Salim Ahmed Hamdan
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Salim Ahmed Hamdan is a Yemeni national and former driver for Osama bin Laden who became widely known as the defendant in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Hamdan v. Rumsfeld challenging the legality of military commissions at Guantánamo Bay.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hamdan v. Rumsfeld | 0 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Guantánamo Bay detainee
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United States Supreme Court case ⓘ Yemeni national ⓘ defendant ⓘ person ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Osama bin Laden
NERFINISHED
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al-Qaeda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chargedWith |
conspiracy
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providing material support for terrorism ⓘ |
| contextOfDetention | U.S. counterterrorism operations after September 11, 2001 ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Yemen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| detainedBy | United States government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| detainedUnder | War on Terror NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| detentionFacility |
Camp Delta
NERFINISHED
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Camp Echo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Osama bin Laden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Hamdan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Salim Ahmed Hamdan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Salim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRoleIn | challenge to the legality of U.S. military commissions ⓘ |
| heldAsDetaineeDuring | post-9/11 War on Terror ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| languageSpoken | Arabic ⓘ |
| legalCase | Hamdan v. Rumsfeld NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalOutcomeNotableFor | limiting presidential power to set up military commissions without Congressional authorization ⓘ |
| legalRepresentationBy |
civilian defense attorneys
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military defense lawyers ⓘ |
| legalStatusAtGuantanamo | enemy combatant ⓘ |
| location | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| nationality | Yemeni ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being Osama bin Laden's driver
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being the defendant in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld ⓘ |
| occupation | driver ⓘ |
| party |
George W. Bush administration
NERFINISHED
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Salim Ahmed Hamdan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDetention | Guantánamo Bay detention camp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
legal scholarship on military tribunals
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legality of military commissions at Guantánamo Bay ⓘ media coverage about Guantánamo Bay military commissions ⓘ |
| triedBy | military commission ⓘ |
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