Hamdan sentenced to 5 months … but indefinite detention

Thursday, a military judge sentenced Salim Hamdan to five and a half years in prison for his conviction for material support of terrorism (as opposed to the life sentence prosecutors asked for). He will receive credit for at least 61 months of the six years that he has already been held at Guantanamo [...]

Ambiguous result in terror conviction

Today, an American military panel at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, convicted Salim Hamdan of material support for terrorism. He was acquitted of conspiracy, but still faces a possible life sentence.
This was the first conviction by the controversial military tribunals and an ambiguous “victory” for the Bush Administration.  The failure to secure a conviction on the [...]