Mohamedou Ould Slahi

Mohamedou Ould Slahi
Born	December 20, 1970(1970-12-20) Rosso, Mauritania
Detained at	Jordan Bagram Guantánamo
Alternate name	Mohammedou Ould Salahi, alias: Abu Musab
ISN	760
Status	Detained under AUMF-AT as a "part of" al Qaeda. Writ of habeas corpus granted his release on March 22, 2010. Remanded to the District Court on November 5, 2010.
Occupation	Electrical Engineer

Mohamedou Ould Slahi or Salahi (Arabic: محمد ولد صلاحي‎) (December 20, 1970) is a Mauritanian who has been detained at Guantánamo Bay detention camp since August 4, 2002. He is being held under the authority of AUMF alleged by the US government to be "part of" al Qaeda at the time of his arrest but he won his habeas corpus case and Judge Robertson concluded that: "his association with al-Qaeda ended after 1992, [and], even though he remained in contact thereafter with people he knew to be al-Qaeda members, he did nothing for al-Qaeda after that time."^[1][2] (p. 3)

Slahi traveled to Afghanistan in December 1990 “to support the mujahideen”.^[2] (p. 4) He trained in an al Qaeda camp and swore bayat to al Qaeda in March 1991. Slahi returned to Germany soon after and then traveled to Afghanistan again for three months in early 1992. Slahi alleges that he "severed all ties with ... al-Qaeda" at that time. The U.S. government maintains that Slahi "recruited for al-Qaeda and provided it with other support" since then.^[2] (p. 5)

Slahi was detained in Mauritania on November 20, 2001 and questioned for seven days by Mauritanian officers and by the FBI.^[3] Then the CIA rendered him to Jordan for eight months where he claims that he was tortured. After being flown to Afghanistan and held for two weeks, Slahi was transferred to the Guantánamo Bay detention camp in Cuba on August 4, 2002.^[4]

Slahi faces no criminal charges.^[5] Lt. Col Stuart Couch refused to prosecute Slahi in a Military Commission after concluding that in 2003, "Slahi's incriminating statements -- the core of the government's case -- had been taken through torture, rendering them inadmissible under U.S. and international law."^[6]

Slahi challenged the lawfulness of his detention and Judge James Robertson granted a writ of habeas corpus, ordering Slahi to be released on March 22, 2010. In his unclassified opinion, Judge Robertson wrote: "Associations alone are not enough, of course, to make detention lawful."^[7] (p. 29) The Department of Justice appealed the decision,^[8] which was heard on September 17, 2010.^[9][10] The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the ruling and remanded the case to the District Court on November 5, 2010 for further factual findings.^[2][11] (p. 16)

Germany

Slahi moved from Mauritania to Germany in 1988 on a scholarship with the Carl Duisberg Society and earned an engineering degree from the University of Duisburg.^[12][3] In December 1990, Slahi went to Afghanistan to support the mujahideen against the communist central government. He trained for six weeks at al-Farouq, an al Qaeda-run training camp near Khost. At the end of his training in March 1991, he swore bayat to al Qaeda^[4][13] and was given the kunya "Abu Musab." He then returned to Germany to continue his studies. In January 1992, he again traveled to Afghanistan to fight in support the mujahideen. He was assigned to a mortar battery in Gardez. In March, the Mohammad Najibullah regime fell and Slahi returned to Germany.^[7] (p. 12) In hearings in Guantanamo, Slahi has stated that he did travel to Afghanistan twice, attended the al Farouq training camp in 1990 and fought against the Afghan central government in 1992, but that those actions do not make him an enemy combatant against the United States.^[4][9][14] (pp. 2–4) ^[15] (pp. 4–6)

Slahi graduated from the university (renamed Gerhard Mercator University in 1994) with a degree in electrical engineering in 1995. He began seeking an unlimited visa and work permit to remain in Germany and as well as landed immigrant status in Canada during 1996.^[7] (p. 12) Slahi obtained landed immigrant status in Canada in September 1998.^[14]

