A Navy Reserves attorney who at one time worked on a Guantánamo war- court case filed the complaint with the Inspector General’s Office, listing the names of seven people who had been diagnosed with cancer in recent years and had worked at the war-court compound.
MIAMI — Nearly two weeks after a former Guantánamo attorney asked the Inspector General’s Office at the Pentagon to investigate whether the war-court compound at the remote base was linked to seven cases of cancer, a base spokeswoman said Monday that the Navy was aware of the issue and looking into it.
“The Department of Defense is aware of concerns about possible carcinogens around the Department of Defense Military Commissions site,” base spokeswoman Kelly Wirfel said by email from Guantánamo on Monday afternoon.