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October 22, 2008

US Temporarily Drops Charges Against 5 Gitmo Prisoners
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The Pentagon has dropped charges against five Guantanamo Bay prisoners,
but says it will re-charge them instead of setting them free. The news
came just weeks after the resignation of Lt. Col. Darrel Vandeveld, the
prosecutor in all five cases. Vandeveld had accused the military of
deliberately withholding evidence that could have helped clear the
prisoners. More on this story later in the broadcast.



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