Article: A military-commission trial finally took place.(Brief article)

A military-commission trial finally took place. The tribunal, assimilating the anti-war Left's critique of it, seemed bent on proving it could be even more defendant-friendly than a civilian court. Salim Hamdan, Osama bin Laden's personal bodyguard and confidant, apprehended in possession of surface-to-air missiles and Qaeda code references for "nuclear," "chemical," and "biological" weapons, was sentenced to an appalling six months in prison (five and a half years minus time already served) on a war-crimes conviction. Hamdan was proved beyond cavil to have helped keep bin Laden alive and the terror network viable. Yet the judge, Navy captain Keith Allred, ...

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