Slahi's cousin and former brother-in-law is Mahfouz Ould al-Walid, also known as Abu Hafs al-Mauritania. Al-Walid is alleged to be one of the spiritual advisers to Osama bin Laden and a high-ranking leader of al Qaeda.^[7] (p. 21) While al-Walid was in the Sudan, he asked Slahi to help him get money to his family in Mauritania twice, about $4,000 in December 1997 and again $4,000 in December 1998. About this, the District Court stated: "the government relies on nothing but Salahi's uncorroborated, coerced statements to conclude that the money transfers were done on behalf of and in support of al-Qaida."^[7] (p. 26) In 1998, Slahi was heard by U.S. intelligence talking to al-Walid on a satellite phone traced to bin Laden.^{[13][15][16][17]} (p. 12)

The 9/11 Commission Report stated that in 1999, Slahi advised three members of the Hamburg Cell to travel to Afghanistan to obtain training before waging jihad in Chechnya.^[18][19] However, the habeas court found only that Slahi "provided lodging for three men for one night at his home in Germany [in November 1999], that one of them was Ramzi bin al-Shibh, and that there was discussion of jihad and Afghanistan."^[7] (p. 19)

Canada

Slahi moved to Montreal, Canada on November 26, 1999 because German immigration wouldn't prolong his visa.^[14] Since he was a hafidh, he was asked to lead Ramadan prayers for a large Muslim mosque by its Imam.^[15][17] (p. 14) Ahmed Ressam, who was caught with explosives crossing the Canadian border in December 1999 as part of the 2000 Millennium Plot, was also a member of the same mosque.^[13] Since Slahi's name was known to U.S. intelligence, he became suspected of activating Ressam.^[16]

The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) put Slahi under surveillance for several weeks but lacked any grounds to arrest him.^[16][20] According to a classified report of German intelligence, "there is not only no evidence of any involvement by Ould Slahi in the planning and preparation of the attacks, but also no indication that Ressam and Ould Slahi knew each other."^[3] Slahi left Canada to return to Mauritania on January 21, 2000.^[14]

Mauritania 2000-2001

During his trip home, Slahi was arrested in Senegal at the request of American authorities and questioned about the Millennium plot.^[21] He was then transferred to Mauritania to be interrogated by local authorities and FBI agents.^[20] After three weeks in custody, during which Slahi was accused of being involved in the Millennium Plot, he was released.^[16]

Slahi worked at various companies in Mauritania as an electrical engineer from May 2000 until the end of September 2001.^[7][14] On September 29, he was again detained by the Mauritanian authorities for questioning.^[20] He cooperated with the authorities several times though November 2001.^[16] The last time he went in for questioning was November 20, 2001.^[3] He was interrogated by both Mauritanian officials and the FBI for seven days, and then extraordinarily rendered to Jordan.^[3] An Amnesty International report describes his rendition and treatment there.^[22]

On July 19, 2002, Slahi was transferred to the detention facility in Bagram, Afghanistan and then flown to Guantanamo Bay detention camp on August 4, 2002.^[3]

Guantánamo Bay detention

Slahi was assigned detainee ID number 760 and was initially held in Camp Delta. In September 2003, he was moved to Camp Echo.^[13]

Memos summarizing meetings held on October 9, 2003 and February 2, 2004 between General Geoffrey Miller and Vincent Cassard of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) acknowledged that camp authorities were not permitting the ICRC to have access to Slahi, due to "military necessity."^[23][24] Canadian security officials interviewed Slahi in February 2003.^[25]

Lt. Col V. Stuart Couch, a Marine Corps lawyer appointed as Slahi's prosecutor, withdrew from the case in May 2004.^[6][26][27] Couch believed that Slahi "had blood on his hands", but stated that he "could no longer continue the case in good conscience" because of the alleged torture which tainted all confessions Slahi had made.^[6]

The Wall Street Journal published a letter Slahi wrote to his lawyers on November 9, 2006.^[28] In the letter, Slahi claims that all the confessions of crimes were the result of torture. He also laughed at being asked to recount "everything" that he had said during interrogations, joking that it was "like asking Charlie Sheen how many women he dated".^[29]

