Frustrated judge halts Guantánamo’s USS Cole war crimes trial
By Carol Rosenberg
Updated February 16, 2018 04:42 PM
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVY BASE, Cuba
The judge in the trial of the man accused of planning the bombing of the USS Cole on Friday shut down the proceedings because of his inability to get defense lawyers back to the death-penalty case.
Air Force Col. Vance Spath has for months now disagreed with the chief defense counsel for Military Commissions, Marine Brig. Gen. John Baker, over the general’s decision and authority that released three lawyers of record from the case in October when they asked to resign over an ethical issue.
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