Sketch artist greeted with new obstacle at Guantánamo

JANET HAMLIN / POOL SKETCH ARTIST In this photograph of a sketch by courtroom artist Janet Hamlin, reviewed by the U.S. Military, defendant Salim Hamdan attends his trial inside the war crimes courthouse at Camp Justice, the legal complex of the U.S. Military Commissions, at U.S. Navy base at Guantánamo, Cuba, Tuesday, July 22, 2008. Hamdan, the former driver for Osama bin Laden, is the first prisoner to face a U.S. war-crimes trial since World War II. GUANTANAMO BAY NAVY BASE, Cuba -- Last month, it was the alleged 9/11 mastermind who censored a Guantánamo war court sketch artist. Tuesday, U.S. Special Forces were the censors. Early Tuesday morning, the Pentagon whisked media pool sketch artist Janet Hamlin from Andrews Air Force Base in Washington to Guantánamo, then across the bay to the hilltop courtroom, only to find... [read full story]