Mohammed al-Qahtani
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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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