Lawyers for 9/11 suspects ask to be locked up at Guantánamo None of the defence lawyers have seen Camp 7, where detainees captured and tortured by the CIA are held. Lawyers defending Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, and four of his co-accused have asked to be locked up for two nights in the Guantánamo prison in order to understand the conditions in which their clients are held. The US government has objected to the request on the grounds that it "could endanger the lives of those involved in such a visit" and instead offered an escorted tour. But one of the military defence lawyers, Lieutenant Commander Kevin Bogucki, likened the government's offer to the "jungle ride at Disneyland," where visitors think the mechanical elephant is real. He said he wanted a "full and meaningful inspection." None of the defence lawyers have ever seen inside the prison, Camp 7, where detainees captured and tortured by the CIA - including Mohammed, who was waterboarded 183 times - are held. David Nevin, a lawyer for Mohammed, said he wants to visit Camp 7 in order to understand his client's "behaviour and his actions in open court, and also his reaction to his current conditions of confinement." He said it was necessary "particularly in the context of a person who was tortured." The military judge, Colonel James Pohl, expressed surprise at the request, asking another lawyer if he wanted to sleep with his client. The lawyer, Commander Walter Ruiz, said he intended to sleep in a nearby cell. There was also disagreement over whether, if the request was granted, the lawyers would be able to talk to their clients and take notes. Prosecutors objected on security grounds. The request came on a second day of the latest preliminary hearing to set the terms of the full trial, as defence lawyers challenged what they say are myriad unreasonable restrictions and voiced suspicions that the government is spying on protected attorney-client communications though microphones in the court. None of the five accused were in court on Tuesday after refusing to attend. The defence team's concerns were heightened by an incident on Monday in which an unseen censor blanked out part of the audio relay from the sealed court room to the public and press without the judge's authorisation. Pohl described it as "if some external body is turning the commission off" and addressed the issue again on Tuesday, saying that only he had the authority to order such a move and admitting that he didn't know what technology being used in his own court, and who is listening in. However, he declined to explain what had happened in open court. Joanna Baltes, a prosecution lawyer, said that the "original classification authority" - thought to mean the CIA - reviews the audio feed but it was not clear if it cut the sound. Defence lawyers said they were concerned that the government and prosecution were eavesdropping on privileged discussions with their clients in the court room. Attorneys for the alleged 9/11 attackers also objected to a "protective order" by the military court, which requires the defence to provide summaries in advance of witnesses testimony, even where there are no security concerns. A government lawyer then said that would no longer be required. Pohl sidestepped a defence request to order preservation of CIA "black sites" overseas, where the detainees were interrogated and tortured. He said he will address the issue at another hearing in February, although it seems unlikely that any evidence of their use as interrogation centres remains.