 On January 18, 2012, Sophie Clement, the Chief Investigating Magistrate in the six men's case, requested permission to go to Guantanamo, to investigate the claims of Ben Mustafa and the other men that they had been tortured.She requested access to the internal documents about the men.According to the "Associated Press", 
Philippe Meilhac, Ben Mustafa's lawyer, described Clement's request as ""unprecedented""