1. SECRET I 120290414
DEPARTMENTOFDEFENSE
JOINTTASK FORCEGUANTANAMO
GUANTANAMOBAY, CUBA
APO AE 09360
REPLYTO
ATTENTIONOF
JTFGTMO-CG 14 Apm2004
MEMORANDUMFORCommander.UnitedStatesSouthernCommand,3511NW 9lstAvenue,
Miami.FL 33172.
SUBJECT:UpdateRecommendationto Releaseor Transferto theControlof AnotherCountry
for ContinuedDetention(TR)for GuantanamoDetainee,ISN:US9AF-000559DP(S)
l. (FOUO)PersonalInformation:
o FirstnameMiddlenamesLastname: AbdulBadrMannan
o Aliases: BadruzzanBadr.BadruzzZamanBadr.ZamanBadr.andAhmadShah
o Placeof Birth: Jalalabad.Afghanistan(AF)
o Dateof Birth: 10November1970
o Citizenship: Afehanistan(AF)
2. (FOUO)Health: HehasbeendiagnosedwithAnxietydisorder,butis otherwisein good
health.
3. (S)DetaineeSummary:
a. (S)DetentionInformation:Sameaspreviouslystatedin JTFCGmemo,dated11
November2003.
b. (S)PriorAssessment:MG GeoffreyD. Miller,CommanderJTFGuantanamo,
recommendedthatdetaineeberetainedin DoD control. Thisrecommendationwasbasedonthe
assessmentthatthedetaineemaybeaffiliatedwith Al-Qaidaor anotherIslamicextremistgroup.
c. (S)NewInformation:
e Furtherexploitationof thedetaineehasdetermined,with ahighdegreeof certainty,
thatthedetaineehasnoascertainablelinkageto Al-Qaida.
o Thedetaineewasalsothoughtto havesomeaffiliationwith theJama'atUl DawaAl
Qurani(JDQ)group;however,it appearsthedetainee mayhavebeenwriting abook(detainee
andhisbrotherarepublishedauthors)concerningIslamicextremismandhadmerelyestablished
contactsto furtherhisresearchandwriting.
CLASSIFIED BY: MultipleSources
RBASON:E.O.12958Section1.5(C)
DECLASSIFY ON: 20290414
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2. SECRET I 120290414
JTFGTMO-CG
SUBJECT:UpdateRecommendationto Releaseor Transferto theControlof AnotherCountry
for ContinuedDetention(TR)for GuantanamoDetainee,ISN:US9AF-000559DP(S)
o Detainee,in hiswritings,hasalsobeenextremelycriticalof thePakistaniIntelligence
Serviceandtheirovertconnectionsto extremismandAl-Qaida.
o Detaineeandhisbrothermayhavebeenarrestedonthatpretenseandturnedoverto
US authorities,whoweremisleadasto thedetainee'saffiliations.
o ThePakistanigovemmenthasneverprovidedanyinformationconcerningthe
detainee'sallegedAl-Qaidaaffiliations.
o No establishedmembershiplink hasbeenfoundbetweenthedetaineeandanyother
extremistgroup.
o Detainee,whilein detention,hasprovidedagreatdealof informationwillingly, and
someof theinformationhehasprovidedconcerningothers,hasbeensuccessfullycorroborated.
o Detaineehasconsistentlymaintainedhisinnocenceandhasprovidedevidenceto
substantiatehisclaims.
d. (S)IntelligenceValue:JTFGTMOhasdeterminedthatthishasbeenfully exploited.
4. (S)Detainee'sConduct: Detainee'soverallbehaviorhasbeencompliantandnon-
aggressive.
5. (S)EC Status:Detainee'senemycombatantstatuswasreassessedon24February2004,and
heremainsanenemycombatant.
6. (S)JTF GTMO NewAssessment:
a. (S)Summary:It is assessedthatthisdetaineeisnotamemberof Al-Qaidaor aTaliban
leader. JTFGTMOhasdeterminedthatthedetaineeposesalow risk,asheis unlikelyposea
threatto theUS,its interestsandallies.
b. (S)Recommendation:JTFGTMOrecommendsthisdetaineebereleasedor transferred
to thecontrolof anothercountryfor continueddetention'
7. (S)Coordination:JTFGTMOnotifiedtheCriminalInvestigativeTaskForce(CITF)of this
recommendationon29March2004.CITFwasunableto makearisk assessmenton 10
November2003.
MITCHELL R. LECLAIRE
BrigadierGeneral,U.S.Army
DeputyCommander
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CF: CITF-JTFGTMO
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