At secret location, team collects evidence of Syrian war crimes

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  • At secret location, team collects evidence of Syrian war crimes - CBS News

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    Canadian lawyer William Wiley advised the Iraqi tribunal that tried Saddam Hussein. He and his team have collected and combed through more than half a million videos.

    But the most crucial element of this work is collecting a paper trail.

    In a cramped basement at a secret location, William Wiley shows CBS News’ Clarissa Ward boxes of documents on atrocities committed during Syria’s civil war. CBS NEWS
    In a cramped basement, Wiley showed a CBS News crew boxes of documents so sensitive we can’t tell you where the Syrian Commission for Justice and Accountability is based.

    “This one here has about 200,000 pages of regime documentation,” Wiley said, pointing to one box.

    The documents include military orders and government records, all of which had to be smuggled out of Syria.

    It’s very dangerous work, Wiley says.

    “We’re threatened by both sides. We’re threatened by the regime, obviously, but our people are also threatened by the radical Islamists, the al Qaeda affiliates in particular who don’t share our concept of impartial justice,” he said.