Guantanamo detainees missing from the official list

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There seem to be a certain number of Guantanamo detainees missing from the official list the Department of Defense released in compliance with a court order from US District Court Justice Jed Rakoff.^[1]^[2]

Associated Press had filed Freedom of Information Act requests for the detainees names to be released. The DoD had exhausted their arguments and appeals to keep the detainees identities classified. The deadline of Justice Rakoff's court order was 6:00 pm March 3, 2006. The Department of Defense missed this deadline, supplying document later in the evening of March 3rd.

Instead of supplying a list of the detainees identities the DoD released approximately five dozen portable document format files, that contained transcripts from all the Combatant Status Review Tribunals where the detainee had actively participated, and from some Administrative Review Board hearing. The DoD's position was that they would keep confidential the identities of all the detainees who had not chosen to participate in their Tribunals and hearings.

Over the next month the DoD quietly released some further files containing more Administrative Review Board hearing transcripts. On April 20, 2006 the DoD released a list of 558 detainees, which they said was all the detainees for whom a Combatant Status Review Tribunal sat to determine whether they had been correctly classified as an enemy combatant. They did not, however, report which detainees had been determined to have been innocent. And they did not, at that time, offer the names of any detainees released prior to the initiation of the CSRTs.

On May 15, 2006 the DoD released 759 names, which they said contained all the names of all the detainees who had been held, in military custody, in Guantanamo.

Many of the detainees' names were spelled inconsistently on the two lists. Further some detainees were not listed, at all, on the final list.

**Guantanamo detainees whose names appear to be missing from the official list**
Naqibullah	One of the three minors, detained in more humane conditions, at Camp Iguana. Released on January 28, 2004. The DoD's official list, of May 15, 2006, listed a minor named Naqib Ullah.^[2] It is unclear whether these two names refer to the same individual.
Asadullah Abdul Rahman	One of the three minors, detained in more humane conditions, at Camp Iguana. Released on January 28, 2004. The DoD's official list, of May 15]] 2006, listed a minor named Assad Ullah.^[2] It is unclear whether these two names refer to the same individual.
Muhammad Ismail Agha	One of the three minors, detained in more humane conditions, at Camp Iguana. Released on January 28, 2004.
Murtada Ali Said Maqram	On March 3, 2006 the DoD released a memo summarizing the factors for and against his continued detention, prepared for his Administrative Review Board hearing.^[3] But his name was not on the official list of detainees.
Musa Ali Said Al Said Al Umari	On March 3, 2006 the DoD released a memo summarizing the factors for and against his continued detention, prepared for his Administrative Review Board hearing.^[4] But his name was not on the official list of detainees.
Sofiane Haderbache	On March 3, 2006 the DoD released a memo summarizing the factors for and against his continued detention, prepared for his Administrative Review Board hearing.^[5] But his name was not on the official list of detainees.
Ghallab Bashir	On March 3, 2006 the DoD released a memo summarizing the factors for and against his continued detention, prepared for his Administrative Review Board hearing.^[6] But his name was not on the official list of detainees.
Mohammed Hagi Fiz	One of the first group of detainees to be released, in October 2002.
Jan Mohammed	One of the first group of detainees to be released, in October 2002.
Shah Muhammad	Released on May 8, 2003
Mani Shaman Turki al-Habardi Al-Utaybi	Committed suicide on June 10, 2006.^[7] Was identified as Mani Shaman Turki al-Habardi Al-Utaybi by the DoD on June 11, 2006 -- a name not present on the official list. On June 16, 2006 the Miami Herald reported that Al-Utaybi had been issued ID number 588, and had been identified in earlier documents as Mazi Salih al Harbi.^[8] Al-Utaybi's lawyers reported that the DoD had been refusing to forward their mail to Al-Utaybi, claiming they were spelling his name incorrectly.
Mohammed Al Amin	Reported to have been sexually abused, beaten, starved, sleep deprived.^[9]
Hamed Abderrahaman Ahmad	Repatriated to Spanish custody, tried, convicted, and released on appeal.^[10]
Maulvi Abdul Ghaffar	Released from Guantanamo in January 2004.^[11] USA asserts that he returned to command a company sized group of Taliban and was subsequently killed in action.
Abdullah Mehsud	Mehsud was one of the first detainees to be released.^[11] The USA asserts that he returned to command a company sized group of Taliban and was subsequently killed in action.
Ali Hamza Ahmed Sulayman al Bahlul	Al Bahlul was one of the first four detainees to face charges before a military commission.^[12]
Zohair Abdul Mohammed Al-Shorabi	Associated Press acquired the entire unclassified dossier from his Combatant Status Review Tribunal in early 2005, and made it available for download from their site.^[13]
Abdur Rahim	Believed to be behind a rocket attack on Firebase Salerno.]].^[14] Released 15 months later, when the actual mastermind was identified.