Slahi, along with Tariq al-Sawah, "have become two of the most significant informants ever to be held at Guantanamo. Today, they are housed in a little fenced-in compound at the military prison, where they live a life of relative privilege -- gardening, writing and painting -- separated from other detainees in a cocoon designed to reward and protect."^[13]

Before submitting briefs in the habeas case, the U.S. government dropped all allegations that Slahi had participated in the Millennium Plot and that he knew about the September 11th attacks before they happened.^[4]

Allegations of torture

According to the Wall Street Journal, Slahi had his last Federal Bureau of Investigation interrogation on May 22, 2003.^[6] His FBI interrogator warned him "this was our last session; he told me that I was not going to enjoy the time to come.". The interrogation techniques used on Slahi now started to include isolation, temperature extremes, beatings and sexual humiliation.^[6]

Schmidt-Furlow Report

The Wall Street Journal paraphrases an incident described in the Schmidt-Furlow Report:^[6][30]

On July 17, 2003, a masked interrogator told Mr. Slahi he had dreamed of watching detainees dig a grave.... The interrogator said he saw 'a plain, pine casket with [Mr. Slahi's] identification number painted in orange lowered into the ground.'

Slahi was repeatedly subjected to the use of an interrogation technique, in the summer of 2003, that the Schmidt-Furlow Report stated had been prohibited by the Secretary of Defense on December 2, 2002.

