USS Cole Attack Suspect Appears In Military Court

by Dina Temple-Raston, NPR

The Obama administration's first attempt to try a Guantanamo detainee in a military commission began Wednesday with the arraignment of the man accused of masterminding the bombing of the U.S.S. Cole. The incident killed 17 servicemen and women in Yemen in 2000. Human rights groups object to trying terrorists in a parallel justice system hundreds of miles off U.S. shores.

Broadcast Dates

• Morning Edition, November 10, 2011