• Al Qaeda IED cell member properly detained at Gitmo, judge finds

    A DC district judge denied the petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed by an Afghan detained at Gitmo. The judge’s decision and declassified memos produced at Gitmo indicate that the detainee, known as Obaydullah, was a member of an al Qaeda IED cell tasked with attacking US forces.

    Al Qaeda IED cell member properly detained at Gitmo, judge finds