Ruling Allows First Guantanamo Trial To Proceed

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ROBERT SIEGEL
NPR All Things Considered
07-17-2008
Ruling Allows First Guantanamo Trial To Proceed

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Time 21:00-22:00 PM

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A federal judge in Washington, D.C. has given the green light for war crimes trials to begin next week at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Judge James Robertson refused to delay the trial of Osama bin Laden's driver.

NPR legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg joins us now. And Nina, this case involves a Yemeni named Salim Hamdan, dates back to 2004. And if I've got this right, this has been the test case in the question of whether ...

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