• The view from the spectators gallery in the maximum security war court on May 8, 2008 when a series of glitches from power outages to frozen video feeds marred the arraignment of since convicted al Qaeda propagandist Ali Hamza al Bahlul of Yemen. JANET HAMLIN / POOL SKETCH ARTIST

  • On Jan. 11, 2006, alleged al Qaeda propagandist Ali Hamza al Bahlul waved this sign _ declaring boycott in Arabic _ at the Pentagon's first effort to stage military trials at Guantánamo. It became part of the official record. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE RECORDS

  • Accused al Qaeda propagandist Ali Hamza al Bahlul waves a boycott sign at his May 7, 2008 arraignment on war crimes charges at Camp Justice, the military commissions complex, at the U.S. Navy base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, as shown in a courtroom sketch submitted to U.S. military scrutiny before release. At his right is a Pentagon paid translator. JANET HAMLIN / POOL SKETCH ARTIST

  • A screen grab of the title of an al Qaeda video which Ali Hamza al Bahlul allegedly made as a propaganda and recruiting tool, which Pentagon proseuctors allege is a war crime.

  • The above are "screen grabs" from one video, which, Pentagon prosecutors allege, Ali Hamza al Bahlul created as an anti-U.S. propaganda and recruiting tool of al Qaeda while serving as Osama bin Laden's media secretary before the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. He is accused of three war crimes.