President Barack Obama visits the press cabin after boarding Air Force One for the first time as President on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2009 at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) (Evan Vucci, AP / February 5, 2009)Charges Dropped In Guantanamo Terror Trial -- Yahoo News/AP
WASHINGTON – The Pentagon's senior judge overseeing terror trials at Guantanamo Bay dropped charges Thursday against an al-Qaida suspect in the 2000 USS Cole bombing, upholding President Barack Obama's order to freeze military tribunals there.
The charges against suspected al-Qaida bomber Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri marked the last active Guantanamo war crimes case.
The legal move by Susan J. Crawford, the top legal authority for military trials at Guantanamo, brings all cases into compliance with Obama's Jan. 22 executive order to halt terrorist court proceedings at the U.S. Navy base in Cuba.
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