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'''Mohammed al-Qahtani''' (1979?-) is alleged to be the "20th hijacker" who would have participated in the | '''Mohammed al-Qahtani''' (1979?-) is alleged to be the "20th hijacker" who would have participated in the 9/11]] attack, and is a prisoner at Guantanamo detention camp]]. Captured by Pakistani forces near the Afghanistan border with Pakistan in December 2001,<ref name=CSRT>{{citation | ||
| url = http://projects.nytimes.com/guantanamo/detainees/63-mohammed-al-qahtani/documents/1/pages/91#1 | | url = http://projects.nytimes.com/guantanamo/detainees/63-mohammed-al-qahtani/documents/1/pages/91#1 | ||
| publisher = U.S. Department of Defense | date = October 21, 2004 | | publisher = U.S. Department of Defense | date = October 21, 2004 | ||
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| author = Combatant Status Review Tribunal Team, }}, p. 1</ref> his legal status is evolving; <ref name=WaPo2009-01-14>{{citation | | author = Combatant Status Review Tribunal Team, }}, p. 1</ref> his legal status is evolving; <ref name=WaPo2009-01-14>{{citation | ||
| title=Detainee Tortured, Says U.S. Official: Trial Overseer Cites 'Abusive' Methods Against 9/11 Suspect | | title=Detainee Tortured, Says U.S. Official: Trial Overseer Cites 'Abusive' Methods Against 9/11 Suspect | ||
| author = | | author = Bob Woodward]] | ||
| journal = Washington Post | | journal = Washington Post | ||
| date = January 14, 2009 | | date = January 14, 2009 | ||
| url = http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/13/AR2009011303372_pf.html}}</ref> U.S. filings about his detention cite: | | url = http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/13/AR2009011303372_pf.html}}</ref> U.S. filings about his detention cite: | ||
*He was a member of | *He was a member of al-Qaeda]], having personally sworn the bayat]] oath to Osama bin Laden]], | ||
*Received weapons training | *Received weapons training | ||
*Agreed to conduct a | *Agreed to conduct a suicide attack|martyrdom operation]] in the U.S. but was turned away by immigration authorities in August 2001 | ||
*Was with bin Laden at the | *Was with bin Laden at the Battle of Tora Bora]] | ||
He denied, which is suggested by the summary of evidence, that he had specific prior knowledge of the 9/11 attack. According to an interrogation log acquired by ''Time'' magazine and confirmed by the Department of Defense, <ref name=Time2005-06-12>{{citation | He denied, which is suggested by the summary of evidence, that he had specific prior knowledge of the 9/11 attack. According to an interrogation log acquired by ''Time'' magazine and confirmed by the Department of Defense, <ref name=Time2005-06-12>{{citation | ||
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| title = Inside the Interrogation of Detainee 063 | | title = Inside the Interrogation of Detainee 063 | ||
| author = Adam Zagorin and Michael Duffy | journal = Time | | author = Adam Zagorin and Michael Duffy | journal = Time | ||
| url = http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,1071284,00.html}}</ref> "On Jan. 10, 2003, al-Qahtani says he knows nothing of terrorists but volunteers to return to the gulf states and act as a double agent for the U.S. in exchange for his freedom". After harsher interrogation measures were authorized by Secretary of Defense | | url = http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,1071284,00.html}}</ref> "On Jan. 10, 2003, al-Qahtani says he knows nothing of terrorists but volunteers to return to the gulf states and act as a double agent for the U.S. in exchange for his freedom". After harsher interrogation measures were authorized by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld]], he gave more specifics about al-Qaeda, but it is not clear if he gave that due to the increased intensity, or it was through We Know All interrogation techniques]] based on information obtained from Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. | ||
Susan Crawford]], convening authority under the Military Commissions Act of 2006]], barred the current prosecution against him in January 2009, before the end of the George W. Bush Administration]], ruling that <blockquote>We tortured Mohammed al-Qahtani]]...His treatment met the legal definition of torture. And that's why I did not refer the case" for prosecution. The techniques they used were all authorized, but the manner in which they applied them was overly aggressive and too persistent. . . . You think of torture, you think of some horrendous physical act done to an individual. This was not any one particular act; this was just a combination of things that had a medical impact on him, that hurt his health. It was abusive and uncalled for. And coercive. Clearly coercive. It was that medical impact that pushed me over the edge [to call it torture]<ref name=WaPo2009-01-14>{{citation | |||
| title=Detainee Tortured, Says U.S. Official: Trial Overseer Cites 'Abusive' Methods Against 9/11 Suspect | | title=Detainee Tortured, Says U.S. Official: Trial Overseer Cites 'Abusive' Methods Against 9/11 Suspect | ||
| author = | | author = Bob Woodward]] | ||
| journal = Washington Post | | journal = Washington Post | ||
| date = January 14, 2009 | | date = January 14, 2009 |
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Mohammed al-Qahtani (1979?-) is alleged to be the "20th hijacker" who would have participated in the 9/11]] attack, and is a prisoner at Guantanamo detention camp]]. Captured by Pakistani forces near the Afghanistan border with Pakistan in December 2001,[1] his legal status is evolving; [2] U.S. filings about his detention cite:
He denied, which is suggested by the summary of evidence, that he had specific prior knowledge of the 9/11 attack. According to an interrogation log acquired by Time magazine and confirmed by the Department of Defense, [3] "On Jan. 10, 2003, al-Qahtani says he knows nothing of terrorists but volunteers to return to the gulf states and act as a double agent for the U.S. in exchange for his freedom". After harsher interrogation measures were authorized by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld]], he gave more specifics about al-Qaeda, but it is not clear if he gave that due to the increased intensity, or it was through We Know All interrogation techniques]] based on information obtained from Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. Susan Crawford]], convening authority under the Military Commissions Act of 2006]], barred the current prosecution against him in January 2009, before the end of the George W. Bush Administration]], ruling that
She did not, however, free him, and is waiting for military prosecutors to file new charges. References
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