Osama's Terrorist Driver Was U.S. Asset

It really reaches the point of ridiculousness, does it not?

And why didn't the Boston Globe publish this report from its parent company, readers?

"Lawyer Says Detainee Aided U.S. in Afghanistan" by William Glaberson

Guantanamo Bay, Cuba — Secret evidence at the war crimes trial of Salim Hamdan, Osama bin Laden’s driver, showed that Mr. Hamdan offered “critical details” to American forces “when it mattered most” in the early days of the war in Afghanistan, Mr. Hamdan’s military lawyer said Monday in his closing argument.

The defense lawyer, Lt. Cmdr. Brian L. Mizer, suggested that Mr. Hamdan, during interrogations in late 2001 and early 2002, might have helped in the hunt for Mr. bin Laden or in some other vital operation. American forces were in pursuit of Mr. bin Laden, the Qaeda leader, at that time.

“You know what Mr. Hamdan agreed to do,” Commander Mizer said to the military panel’s members who heard the secret testimony last week. “You know what happened, how we squandered that opportunity.”

The testimony to which Commander Mizer referred was given Thursday by two Special Forces officers in a closed courtroom.

I'm not putting up any more propaganda.

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By the way, I hate to say I told you so, but I told you so.....

"Gitmo detainees subject to detention even if acquitted: Pentagon
Some detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba will likely never be released because of the danger they pose, and those tried and acquitted will still be subject to continued detention as enemy combatants, a Pentagon spokesman said Tuesday.

Blogger commentary:

"(Ahem).

If these guys are acquitted, this means that they have been found innocent of any crime

Since when, in the history of American law and justice, have we continued to hold people who have been acquitted??

This boggles the mind, and makes you wonder what kinds of judicial "stretches" this government, right now, is willing to take against American citizens whose only "crime" is disagreeing with its positions.

Please don't think that just because this is happening at Gitmo, that it couldn't happen here. -- Mike Rivero of Wake the Flock Up

Then comes this strange BRIEF from the BG:

"Deliberations go on at military trial

GUANTANAMO BAY US NAVAL BASE - A potential mistrial was avoided in the first Guantanamo trial yesterday when the US military judge ruled it was too late to challenge his war crimes instructions to the jury deliberating the case of Osama bin Laden's driver. But the judge acknowledged he may have erred and prosecutors sought clarification on the law that they said could affect plans to try up to 80 more Guantanamo prisoners (Reuters)."

What was the error? Could it cause a mistrial?

They don't say, and it doesn't really matter anyway, does it.

Breaking News: Gitmo Jury Returns Guilty Verdict in Hamdan Case