date	page number	notes
July 3, 2003	21	Interrogators submit a request for a "Special Interrogation Plan" for Slahi to the Office of the Secretary of Defense. The request was approved on August 3, 2003. According to the Schmidt-Furlow Report "Interrogation logs indicate that the techniques were never implemented because the subject of the second special interrogation plan began to cooperate prior to the approval."
July 17, 2003	24	The Schmidt-Furlow Report stated: "...a masked interrogator was used to interrogate the subject of the second special interrogation. The Schmidt-Furlow Report stated the masked interrogator told Slahi: "that he had a dream about the subject of the second special interrogation dying." "Specifically he told the subject ... that in the dream he 'saw four detainees that were chained together at the feet. They dug a hole that was six-feet long, six-feet deep, and four-feet wide.'" "Then he observed the detainees throw a plain, pine casket with the detainee’s identification number painted in orange lowered into the ground." "...his dream meant that he was never going to leave GTMO unless he started to talk, that he would indeed die here from old age and be buried on 'Christian… sovereign American soil.'" The Schmidt-Furlow Report concluded that the "...dream story does not rise to the level of a threat."
July 20, 2003	24-25	The Schmidt-Furlow Report stated the masked interrogator told Slahi that his family was “incarcerated.”
August 2, 2003	26	The Schmidt-Furlow Report stated: "...the Special Team Chief, while impersonating a USN Captain from the White House, told the subject ... that he had a letter indicating that the subject’s family had been captured by the United States and that they were in danger. The Schmidt-Furlow Report stated that the letter didn't actually contain an explicit threat. The Schmidt-Furlow Report stated: "...the Special Team Chief indicated that prior to the 'threat' to detainee the subject of the second special interrogation he cleared the proposal and the letter with the senior judge advocate who approved the technique as a 'deception.'" However, during their first interview with the Senior Judge Advocate he claimed no recollection of the letter. During their second interview with the Senior Judge Advocate he chose to exercise his right to protect himself from self-incrimination. "The Special Team Chief also indicated that both JIG Chiefs in charge during the promulgation of the Special Interrogation Plan12 were also aware of the threat letter." "The first JIG Chief has retired and was unwilling to cooperate with this investigation." "The second JIG Chief indicated under oath that he was unaware of the interrogation events discussed above." "Finally, the Commander (Geoffrey Miller) denies any knowledge of the existence of the threat or the letter. He does not recall ever discussing the issue of threats with the interrogators. He is aware that this is a prohibited practice and would not have permitted it if he had been aware of the plan."
August 2, 2003	25	The Schmidt-Furlow Report stated that Slahi was visited by a "messenger", with a "special message" that stated: “That message was simple: Interrogator’s colleagues are sick of hearing the same lies over and over and are seriously considering washing their hands of him. Once they do so, he will disappear and never be heard from again. Interrogator assured detainee again to use his imagination to think of the worst possible scenario he could end up in. He told Detainee that beatings and physical pain are not the worst thing in the world. After all, after being beaten for a while, humans tend to disconnect the mind from the body and make it through. However, there are worse things than physical pain. Interrogator assured Detainee that, eventually, he will talk, because everyone does. But until then, he will very soon disappear down a very dark hole. His very existence will become erased. His electronic files will be deleted from the computer, his paper files will be packed up and filed away, and his existence will be forgotten by all. No one will know what happened to him and, eventually, no one will care.”
Summer 2003	22	The Schmidt-Furlow Report confirmed that Slahi's claim that he was subjected to extremes of heat and cold. The Schmidt-Furlow Report stated: "This technique was officially permitted under 16 Apr 03 SECDEF Memorandum – Environmental Manipulation." The Schmidt-Furlow Report stated: "There is no evidence in the medical records of the subject of the second special interrogation being treated for hypothermia or any other condition related to extreme exposure."
Summer 2003	22-23	According to the Schmidt-Furlow Report: "The subject of the second special interrogation alleges that female military interrogators removed their BDU tops and rubbed themselves against the detainee, fondled his genitalia, and made lewd sexual comments, noises, and gestures." According to the Schmidt-Furlow Report: "The interrogation logs for the subject of the second special interrogation indicate that on a number of occasions female interrogators used their status as females to distract the subject of the second special interrogation during the interrogation but there is nothing to corroborate the allegation of the subject of the second special interrogation."
August 2003	23	According to the Schmidt-Furlow Report: "The subject of the second Special Interrogation Plan alleges that in late summer of 2003 he was hit by guards and an interrogator 'very hard' and 'with all their strength' he was hit 'all over.'" According to the Schmidt-Furlow Report: "The interrogation logs contain no reference to any physical violence against the subject of the second Special Interrogation Plan. His medical records indicate that in August 2003 the subject of the second special interrogation reported 'rib contusions' from an altercation with MPs when moved between camps. During this examination the physician also noted an 'edema of the lower lip' and a 'small laceration' on his head. There are no other medical entries of any other physical injuries. There are no indications of swelling or contusions to support a conclusion that the subject of the second special interrogation was hit 'very hard all over.'"
August 2, 2003	23	According to the Schmidt-Furlow Report: "The Special Team Chief impersonated a USN Captain assigned to the White House during interrogation of the subject of the second special interrogation. According to the Schmidt-Furlow Report: "...in an effort to convince the subject of the second special interrogation that he needed to cooperate ... presented a letter to the subject ... which indicated that ... in conjunction with authorities from the country of origin ... would interrogate the mother of the subject ... Plan. The letter further indicated that if his mother was uncooperative she would be detained and transferred to U.S. custody at GTMO for long term detention." According to the Wall Street Journal interrogators stressed to Slahi how dangerous it would be for Slahi's mother to be the only female captive in Guantanamo. According to the Schmidt-Furlow Report Major General Geoffrey Miller confirmed he was aware of the impersonation plan, but was unaware of the letter, or the threats to Slahi's mother.

Slahi's lawyers have threatened to sue Jordanian, Mauritanian and US officials over his torture.^[31]

Habeas corpus proceedings

Slahi had habeas corpus petitions submitted on his behalf. In response, the Department of Defense published 27 pages of unclassified documents from his CSRT on July 14, 2005.^[32] The Military Commissions Act of 2006 mandated that Guantánamo detainees were no longer entitled access to the US Federal Court system, so all outstanding habeas petitions were stayed. In June 2008, the United States Supreme Court ruled in Boumediene v. Bush that the MCA of 2006 could not remove detainees' right of access to the Federal Courts. All previous habeas petitions were eligible to be re-instated. On July 16, 2008, Sylvia Royce filed a status report on the progress of Slahi's previous petitions.^[33] The report states that Slahi's habeas petition had been dismissed on April 5, 2007 and a motion to reinstate was filed on June 23, 2008.

