U.S. terror system in limbo after Khadr ruling

June 5, 2007
U.S. terror system in limbo after Khadr ruling

A military judge dropped a legal bombshell by dismissing the charges against Omar Khadr,
leaving his future in limbo and rocking an already embattled terror system established by the U.S.
administration.

Monday's surprise ruling doesn't put 20-year-old Khadr any closer to a trial or release, but
the decision could derail the heavily criticized terror tribunals.

On Monday, the judge dismissed the charges against the Canadian native, who has been held at
Guantanamo Bay for five years, and the charges brought against Yemen's Salmi Ahmed Hamdam, who was accused of being al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden's chauffeur.