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Gitmo Inmates May Testify for bin Laden Aide

Prosecutors seek to block testimony as threat to national security

By Matt Cantor, Newser Staff

Posted Jul 15, 2008 5:07 AM CDT

(Newser) – Fellow Guantanamo Bay inmates may testify at the upcoming terror trial of Osama bin Laden’s former driver, the Washington Post reports. Lawyers for Salim Ahmed Hamdan hope the testimony will prove their client was not a high-level terror operative. The military officer in charge... Read full story »

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