General at core of Guantanamo tribunal unease
18/5/08
Charges against five Guantanamo prisoners accused of plotting the September 11, 2001, attacks should be thrown out because they were improperly influenced by a Pentagon legal adviser, US military lawyers said. And a US military judge has postponed the Guantanamo trial of Osama bin Laden’s driver, Salim Hamdan, until July 21, to allow time to assess his mental competency. The Guantanamo tribunals are the first US war crimes tribunals since World War II and have faced steady criticism from human rights activists.