Lawyers for bin Laden's driver try to stop trial

Sign up for email newsletters now!

Never miss a McClatchy story

By Carol Rosenberg | Miami Herald

Lawyers asked a federal judge in Washington Thursday to stop the Pentagon from trying Osama bin Laden's driver by military commission at Guantánamo Bay until a civilian court rules whether the war court is legal.

The Pentagon is planning a July 21 trial at the U.S. Navy base in southeast Cuba for Salim Hamdan, 37, of Yemen, accused of providing material support for terrorism as the al Qaeda chieftain's $200-a-month driver in Afghanistan. He allegedly helped bin Laden elude U.S. capture. Conviction could carry life imprisonment

Red the complete story at miamiherald.com

JOIN THE DISCUSSION

We welcome comments. To post one, you must sign in using either your McClatchyDC login or your login for Facebook, Twitter or Disqus. Just click the appropriate box below.

Please keep your comment civil, short and to the point. Obscene, profane, abusive and off topic comments will be deleted. Repeat offenders will be blocked. If you find a comment abusive or inappropriate, please flag it for the moderator by placing your cursor on the comment, then clicking the "flag" link that appears. Thanks for your participation.