Bucking Bambi

"We shouldn't make policy decisions based on human rights and legal advocacy groups," said [USS Cole's former commander, Ret. Cmdr. Kurt Lippold] in a telephone interview. "We should consider what is best for the American people, which is not to jeopardize those who are fighting the war on terror - or even more adversely impact the families who have already suffered losses as a result of the war. "

Gitmo Judge Bucks WH Bid to Stall Trial

The chief of the Guantanamo war court Thursday spurned President Barack Obama's request to freeze the military commissions trying war-on-terror captives, and said he would hold a hearing next month for an alleged USS Cole bomber in a capital terror case.