A military tribunal at Guantanamo Bay convicted Osama bin Laden's former driver, Salim Ahmed Hamdan, of one count of providing material support for terrorism – and sentenced to a five-and-a-half year sentence. Hamdan was acquitted of the more serious conspiracy charge. This marks the first military tribunal at the Guantanamo Bay Detention Center, which opened in 2002. The verdict is seen as a major blow to the Bush Administration, which argued for a stiffer sentence of 30 years to life. Ben Wizner works with the American Civil Liberties Union – he's been at GITMO and watched the entire public proceeding.

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