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Closing Arguments Coming In Guantanamo Trial

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Aug 2, 2008
        
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The terrorism conspiracy trial of Osama bin Laden's former driver is drawing to a close. Lawyers for Salim Ahmed Hamdan rested their case before a military tribunal in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on Friday. Both sides are scheduled to present their closing arguments on Monday. Scott Simon speaks with John McChesney.» E-Mail This » Add to... [read full story]                    

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Hamdan verdict is not a "victory" for American justice

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Hamdan verdict is not a "victory" for American justice

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Aug 12, 2008
        

Deborah Colson [Senior Associate, Law & Security Program, Human Rights First]: "Last Wednesday, a panel of six military officers returned a split verdict in the military commission trial of Salim Hamdan, convicting Mr. Hamdan...

Driving Mr. bin Laden

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Aug 12, 2008
        

On Sunday the Guardian reported that Barack Obama's Hollywood buddy George Clooney is planning a film that will provide a sympathetic portrayal of Salim Hamdan and Lieutenant Commander Charles Swift, Hamdan's military lawyer....

                   

The show trial in Guantánamo

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Aug 12, 2008
        

Why the conviction of Osama bin Laden's driver did nothing to undo the damage caused by Bush's policies in the war on terror. With those words, retired Navy Lt. Commander Charles Swift, defense counsel for Salim Hamdan, a...

                   

American insouciance

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Aug 12, 2008
        

Now that military officers selected by the Bush Pentagon have reached a split verdict convicting Salim Hamdan, a onetime driver for Osama bin Laden, of supporting terrorism, but innocent of terrorist conspiracy, do you feel safe?

                   

Why the trial?

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Aug 12, 2008
        

Michael Dorf,the Robert S. Stevens Professor of Law at Cornell University, asks the question. Dorf is the author of No Litmus Test: Law Versus Politics in the Twenty-First Century and he blogs at michaeldorf.org. Last week, a...

                   

The big show trial in Guantánamo

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Aug 12, 2008
        

Why the conviction of Osama bin Laden's driver did nothing to undo the damage caused by Bush's policies in the war on terror. With those words, retired Navy Lt. Commander Charles Swift, defense counsel for Salim Hamdan, a...

                   
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Is McCain lying or misinformed?

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Aug 12, 2008
        

John McCain issued this statement after the convection of Salim Hamdan - “I welcome today’s guilty verdict in the first trial held under the Military Commissions Act (MCA). This process of bringing terrorists to justice has...

                   

The NYT on Convicted Terror-Helper Hamdan's 'Impish Sense of Humor'

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Aug 12, 2008
        

Editor's Note: This post originated on our sister publication TimesWatch.org. New York Times terror-trial reporter William Glaberson filed a "news analysis" Sunday on the war crimes conviction of Salim Hamdan, the Guantanamo...

                   

Jonathan Diamond: Why the Bush Is Quiet on Hamdan Verdict

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Aug 11, 2008
        

The "Dead or Alive" Bush administration has been remarkably silent in the wake of the decision by a military tribunal to, essentially, let Osama bin Laden's former driver go. Yes, Salim Ahmed Hamdan was convicted -- of the...

                   

Analyst: Gitmo Trials 'A Long Way From Nuremberg'

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Aug 11, 2008
        

The author of a new book about the Bush administration's efforts to try terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay says that even the first conviction, against Osama bin Laden's former driver, isn't exactly a major victory. A look at...

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