Photo: Lakhdar Boumediene is a former relief worker for the Islamic counterpart of the Red Cross, the Red Crescent, in Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina. He was arrested in Bosnia in 2001 and accused of conspiring to bomb the U.S. Embassy in Sarajevo and was held for seven and a half years in the detention center at Guantanamo Bay. (ABC News)From ABC News:
Held Seven Years, Former Aid Worker Tells ABC News He Was Tortured
For 7½ years, Lakhdar Boumediene was known simply by a number: "10005."
These were the digits assigned to him when he arrived at the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, swept up in a post-Sept. 11 dragnet and accused of plotting to blow up the U.S. and British Embassies in Sarajevo.
In an exclusive interview with ABC News, Boumediene said the interrogators at Gitmo never once asked him about this alleged plot, which he denied playing any part it.
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My Comment: He said .... they said .... this case is a perfect illustration of how dysfunctional U.S. intelligence has become over the years. While Lakhdar Boumediene may be an innocent man, many of his fellow prisoners have gone back to jihad .... which is again another illustration of what has gone wrong with Guantanamo and the U.S. intelligence community.
Will conditions improve under President Obama .... I am hopeful but I am also very doubtful.