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Bin Laden Driver Convicted Of Al-Qaida Support

MADELEINE BRAND, host

And in another legal matter, there's a split verdict today in Guantanamo, Cuba at the war crimes trial of the man known as Osama bin Laden's driver. A military tribunal found Salim Hamdan guilty of aiding terrorism but not guilty of another charge, conspiracy.

ALEX CHADWICK, host:

The military court is going back into session to decide what sentence he will now get. Mr. Hamdan is a citizen of Yemen. He's been in U.S. custody for seven years and at Guantanamo for much of that time.

BRAND: And he has never denied being an aid to Osama bin Laden, but his lawyers say he was just a low-level driver. No matter what his sentence is, there are now plans to release Hamdan from Guantanamo. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.

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Madeleine Brand
Madeleine Brand is the host of NPR’s newest and fastest-growing daily show, Day to Day. She conducts interviews with newsmakers (Iraqi politicians, US senators), entertainment figures (Bernardo Bertolluci, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Ricky Gervais), and the everyday people affected by the news (an autoworker laid off at GM, a mother whose son was killed in Iraq).
Alex Chadwick
For more than 30 years, Alex Chadwick has been bringing the world to NPR listeners as an NPR News producer, program host and currently senior correspondent. He's reported from every continent except Antarctica.