The Army officer in charge of the prison for war-on-terror captives testified Wednesday that he was unaware that the FBI had hidden microphones inside his compound where lawyers meet prisoners, did not know that Navy engineers had disconnected the bugs during renovations in October, and that an intelligence unit had reconnected them in December, on his watch.
Nonetheless, Army Col. John V. Bogdan testified that he had total control of the compound called Camp Echo II, where his guards are under verbal orders not to listen in on confidential conversations between prisoners and their lawyers.
"We understood that any listening to an attorney-client meeting is prohibited," said Bogdan, who is effectively the warden in charge of the 166 detainees here.
At issue is whether anyone has been listening in on lawyers, both military and civilian, charged with defending alleged mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four accused plotters of the Sept. 11 terror attacks.
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