Guantanamo board rejects release of Palestinian held by CIA
MIAMI – A board deciding whether to continue holding men at Guantanamo Bay has rejected the release of a Palestinian who was the first high-profile CIA prisoner after the Sept. 11 terrorist attack.
The Periodic Review Board cited “past involvement in terrorist activity” in a short statement announcing the decision regarding the prisoner known as Abu Zubaydah. The statement was released Thursday.
The prisoner, whose real name is Zayn al-Ibidin Muhammed Husayn, appeared before the board in August. He has been held at the U.S. base in Cuba since September 2006.
Abu Zubaydah was captured in 2002 and was the first CIA prisoner subjected to “enhanced interrogation” techniques that critics have called torture.
His lawyers say he is not a threat to the U.S. and should be released, or at least charged.
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