Military Commissions Act

The video clip runs 7:20 (min:sec), and it first aired on PBS NOW in August 2007. To watch the full-length video, go to http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/331/ and look for the link on the right side of the page titled, "Video: Guantanamo Justice?" The full-length video runs 24:11 (min: sec)Salim Hamdan was bin Laden's bodyguard and driver; he was caught in Afghanistan and then detained at a US-controlled facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Hamdan's lawyer, Charles Swift of the US Navy, is interviewed. He gives his opinion on the Military Commissions Act, which established military tribunals to try prisoners like Hamdan; he also expresses his views on whether the US should close Guantanamo Bay in the interest of promoting the image of the "idea" America projects to the world.

If you cannot watch the QuickTime on the Military Commissions Act, then you can watch the full-length version of it on the internet. Once you are transferred to the PBS NOW website, look for the link on the right side of the page titled, "Video: Guantanamo Justice?" The full-length video runs 24:11 (min: sec).

Also online: http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/331/
Guantanamo Justice? -- 24:11 (min:sec)

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