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Spare No Expense

by David Kurtz
04.13.12 | 8:41 am

Lawyers in the case at Gitmo against Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri are haggling over how much money the accused USS Cole bombing plotter should get for his criminal defense. Not unusual. But what’s interesting is comments from some of the family members of the victims. Ryan Reilly reports from Gitmo.

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