A US war court judge has threatened to halt the case of a Canadian terrorist suspect captured at age 15 if the US government fails to turn over records of his detention.
The Guantanamo judge, Army Colonel Peter Brownback, ordered prosecutors to give a classified daily prison-camp log to the military attorney for Omar Khadr, who is now 21.
He is facing trial on charges of throwing a grenade that killed a US soldier in Afghanistan in 2002.
Omar Khadr and his lawyer say he was mistreated by his US captors and coerced into making incriminating statements.
Col Brownback set a 22 May deadline for the prosecutors to obtain and hand over the log, referred to as Binder 2, kept by the Guantanamo prison commanders.
He called it an essential hour-by-hour record of Omar Khadr's treatment.
Halting pretrial proceedings in the case, which is being followed intensely in Canada, would embarrass the US government.
Washington is fighting criticism about years-long delays in establishing a workable and fair trial system for prisoners captured by the United States after the 11 September 2001 attacks.
A halt could also lead to dismissal of one or more charges against Omar Khadr, in a case seen as a test run for later trials against accused 11 September conspirators.
