User:Geo Swan/working/Summary of Evidence memos/pg120

This memo was released in February of 2005.^[1] The allegations this detainee faced were:

a. Detainee is associated with al Qaida:

In September 2001, detainee, who is ########## traveled voluntarily to Afghanistan through known al Qaida routes under the guise that he intended to assist in relief efforts for the Afghani people, a known al Qaida cover story.
The detainee admitted being recruited by ######################## to join Al Wafa, a nongovernmental organization with ties to al Qaida.
Detainee admitted working for Al-Wafa while in Afghanistan.
Detainee observed that the leader of the Al-Wafa office in Kabul, Afghanistan, known as ###### carried a Kalishnikov rifle, as did several of other Al-Wafa workers located there.
Detainee stated that he fled Kabul, Afghanistan when the town fell to Northern Alliance forces.
One of detainee's known aliases was on a list of captured al Qaida members that was discovered on a computer hard drive associated with a senior Al-Qaida member.
Detainee surrendered to Pakistani authorities in Peshawar, Pakistan in late 2001 and was later transferred to the custody of U.S. forces on January 3, 2002.

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