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The first military trial of a terrorism suspect at Guantanamo began Monday and the judge threw out some evidence against Osama bin Laden's former driver, Salim Hamdan, that had been collected through harsh interrogation techniques. Also Monday, Attorney General Michael Mukasey asked Congress to legislate how detainees may challenge their detentions in light of a recent Supreme Court ruling granting that right. A look at how a series of expected terrorism prosecutions are likely to proceed.
Josh White, reporter, "The Washington Post"
Col. Morris Davis, former chief Guantanamo prosecutor (2005-2007)
Charles Stimson, senior legal fellow at the Heritage Foundation's Center for Legal and Judicial Studies; former deputy assistant defense secretary for detainee affairs
Kate Martin, director of the Center for National Security Studies
The archaeologists who recently discovered the remains of George Washington's boyhood home on how artifacts from the past can speak to us today.
David Muraca, Director of Archaeology, The George Washington Foundation
Philip Levy, Associate Professor of History at the University of South Florida
Julia King, Associate Professor of Anthropology, St. Mary's College of Maryland
Wig Curlers possibly used by George Washington or his parents
courtesy of: The George Washington Foundation