Verdict doesn’t change combatant status for defendant

Posted by Staff on August 5, 2008 |

Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell says that even if Salim Hamdan, a driver and alleged body guard of Osama bin Laden, is acquitted at his military trial he would still be considered an enemy combatant and subject to further detention at Guantanamo Bay prison. (0:37)

 
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August 5, 2008

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