Military judges dismissed charges Monday against a prisoner accused of chauffeuring Osama bin Laden and another accused of killing an American soldier in Afghanistan. The decisions dealt a setback to Bush administration efforts to try terrorism suspects in military courts.Military judges dismissed charges Monday against a prisoner accused of chauffeuring Osama bin Laden and another accused of killing an American soldier in Afghanistan. The decisions dealt a setback to Bush administration efforts to try terrorism suspects in military courts.
One of the judges, Navy Capt. Keith Allred, said Salim Ahmed Hamdan of Yemen is "not subject to this commission" under legislation passed by Congress and signed by President Bush last year. Hamdan is accused of being bin Laden's chief bodyguard as well as his chauffeur.
In a similar ruling, Army Col. Peter Brownback ruled that another detainee, Omar Khadr, had been classified as an "enemy combatant" and not an "alien unlawful enemy combatant," as required by that law.
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