This image reviewed by the US military shows the front gate of "Camp Six" detention facility of the Joint Detention Group at the US Naval Station in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, January 19, 2012. An Al-Qaeda magazine was discovered after being smuggled into Guantanamo prison, a senior US official said January 18 amid a debate on new rules on mail inspections. Prison staff found an English-language copy of "Inspire" magazine which used to include such articles as how to make bombs, deputy military prosecutor Andrea Lockhart told a military tribunal hearing. AFP PHOTO/Jim WATSON (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)
  • The Department of Defense announced Mohammad Mani Ahmad al-Qahtani will be released from the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay and repatriated to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  • Qahtani, who is often referred to as “the 20th hijacker,” is an al-Qaeda agent who tried to enter the US to take part in the terrorist attack on 9/11.
  • In June 2021, a review board determined that Qahtani’s detention was no longer a “significant threat to the national security of the United States.”
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