Abib Sarajuddin

The New York Times published an article about the search for Jalaluddin Haqqani, and how it led to the aerial bombardment of Sarajuddin's home.

Initially the Bush administration asserted that they could withhold all the protections of the Geneva Conventions to captives from the war on terror.

Critics argued that the USA could not evade its obligation to conduct a competent tribunals to determine whether captives are, or are not, entitled to the protections of prisoner of war status.

[6] On March 3, 2006, in response to a court order from Jed Rakoff the Department of Defense published a summarized transcript from his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.

[8] In response the Department of Defense published 47 pages of unclassified documents related to his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.

[12] In the Spring of 2006, in response to a court order from Jed Rakoff the Department of Defense published a summarized transcript from his Administrative Review Board.

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

Combatant Status Review Tribunals were held in a 3 x 6 meter trailer. The captive sat with his hands cuffed and feet shackled to a bolt in the floor. [ 3 ] Three chairs were reserved for members of the press, but only 37 of the 574 Tribunals were observed. [ 4 ]
Hearing room where Guantanamo captive's annual Administrative Review Board hearings convened for captives whose Combatant Status Review Tribunal had already determined they were an "enemy combatant". [ 9 ]