First annual Administrative Review Board

A Summary of Evidence memo

Summary of Evidence (ARB)

Counter-terrorism analysts prepared a Summary of Evidence memo for the Administrative Review Board hearings of approximately 460 captives in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba from December 2004 to December 2005.-Release of the memos:...

 was prepared for
Jabri Jabran Al Fayfi's
first annual
Administrative Review Board,
on December 3, 2004.
The memo listed factors for and against his continued detention.

The following primary factors favor continued detention:
The following primary factors favor release or transfer:

Second annual Administrative Review Board

A Summary of Evidence memo

Summary of Evidence (ARB)

Counter-terrorism analysts prepared a Summary of Evidence memo for the Administrative Review Board hearings of approximately 460 captives in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba from December 2004 to December 2005.-Release of the memos:...

 was prepared for Jabri Jabran Al Fayfi's second annual Administrative Review Board, on February 18, 2006.
The memo listed factors for and against his continued detention.

Board recommendations

In early September 2007, the Department of Defense released two heavily redacted memos, from his Board, to Gordon England, the Designated Civilian Official.

The Board's recommendation was unanimous. The Board's recommendation memos were heavily redacted—their actual recommendation was redacted. The Board based its recommendation on assessments from the FBI, the CIA, the United States Department of State

United States Department of State

The United States Department of State , is the United States federal executive department responsible for international relations of the United States, equivalent to the foreign ministries of other countries...

 and the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Detainee Affairs

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Detainee Affairs

The Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Detainee Affairs is a political appointment created by United States President George W. Bush. The appointee has responsibility for captives apprehended during the "war on terror"....

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The Board's recommendation memo indicated that it convened twice, on March 3, 2006, and April 28, 2006. The Board concluded that Jabri Jabran Al Fayfi continued to pose a threat to the United States.

In the memo where they explained the basis for their recommendation, the Board reported:

Repatriation

According to the Department of Defense, Al Fayfi was released from Guantánamo and turned over to the Saudi Arabian government on December 13, 2006, after he promised never to participate in another jihad and said he wanted to return home to Saudi Arabia to take care of his parents and resume his job as a taxi driver. He was released with 15 other Saudis:
Muhammed Yahia Mosin Al Zayla

Muhammed Yahia Mosin Al Zayla

Muhammed Yahia Mosin Al Zayla is a citizen of Saudi Arabia who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, in Cuba.Al Zayla's Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 55....

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Salim Suliman Al Harbi

Salim Suliman Al Harbi

Salim Suliman Al Harbiis a citizen of Saudi Arabia who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 57....

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Yusef Abdullah Saleh Al Rabiesh

Yusef Abdullah Saleh Al Rabiesh

-First annual Administrative Review Board:A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared forYusef Abdullah Saleh Al Rabiesh's first annualAdministrative Review Board,on10 March 2005.The following primary factors favor continued detention...

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Salman Saad Al Khadi Mohammed

Salman Saad Al Khadi Mohammed

-Identified Ilkham Turdbyavich Batayev as a combatant:One of the unredacted statements in Ilkham Turdbyavich Batayev'sClassified Record of Proceedings and basis of Administrative Review Board recommendation stated:-Habeas corpus:...

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Ibrahimj Sulayman Muhammad Arbaysh

Ibrahimj Sulayman Muhammad Arbaysh

Ibrahim Sulayman Muhammad Arbaysh is a citizen of Saudi Arabia who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States's Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.The Department of Defense reports he was born on July 7, 1979, in Al Brida, Saudi Arabia....

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Abdullah Muhammed Abdel Aziz

Abdullah Muhammed Abdel Aziz

Abdullah Muhammed Abdel Aziz is a citizen of Saudi Arabia who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 206....

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Anwar Hamdan Muhammed Al-Noor,
Salah Abdul Rasul Ali Abdul Al-Balushi,
Abd Al Aziz Muhammad Ibrahim Al Nasir

Abd Al Aziz Muhammad Ibrahim Al Nasir

Abd Al Aziz Muhammad Ibrahim Al Nasir is a citizen of Saudi Arabia, who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 273....

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Ziad Said Farg Jahdari

Ziad Said Farg Jahdari

Ziad Said Farg Jahdari is a citizen of Saudi Arabia, who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba....

