Data loss puts Guantanamo case on hold

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WASHINGTON (AP) — An upcoming session of the Guantanamo war crimes tribunals has been postponed amid defense complaints that a Pentagon computer failure and mishandled emails may have compromised their work.

A military judge on Thursday postponed until June a hearing scheduled for next week. It’s for a prisoner accused of plotting the deadly al-Qaida attack on the USS Cole and his lawyers raised the alleged breach.

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