Salmi Hamdan Found Guilty in First U.S. War Crimes Tribunal Since WWII

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Thu, Aug 7, 2008 7:36AM

Thursday, August 7, 2008 :In the first U.S. war crimes tribunal since World War II, a jury of six senior military officers has convicted Osama Bin Laden's former driver of two charges of material support for terrorism but acquitted him of the most serious charges. Salim Hamdan is the first prisoner held at Guantananamo to be tried before a tribunal. He has been in custody since November 2001. We speak with Sahr MuhammedAlly, an attorney with Human Rights First. She was at Guantanamo last week observing part of the Hamdan war crimes tribunal.

He has been in custody since November 2001.

Human rights groups condemned the military tribunal system, in part because it allowed the military to base its case on secret evidence and evidence obtained through torture.

Sahr MuhammedAlly joins us here in the Firehouse. She is an attorney with Human Rights First. She was at Guantanamo last week observing part of the Hamdan war crimes tribunal.

Sahr MuhammedAlly, attorney with Human Rights First. She observed part of the war crimes tribunal at Guantanamo.