One of those poor, beleaguered innocents and darlings of the ACLU from Club Gitmo has been
freed in Yemen.
YEMEN has freed Osama bin Laden's former driver after he served out his prison term following his return home from the Guantanamo Bay prison camp.
"Salim Hamdan was released on Thursday to live with his family in Sanaa," his lawyer, Khaled al-Ansi, said.
He said Hamdan had signed a pledge not to commit any violent acts.
Well, he signed a pledge. I'm just sure he's a man of his word.
An Interior Ministry official confirmed the release of Hamdan, who was convicted in a US court on terrorism charges and later sent back to Yemen.
In the first US war crimes trial since World War II, Hamdan was convicted in August of providing personal services in support of terrorism by driving and guarding bin Laden, the leader of al-Qaeda.
Hamdan was sentenced to 66 months in prison but given credit for time served at Guantanamo.
Hamdan, who is about 40, acknowledged he was part of bin Laden's motor pool in Afghanistan, but said he took the job because he needed the salary and did not know or support his employer's aims.
There are people out there dumb enough to believe that.
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