Bin Laden’s Driver Pleads Not Guilty

July 21, 2008 · Filed Under War on Terror

Osama bin Laden’s driver, Salim Hamdam, pled not guilty today at the opening of his war crimes trial before a military tribunal at Gitmo.

Here’s the best part of the story:

Lawyers for Hamdan say he is not implicated in any terrorist activity even though he served as the Al-Qaeda mastermind’s driver.

They also argue that he was mistreated while in US custody and was subjected to sleep deprivation, including being awakened every hour by guards during a 50-day period in 2003.

Call me crazy, but I think being Osama bin Laden’s driver qualifies as ‘terrorist activity.’ When he was stopped by U.S. forces, he had a missile launcher in his trunk.

We disrupted his sleep? Say it isn’t so.

-Chris Jones