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Majed Hamad Al Frih,
Bessam Muhammed Saleh Al Dubaikey

Bessam Muhammed Saleh Al Dubaikey

Bessam Muhammed Saleh Al Dubaikey is a citizen of Saudi Arabia, who was held in extrajudicial detention at the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.Al Dubaikey's Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 340....

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Said Ali Abdullah Al Farha Al Ghamidi

Said Ali Abdullah Al Farha Al Ghamidi

-Transcript:There is no record that Said Ali Abdullah Al Farha Al Ghamidiparticipated in his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.-Habeas corpus:A writ of habeas corpus was submitted on his behalf....

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Sultan Sari Sayel Al Anazi

Sultan Sari Sayel Al Anazi

Sultan Sari Sayel Al Anazi is a citizen of Saudi Arabia who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.American intelligence analysts estimate that Al Anazi was born in 1974, in Sakaka, Saudi Arabia....

and Abdul Rahman Khowlan

Abdul Rahman Khowlan

Abdul Rahman Mohammed Hussein Khowlanis a citizen of Saudi Arabia who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.American intelligence analysts estimate he was born in 1972, in Taif, Saudi Arabia....

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According to the Saudi government, Al Fayfi was repatriated on December 14, 2006, along with six other Saudis. The seven men were detained, without charge, in Hayer Prison, while Saudi justice officials determined whether they had violated any Saudi laws.

Rehabilitation program

He went through and completed Saudi Arabia's militant rehabilitation program

Care Rehabilitation Center

The Care Rehabilitation Center is a facility in Saudi Arabia intended to re-integrate former jihadists into the mainstream of Saudi culture.The center is located in a former resort complex, complete with swimming pools, and other recreational facilities, outside Riyadh.According to Peter Taylor,...

, at the Muhammad Bin Naif Al-Munasaha Center. He was considered “low risk”, and one of a series of test cases to assess whether the program worked. The program seeks to convince its participants through Islamic teachings that al-Qaeda’s ideology is wrong. It also offers participants money and supervision through the their family that seeks to prevent them from resuming militant activities.

Al-Qaeda

Fayfi joined Al-Qaeda in Yemen at some point after his participation in the Saudi rehabilitation program. He was in Yemen for two years, and rose to become one of the top dozen leaders of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. On February 3, 2009, the Saudi government published a list of 85 "most wanted" suspected terrorists, that included Al Fayfi.

Surrender

On September 7, 2010, Fox News reported that Al Fayfi had recently been arrested in a sweep of suspected militants.

A Yemeni official said that security authorities in Abyan province in Yemen had accepted his surrender and taken him into custody on September 9. Yemeni authorities arranged for his return, and transferred him to Riyadh

Riyadh

Riyadh is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia. It is also the capital of Riyadh Province, and belongs to the historical regions of Najd and Al-Yamama. It is situated in the center of the Arabian Peninsula on a large plateau, and is home to 5,254,560 people, and the urban center of a...

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The Saudi Interior Ministry announced on October 15, 2010, that Al Fayfi had contacted Saudi authorities from Yemen within then-recent weeks during Ramadan to express his regret and readiness to surrender. Interior Ministry spokesman General Mansour al-Turki said that Al Fayfi’s case will be administered “according to local laws”, but that he will be given consideration for turning himself in.

Reportedly helped thwart bomb plot

On November 1, 2010, al-Fayfi was reported to have provided information that helped thwart the 2010 cargo plane bomb plot.
The Associated Press

Associated Press

The Associated Press is an American news agency. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, radio and television stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists...

, quoting Yemeni security officials who requested anonymity, who believed that al-Fayfi was a mole Saudi security officials tasked to penetrate Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula

Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula

Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula is a militant Islamist organization, primarily active in Yemen and Saudi Arabia. It was named for al-Qaeda, and says it is subordinate to that group and its now-deceased leader Osama bin Laden, a Saudi citizen whose father was born in Yemen...

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According to the Associated Press:

The Daily Mail

Daily Mail

The Daily Mail is a British daily middle-market tabloid newspaper owned by the Daily Mail and General Trust. First published in 1896 by Lord Northcliffe, it is the United Kingdom's second biggest-selling daily newspaper after The Sun. Its sister paper The Mail on Sunday was launched in 1982...

reported al-Fayfi has provided "a wealth of intelligence". According to the Daily Mail, al-Fayfi was