[1] In October 2005 a US District Court judge in Washington, D.C. received hand handwritten notes from Pirzai and Ahmad, asserting their innocence.
[1] The Department of Justice argued that the Detainee Treatment Act prohibited captives initiating new habeas corpus appeals.
[1] According to The Columbus Dispatch, Pfeuffer then decided to research the information that was available to the public, including cases that dated back to the 18th century, and the thousands of pages of transcripts the DoD released on March 3, 2006.
[1] On August 26, 2006 Pfeuffer received an email from a Department of Justice lawyer, telling him that Pirzai had been released.
Pfeuffer told the Columbus Dispatch that he didn't know whether the men were released, whether they had been transferred to Afghan custody, or whether they were still in Guantanamo.