MI5 and Pentagon Documents on Two Detainees --
Transcripts from the Combatant Status Review Tribunals at Guantanamo Bay for Jamil el Banna and Bisher al Rawi 02 Apr 2006 The unredacted documents were released March 3 by the U.S. Department of Defense in response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed by the Associated Press seeking records on detainees in Guantanamo Bay. El Banna and al Rawi were both recruited by MI5 as informants and later allegedly taken by the CIA to Afghanistan and then to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Both remain in detention in Guantanamo and have been classified as enemy combatants.
al Rawi Guantanamo Status Review (PDF) Independently wealthy detainee lived on U.S. stock market investments - now he's at Guantanamo Bay! "Detainee: I have family and property in the US and we are involved with the stock market... Tribunal President: What was your line of work in the United Kingdom? Detainee: I am from a wealthy family. I didn't really have a job... Our money is in the stock exchange."
el Banna Guantanamo Status Review (PDF) Detainee kidnapped by Americans and imprisoned in Bagram, Afghanistan, for possible possession of a battery charger. Documents - declassified cables and files from MI5 02 Apr 2006 The following documents (PDF) are declassified cables and files from MI5, the British Security Service. They were made public on Monday, March 27, as part of a lawsuit against the British government that is being heard in London. All redactions were made by the British government.
Lori Price