Mohammed Mani Ahmad al-Qahtani is a Saudi citizen who was detained as an al-Qaeda operative for 20 years in the United States's Guantanamo Bay detention camps in Cuba. Qahtani allegedly tried to enter the United States to take part in the September 11 attacks as the 20th hijacker and was due to be onboard United Airlines Flight 93 along with the four other hijackers. He was refused entry due to suspicions that he was trying to illegally immigrate. He was later captured in Afghanistan in the battle of Tora Bora in December 2001.
The 2005 Quran desecration controversy began when Newsweek's April 30,2005,issue contained a report asserting that United States prison guards or interrogators had deliberately damaged a copy of the Quran. A week later,The New Yorker reported the words of Pakistani politician Imran Khan:"This is what the U.S. is doing—desecrating the Quran." This incident caused upset in parts of the Muslim world.
Salim Ahmed Hamdan is a Yemeni man,captured during the invasion of Afghanistan,declared by the United States government to be an illegal enemy combatant and held as a detainee at Guantanamo Bay from 2002 to November 2008. He admits to being Osama bin Laden's personal driver and said he needed the money.
Dorsey &Whitney LLP is an American law firm with over 500 lawyers,and a similar number of staff,located in 21 offices in the United States,Canada,Europe,and Asia. The firm's headquarters is in Minneapolis,Minnesota,where it was founded. As of 2023,Dorsey is led by managing partner William R. Stoeri. The firm's lawyers have included several prominent public figures,including former U.S. Vice President Walter Mondale.
Peter E. Brownback III is a retired military officer and lawyer. He was appointed in 2004 by general John D. Altenburg as a Presiding Officer on the Guantanamo military commissions. The Washington Post reported:"...that Brownback and Altenburg have known each other since 1977,that Brownback's wife worked for Altenburg,and that Altenburg hosted Brownback's retirement party in 1999."
Debevoise &Plimpton LLP is an international law firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1931 by Eli Whitney Debevoise and William Stevenson,the firm was originally named “Debevoise,Plimpton &McLean”. Debevoise specializes in private equity,financial services transactions,private funds,and international arbitration. In 2021,the firm assisted the Democratic Party in the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump.
Abdul Zahir (عبدالظاهر) is a citizen of Afghanistan currently held in extrajudicial detention in the United States' Guantanamo Bay detention camps,in Cuba. He was the tenth captive,and the first Afghan,to face charges before the first Presidentially authorized Guantanamo military commissions. After the Supreme Court ruled that the President lacked the constitutional authority to set up military commissions,the United States Congress passed the Military Commissions Act of 2006,he was not charged under that system.
Alberto JoséMora is a former General Counsel of the Navy. He led an effort within the Defense Department to oppose the legal theories of John Yoo and to try to end the use of torture at Guantanamo Bay.
The Guantanamo Bay detention camp is a United States military prison within the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base,also referred to as Gitmo,on the coast of Guantánamo Bay in Cuba. As of March 2022,of the 780 people detained there since January 2002 when the military prison first opened after the September 11 attacks,741 had been transferred elsewhere,30 remained there,and 9 had died while in custody.
Charles D. Swift is an American attorney and former career Navy officer,who retired in 2007 as a Lieutenant Commander in the Judge Advocate General's Corps. He is most noted for having served as defense counsel for Salim Ahmed Hamdan,a detainee from Yemen who was the first to be charged at Guantanamo Bay;Swift took his case to the US Supreme Court. In 2005 and June 2006,the National Law Journal recognized Swift as one of the top lawyers nationally because of his work on behalf of justice for the detainees.
Faiz Mohammed Ahmed Al Kandari is a Kuwaiti citizen who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States' Guantanamo Bay detainment camp in Cuba,from 2002 to 2016. He has never been charged with war crimes.
Muhammad Ali Abdallah Muhammad Bwazir is a citizen of Yemen,once held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps,in Cuba. Bwazir's Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 440. American intelligence analysts estimate he was born in 1980,in Hawra',Yemen.
Ahmed Mohammed Ahmed Haza al-Darbi is a citizen of Saudi Arabia who was held in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps,in Cuba from August 2002 to May 2018;in May 2018,he was transferred to Saudi Arabia's custody. He was the only detainee held at Guantanamo released during President Donald Trump's administration.
The United States Department of Defense (DOD) had stopped reporting Guantanamo suicide attempts in 2002. In mid-2002 the DoD changed the way they classified suicide attempts,and enumerated them under other acts of "self-injurious behavior".
Tarek Ali Abdullah Ahmed Baada is a citizen of Yemen,who was formerly held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps,in Cuba. His detainee ID number is 178. Joint Task Force Guantanamo counter-terrorism analysts estimated that Baada was born in 1978 in Shebwa,Yemen.
William James "Jim" Haynes II is an American lawyer and was General Counsel of the Department of Defense during much of 43rd President George W. Bush's administration and his war on terror. Haynes resigned as general counsel effective March 2008.
Semiannually,the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) publishes an unclassified “Summary of the Reengagement of Detainees Formerly Held at Guantanamo Bay,Cuba”. According to ODNI's most recent Reengagement Report,since 2009,when current rules and processes governing transfer of detainees out of Guantanamo were put in place,ODNI assess that 5.1% of detainees –10 men total,2 of whom are deceased –are more likely than not to have reengaged in terrorist activities.
The Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Detainee Affairs (DASD-DA) is a political appointment created by United States President George W. Bush. The appointee has responsibility for captives apprehended during the "war on terror". The New York Times described one appointee as:"a primary adviser to Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld on detainee matters and his point man for dealing with foreign governments and international organizations on the issue."
Jay Alan Liotta is an American senior official in the Department of Defense,in its Office of Detainee Policy.
