Robert Gensburg
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Robert Gensburg is an American lawyer working in the state of Vermont.[1] Gensburg is notable for volunteering to assist a captive held in extrajudicial detention in the USA's Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.
On January 6, 2000 the House and Senate of the Vermont legislature honored Gensburg with a joint resolution, sending him their best wishes when news that he had been diagnosed with leukemia.[2]
Gensburg reported on October 2, 2007 that working for a Guantanamo client has led to his firm's phone, mail and email being intercepted.[1][3][4]
A letter sent to their clients warned them of their belief the firm's communication was being intercepted, and stated:
“Although our investigation is not complete, we are quite confident that it is the United States government that has been doing the phone tapping and computer hacking,”
Vermont Congressman Peter Welch spoke about the wiretapping of Gensburg's phones, and computers when he was interviewed on Vermont Public Radio's Vermont Edition on Friday November 30, 2007.[5]
[edit] Guantanamo clients
The Montpelier Times Argus reports that Gensburg had great difficulty getting to meet his Guantanamo clients.[6]
"There is no law at Guantanamo. There is nothing I have been able to do successfully to get the Army to obey its own regulations."
Gensburg represents Abdul Zahir, several other captives in Guantanamo, and a captive in American custody in Afghanistan.[7][8] Abdul Zahir was one of the ten captives who faced charges before a version of the Guantanamo military commission that was ruled unconstitutional bye the Supreme Court of the United States.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Wilson Ring. "Firm with overses clients says feds are bugging phones, computers", Burlingtton Free Press, Thursday October 11, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-10-11.
- ^ "NO. R-183. JOINT RESOLUTION EXTENDING BEST WISHES FOR A SPEEDY RECOVERY TO ROBERT GENSBURG OF ST. JOHNSBURY.", Vermont legislature, January 6, 2000. Retrieved on 2008-01-05.
- ^ Allan Holmes. "Lawyers Accuse Feds of Tapping Phone, Hacking", Government Executive, Friday, October 12, 2007. Retrieved on 2008-01-05.
- ^ Martha Neil. "Law Firm to Clients: Feds Tapped Our Phones", ABA Journal, October 11, 2007. Retrieved on 2008-01-05.
- ^ Bob Kinzel. "Vermont Edition: interview with Congressman Peter Welch", Vermont Public Radio, Friday November 30, 2007. Retrieved on 2008-01-05.
- ^ "Open the dungeons", Montpelier Times Argus, May 14, 2007. Retrieved on 2008-01-05.
- ^ Carol Rosenberg, 10th Guantanamo captive facing war-crimes charges, Miami Herald, January 20, 2006
- ^ "Vt. Law Firm Accuses Government Of Wiretapping", WPTZ, Thursday October 11, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-10-11.
[edit] External links
- "Is Vermont lawyer being wiretapped?", Rutland Herald, September 23, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-10-10.
- Wilson Ring. "Vt. seeks to resume wiretapping probe: Phone companies' alleged role queried", Boston Globe, September 26, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-10-11.
- "Lawyer for Guantanamo prisoner fears phone was tapped", Burlington Free Press, September 23, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-10-11.
- "Lawyer for Guantanamo prisoner fears phone was tapped", WCAX, September 19, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-10-11.
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