Legal row over Libyan al-Libi held on 'Guantánamo at sea' warship

Legal row over Libyan al-Libi held on 'Guantánamo at sea' warship

Exclusive: Lawyers say they see no lawful basis for US holding Osama bin Laden-associate Abu Anas al-Libi incommunicado

By Richard Spencer, Cairo
3:27PM BST 09 Oct 2013

US defence lawyers are demanding to be allowed to represent Abu Anas al-Libi, the associate of Osama bin Laden seized in Libya at the weekend, and questioning the decision to hold him 'offshore' on a Navy vessel and not to bring him immediately before a judge.

A letter from the New York public defender's office obtained by The Telegraph asks for its team to be appointed to represent al-Libi. He has been held on an American warship in the Mediterranean, the USS San Antonio, since being captured outside his home by US Delta Force marines on Saturday.http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/10367191/Legal-row-over-Libyan-al-Libi-held-on-Guantanamo-at-sea-warship.html