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In the eleven years since captives arrived at Guantanamo Bay, only three artists have been allowed to visit. I\u2019m here drawing the Khalid Sheikh Mohammed hearings for VICE<\/em> magazine<\/a>.\u00a0Artists sketch through three layers of soundproof glass. There\u2019s a monitor for sound, but it runs on a forty-second delay.\u00a0The delay is to allow for any classified information to be cut.\u00a0The world in front of you does not sync with the censored world on the screen.<\/p>\n

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We sit far from the accused. Our opera glasses were confiscated as \u201cprohibited ocular amplification.\u201d Before we take drawings into the outside world, a court security officer must approve and sticker them.<\/p>\n

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These are portraits of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, defense attorneys, attorneys from the Red Cross, and families of those murdered on 9\/11. They are the only images of the Gitmo war court besides those of Janet Hamelin, the official sketch artist.<\/p>\n

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Miles away, in the Gitmo prison camp, 104 men are hunger striking. Forty-four are being force-fed. During the KSM hearings, journalists are not allowed to see the prison.<\/p>\n

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