Report: KSM, other Gitmo detainees received laptops (without Internet)

One official opposed to giving the detainees the laptops said it was a mistake because the legal precedent opens the way for lawyers to appeal in court for the detainees to be granted Internet access – a concern shared by outside analysts.

“It is a slippery slope,” said Tom Joscelyn, a specialist on detainees with the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies. “It is basically moving the ball inch by inch. This is one more thing that we are giving to them, and there is really no good reason that Khalid Shaikh Mohammed deserves a laptop.”