Who was Alfred Hitchcock?
Defense lawyers said they were curious about the meaning of entries in the documents that “Alfred Hitchcock” had visited Hamdan and other prisoners. “Who Alfred Hitchcock is I have no idea,” said Navy Lt. Cmdr Brian Mizer, a defense lawyer. “It’s obviously a code name for something.” Mike Berrigan, deputy chief defense counsel for the tribunals, called the last-minute submission of the documents “outrageous” and said it was another example of the unfairness of the tribunals. “It’s no way to do business and it puts a lie, to the world, that these are full and fair proceedings,” he said. Military officials had no immediate comment. The defense said it would seek sanctions as a result of the last-minute handover of papers due last December. Earlier in the hearings, Navy Capt. Keith Allred, the military judge, said accused Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and some of his co-defendants may have relevant evidence to offer as defense witnesses for Hamdan. The defense intends to call
