They say that the statement that Slahi recruited some of the 9/11 attackers is nothing but a myth, and that they have no information of their own to support such a claim!
The 12-page document stems from March 2008. Anyone who reads it is left with the impression that the prisoner that the report describes is a major player in international terrorism.
According to the first page of the document, which is one of over 700 Guantanamo detainee assessments obtained by WikiLeaks, the prisoner confessed to being a member of al-Qaida and attending its training camp in Afghanistan. The man, who was given the detainee number US9MR-000760DP, allegedly swore "bayat" (an oath of allegiance) to al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, and was willing to die as a martyr for bin Laden's cause. He also allegedly stated that his main responsibility had been to recruit volunteers for the terrorist organization in Europe.
In addition, the Joint Task Force claims in its assessment that the prisoner ran "the al-Qaida cell in Duisburg, Germany." This important piece of information is stated as fact in the file, without any ifs or buts.
But German investigators were, and still are, unaware of the existence of any Duisburg cell. Nor is any such cell mentioned in the files resulting from the extensive investigations conducted after the Sept. 11 attacks.
A Decade of Terrorism