So is it is or is it ain't? (And WTF?)

The Justice Department is seeking to limit the autonomy of lawyers representing detainees at the Guantánamo Bay detention center, which has sparked a “new legal battle over the administration’s detention policies,” reports the New York Times....

The dispute is the latest and perhaps the most significant clash over the role of lawyers for the detainees. “There is no right on the part of counsel to access to detained aliens on a secure military base in a foreign country,” the Justice Department filing argued.

Link: The Raw Story | US Justice Department seeks to limit Gitmo lawyers