Yes, illicit underwear. It seems unauthorized underarmour, and even speedos, have been smuggled into Gitmo. The terrorists detained there are actually wearing the illicit underwear and speedos. US officials are investigating. From the AP wire:

The letter, sent last month by the Office of the Navy Judge Advocate General to a lawyer for one of the prisoners involved noted both detainees are represented by the British human rights group Reprieve and suggested attorneys might have “surreptitiously” provided the garments.

“We are investigating this matter to determine the origins of the above contraband and ensure that parties who may have been involved understand the seriousness of this transgression,” said the letter, which was provided to AP by one of the attorneys, Clive Stafford Smith.

Stafford Smith called the suggestion that he or the other lawyer, Zachary Katznelson, smuggled underwear to prisoners “patently absurd.”

“Neither I, nor Mr. Katznelson, nor anyone else associated with us has had anything to do with smuggling ‘unmentionables’ into these men, nor would we ever do so,” he wrote in response the letter.

Stafford Smith noted lawyers are searched when they enter the detention center and a camera monitors them while they visit clients.

“The idea that we could smuggle in underwear is farfetched,” he wrote in his reply.

He said Under Armour briefs are popular with members of the military and suggested investigators check to see if the offending underwear was purchased at the U.S. Navy base where the prison is housed.

I think it is typical of the US officials to try to blame the Brits. Clearly, what we have here is some illicit contact by US personnel. Underarmour is very popular among them, and it should be easy to check who bought it at the base. But they try to blame the Brits instead.

The real story here, though, is about what appears to be a new terrorism tactic. Imagine, if you would, Shaker Aamer, Saudi Arabian terrorist mastermind and all around bad guy walking into a crowd clad only in a speedo. What I’m saying here may seem far-fetched, but we have to look into whether this is more than a security breach (with briefs) at Gitmo. We have to look into whether Aamer is actually developing terrorist strategies and teaching them to other prisoners.