[1] Initiated in November 2001, the Department of Justice considered this an expansion of an existing regulation; formerly, such restrictions had only been allowed through court orders.
The law specifies that information protected by attorney–client privilege cannot be used for prosecution; however, communications related to ongoing or contemplated illegal acts are not covered.
[3] Well known individuals who have been under special administrative measures include American Taliban fighter John Walker Lindh[4] and organized crime figure Frank Calabrese, Sr.[5] Perhaps the best known application of this provision was the prosecution of attorney Lynne Stewart and interpreter Mohamed Yousry for passing messages between Omar Abdel-Rahman and his supporters in violation of a special administrative measure against communications.
[6] After her conviction, sentencing and re-sentencing to 10 years in prison, she appealed on freedom of speech grounds.
[7] Other cases include Robert Hanssen, Syed Fahad Hashmi, and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the Boston Marathon bomber,[8] who never could speak privately to his attorneys.