Release order

US District Court Judge James Robertson granted the writ of habeas corpus and ordered Slahi's release on March 22, 2010.^[34] Robertson's ruling was criticized by several GOP politicians.^[35] Slahi was the 34th detainee whose release was ordered by reviewing his habeas petition.^[5] The unclassified decision was filed on April 9, 2010.^[8]

Referring to the government's claim that Slahi gave "purposeful and material support" to al Qaeda, Judge Robertson wrote:

Salahi may very well have been an al-Qaida sympathizer, and the evidence does show that he provided some support to al-Qaida, or to people he knew to be al-Qaida. Such support was sporadic, however, and, at the time of his capture, non-existent. In any event, what the standard approved in Al-Bihani actually covers is "those who purposefully and materially supported such forces in hostilities against U.S. Coalition partners." 530 F.3d at 872 (emphasis added). The evidence in this record cannot possibly be stretched far enough to fit that test.^[7] (p. 5)

Judge Robertson then addressed the other government claim, that Slahi was "part of" al Qaeda at the time of his capture. He stated the law wasn't as clear in this instance, "neither Al-Bihani nor any other case provides a brightline test for determining who was and who was not 'part of' al-Qaida at the time of capture. The decision, in other words, depends on the sufficiency of the evidence." In regard to Slahi's case, Judge Robertson wrote, "The question of when a detainee must have been a 'part of' al-Qaida to be detainable is at the center of this case, because it is clear that Salahi was at one point a sworn al-Qaida member."^[7] (p. 6) Judge Robinson also discusses other factors in his decision, including which side had the burden of proof and the reliability of coerced or hearsay testimony.^[7](pp. 7–12) In conclusion, Judge Robertson stated:

The government had to adduce evidence - which is different from intelligence - showing that it was more likely than not that Salahi was "part of" al-Qaida. To do so, it had to show that the support Salahi undoubtedly did provide from time to time was provided within al-Qaida's command structure. The government has not done so.^[7] (p. 31)

Appeal

The Department of Justice appealed the decision.^[8] Oral arguments were heard on September 17, 2010 by a three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. In oral arguments, Judge David Tatel questioned whether swearing bayat in 1991 is evidence of actions against the United States. "When he swore bayat, the United States and al-Qaida had a common goal. Both the United States and al-Qaida were opposing a communist government of Afghanistan."^[9] The panel discussed sending the case back to the District Court or over-ruling the decision based on other recent D.C. Circuit rulings on the criteria that justify detention.^[10] On November 5, 2010, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the decision and remanded the case to the D.C. District Court for further factual findings.^[11][36]

Appeal for the release of evidence through the Canadian Justice System

Mohamedou Slahi and Ahcene Zemiri appealed through the Canadian Justice system for the release of classified documents about these two former Canadian residents.^[37] Both men were interviewed by Canadian security officials before leaving Canada for Afghanistan. Their lawyers argued that the notes from the Canadian interviews would have been relied on by the Americans, when building their own dossiers against the two men. They had requested the Canadian evidence in order to make their case for their freedom in the US Justice system.

Justice Edmond Blanchard ruled that since the men weren't Canadian citizens, and their connection to Canada was "tenuous", the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms didn't apply to them.^[37] Slahi is married to a Canadian, and had once been granted permanent residence status in Canada. The Supreme Court of Canada had ruled that the Canadian government should publish classified documents the Americans had shared about Canadian citizen Omar Khadr.

Nathan Whitling, one of their Canadian lawyers, predicted that their American habeas corpus cases will be heard before a planned appeal of Blanchard's ruling.^[37]

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Name	Slahi, Mohamedou Ould
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Date of birth	December 20, 1970
Place of birth	Rosso, Mauritania
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