/p>\n<p>Bigger cases, like the five men accused of planning the September 11, 2001 attacks, will be held in the 2008 courtroom. Despite being accessible by Guantanamo Bay standards, there have been complaints about this court\u2019s secrecy as well. A lawyer representing Encep Nurjaman, the lead defendant charged in two Indonesian terrorist bombings, has made complaints regarding how restrictive this <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/28\/joe-biden-defense-bill-military\/\">court<\/a> is.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve observed trials in Mongolia that were more transparent than this,\u201d the lawyer James R. 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