Mission & Justice (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Jerry Markon; 23/7/08 The judge hearing the first US war crimes trial since World War II has banned evidence interrogators obtained from Osama bin Laden’s driver, ruling he was subjected to “highly coercive” conditions in Afghanistan. But Judge Keith Allred left the door open for the prosecution to use statements that Salim Hamdan made at the [...]
On Deadline (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Breaking news: The judge in the Guantanamo war crimes trial of Salim Handan has barred evidence from "highly coercive" interrogations in Afghanistan, the Associated Press has just reported. Judge Keith Allred, a Navy captain, ruled that prosecutors cannot use statements...
The Liberal Blog Network (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Evidence barred obtained from bin Laden's driver after his capture.
the talking dog (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
And so, having been established to have committed the heinous crime of embarrassing the Bush Administration before the Supreme Court, it seems that the show-trial must go on, and Salim...
Democratic Underground (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Source: [b]Boston.com (AP)[/b] GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, CubaThe judge in the first American war crimes trial since World War II barred evidence on Monday that interrogators obtained from Osama bin Laden's driver, ruling he was subjected to "highly coercive" conditions in Afghanistan. But Judg...
Democratic Underground (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Source: [b]AP[/b] GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba - The judge in the first American war crimes trial since World War II barred evidence on Monday that interrogators obtained from Osama bin Laden's driver following his capture in Afghanistan. Prosecutors are considering whether to appeal the judg...
Democratic Underground (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Source: [b]CBC[/b] The first war crimes trial at the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, got underway Monday with the defendant's plea and jury selection in the military tribunal of Salim Ahmed Hamdan, a former driver and bodyguard for al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. Hamdan, wearing a khak...
The Liberal Blog Network (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Military tribunal for alleged bin Laden driver launches on not guilty plea .
News: Moldova.org: Politics (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
A U.S. military judge at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, said Friday he might delay the start of trial for Osama bin Laden's former driver.Keith Allred, a Navy captain assigned as the judge on Salim Hamdan's military commission, said that Lt. Commander Brian Mizer should be given access to seven high-value detainees, including Khalid Sheik Mohamed, the alleged planner of the 2001 terrorist attacks, The Miami...
Indybay newswire (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
Saturday, July 19, 2008 : After holding a two-hour hearing Thursday, a federal judge brushed aside constitutional objections and refused to delay the July 21 start of the military tribunal at Guantánamo Bay for Salim Ahmed Hamdan, allegedly a driver for Osama bin Laden, on charges of conspiracy and providing support for terrorism.
Mission & Justice (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
Peter Gregory; 19/7/08 Years after they were held on Nauru, or forced to leave the country, two Iraqi refugees and an American peace activist are a step closer to learning why they were considered a danger to Australia. Scott Parkin, a US campaigner now working on climate change issues in his home country, has the highest [...]
Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
Osama bin Laden’s chauffeur, Salim Ahmed Hamdan, left, appears with appointed council Lt. Cmdr. Charles Swift, right, during a preliminary hearing at Gitmo, Aug. 24, 2004. (Credit: AP/Pool, Art Lein) On Monday, Navy Captain Keith J. Allred will oversee the first U.S. military commission in more than half a century, when Salim Ahmed Hamdan — Osama [...]
Maud Newton (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008 | Other
New Yorkers: In case you didn’t know, the city is battling a whole new breed of vermin. New to us, I mean. Old to humankind. Pliny and Aristophanes both wrote about these pests. They feature in the ancient Tales of Bidpai. The oldest fossil dates them to the time [...]
Democratic Underground (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
Source: [b]Reuters[/b] Accused September 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and some of his co-defendants may have relevant evidence to offer as defense witnesses for Osama bin Laden's former chauffeur at the Guantanamo war court, a military judge said on Monday. Prosecutors have suggested tha...
How Appealing (Free subscription) | 06/27/2008
"Bin Laden's driver keeps July 21 trial date": Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald has a news update that begins, "A military judge has refused to delay the midsummer trial of Osama bin Laden's driver at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, saying...
