Salim Ahmed Hamdan

Hamdan case is built on his own words

Indian Express (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

In the custody of US forces in Afghanistan, Salim Ahmed Hamdan drew maps to Al Qaeda training camps and compounds for his captors.

Military show trial of Hamdan opens at Guantánamo Bay

Indybay newswire (Free subscription) | yesterday

Thursday, July 24, 2008 : The war crimes trial of Salim Ahmed Hamdan began Tuesday after a military judge ruled on Monday that the drumhead military tribunal may go forward at the US base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. Hamdan, who was allegedly Osama Bin Ladens personal driver at the time of the US invasion of Afghanistan, has pleaded innocent to charges of conspiracy and material...

Hamdan case is built on his own words

Los Angeles Times (Free subscription) | yesterday

Fellow Guantanamo detainees who, unlike him, refused to provide information to interrogators have been released. In the custody of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, Salim Ahmed Hamdan drew maps to Al Qaeda training camps and compounds for his captors.

Hamdan case is built on his own words

LA Times (Free subscription) | yesterday

Fellow Guantanamo detainees who, unlike him, refused to provide information to interrogators have been released. In the custody of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, Salim Ahmed Hamdan drew maps to Al Qaeda training camps and compounds for his captors.

Poor little Salim Ahmed Hamdan

two dollar pistol (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008

The Pentagon - 9/11/2001 This makes me angry. Poor little Salim Ahmed Hamdan. He is the admitted enabler of the scourged and hiding Mohammedan fanatic Osama bin Laden, the so-called mastermind (read: bankroller) of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks. The FBI says he was in on Osama's joy at hearing how many died in the World Trade Center suicide murders. It seems he also "was...

Hamdan interrogation video shown after FBI agent testifies detainees not told of rights

JURIST (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008

[JURIST] Guantanamo detainee Salim Ahmed Hamdan walked out of the courtroom at his military commission trial on Wednesday, refusing to watch a video depicting one of his interrogation sessions. Hamdan's lawyers had sought to have his interrogations excluded from evidence, arguing that they violated his right against self-incrimination under the Fifth Amendment of the US...

• Agent: No rights advisement for Gitmo prisoners - kansascity.com

Hamdan Case to Test Military Tribunals

Snuffysmith's Blog (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008

Hamdan Case to Test Military Tribunals by William Fisher As the long-awaited trial of Guantanamo detainee Salim Ahmed Hamdan opened this week at the U.S. naval base in Cuba, human rights groups filed suit demanding that the Department of Justice (DOJ) produce documents related to the U.S. government's ghost detention, torture, and extraordinary rendition program. Attorney...

• With Justice for all? Well, not so much. - The Intelligence Daily

Hamdan Military Commission Coverage

SCOTUSblog (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008

Due to reader interest in Salim Ahmed Hamdan, the military detainee who has admitted to formerly serving as a driver for Osama bin Laden, this post will provide links to coverage from designated major media outlets of his ongoing military commission trial from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Going forward, readers can access this post by clicking [...]

Guantánamo Bay: Osama bin Laden's former driver Salim Ahmed Hamdan pleads not guilty to terror charges

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008

The first US military trial since the end of the second world war began today with Osama bin Laden's former driver pleading not guilty in a case that could determine the future of scores of terrorism cases of detainees held in Guantánamo.Salim Ahmed Hamdan faces life in prison if convicted by a jury of military officers in the first trial to emerge from the Bush administration's...

With Hamdan Trial Underway, Mukasey Pushes Limited Detainee Rights

Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008

Yesterday, as the war crimes trial of Salim Ahmed Hamdan, Osama bin Laden's former driver, got underway in Gitmo, Fearless Leader Mukasey (pictured) was beating the Bush administration’s drum at the American Enterprise Institute, arguing, inter alia, for “practical” limits on a detainee’s rights to challenge his or her detention. Here are reports from the [...]

Hamdan not entitled to Fifth Amendment protections: military judge

JURIST (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008

[JURIST] Navy Capt. Keith Allred, the judge presiding over the military commission trial of Salim Ahmed Hamdan, ruled Monday that Hamdan is not entitled to the protection against self-incrimination under the Fifth Amendment of the US Constitution. In the same order, Allred also barred evidence obtained in Afghanistan immediately after Hamdan's capture there in 2001...

Evidence Against Hamdan Barred at Guantanamo Trial

Truth Out (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008

A military judge says some statements by Salim Ahmed Hamdan, a driver for Osama bin Laden, were made in "highly coercive" settings. It could set a standard for other cases. Washington - The military judge overseeing the first war crimes trial against a terrorism suspect at Guantanamo Bay agreed Monday to bar some evidence against Osama bin Laden's former driver because it was...

Hamdan did not share Bin Laden's views, says defence

The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008

TESTIMONY has begun at Guantánamo Bay in the trial of Osama bin Laden's former driver, the first US military commission war crimes trial since the end of the second world war, writes Denis Staunton in Washington.

Federal judge refuses to delay Hamdan trial

JURIST (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008

[JURIST] A US district court judge on Thursday rejected a bid to stay the trial of Guantanamo Bay detainee Salim Ahmed Hamdan, ruling that a civilian court should refrain from review until the military commission had issued a "final judgment." Hamdan's lawyers had argued that the military trial should be postponed until the court rules on the jurisdiction and legality of...

Guantanamo war crimes defendant helped Bin Laden succeed, FBI agent testifies

LA Times (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

Bit players like the Al Qaeda leader's driver are key to protecting Bin Laden, says a spy who interrogated Salim Ahmed Hamdan for 13 days, building a relationship with him by giving him snacks and oth Salim Ahmed Hamdan may have been only a driver for Osama bin Laden, but the legions of bit players in Al Qaeda are what has allowed the terrorist leader to succeed,...