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Pentagon Plans to Close Guantánamo Detainee Hearings to Press

The Miami Herald reports that the latest military hearings for Guantanamo detainees are going to be closed to the press. "Officials have not been able to explain why the Pentagon is unprepared to fulfill its transparency pledge. First Amendment attorney Dave Schulz said he had been seeking assurances from the Defense Department’s Office of General Counsel that reporters would be able to watch captives argue for their freedom since soon after the Pentagon published its 23-page PRB procedures in May 2012," the Herald further reports.