Fazel, a member of the the taliban five. He commanded main force opposing the u. S. Backed Northern Alliance in 2001. Served as chief of staff for the army under the taliban and accused of war crimes. One of the taliban commanders on the ground said it was the best news he had heard in 12 years. He said his return is is like pouring 10,000 taliban vit fighters into the battle on the jihad. Now, they have the right lion to lead them in the right moltment in victory. I think the American People deserve to know whether any of the taliban five have reengageded. Im glad youve confirmed today there are returning after the year to afghanistan. In other words there arent Additional Information on the release unless youre telling me they are. Thats my question for the people who have been released in the last months by the administration and id just like to ask you, with some of them on november 5th of 2014 one of the detainees was transferred to kuwait. What we know about him publicly that i c
Kind of assurances that we generally get are travel restrictions, some kind of monitoring, information sharing from the government on what they are seeing and monitoring the detainees themselves. If terms of the five transferred to to qatar, what i can say is none have returneded to the battlefield. They are still in qatar. Theyre under a travel restriction. What i said about i think it may have been before you came in senator, after one year, we have you said what happens after one year, wed like to talk to you in a classified setting. I know my time is up, but i do not understand why the American People cant be told a basic question when youre transferring someone whos been previously designated as one of the top enemy combatants, posing risk to the United States of america, members of alqaeda when theyre being transferred how do you assure the American People if theyre not being incarcerated again, that they will not reengage. I think thats basic information that the American People
Justified the release of the taliban 5 . Were not at the end of hostilities in afghanistan. They said the reason we transferred the taliban 5 is because you traditionally swap prisoners when hostilities are over, therefore we get our guy back because the war is basically over and we release five of the taliban. I agree the end of hostilities that justice the transfer of these five is ridiculous. So i dont know why the administration would say that. Do you . Well, i said i agree with you, sir, hostilities are not over. Great. I couldnt agree with lets go for it as a committee. No one should be transferred because of the concept of end of hostilities. Second, if you have any deficiency and Legal Authority to hold these people, would you please inform the congress of what you need that you dont have and i bet you in a bipartisan fashion we can provide it to you. Yes. Do you feel like you have a deficiency today . Not today. Do you feel like you will have a deficient sin the near future .
The totals for before 22nd january 2009, when president obama signed the executive order and total after january 22nd 2009 referring to detainees who this is how the data break down. The total number is 17. 3 confirmed of reengaging. 12. 4 percent suspected of reen reengaging. Before january 2009, the numbers showed 19 confirmed and 14. 3 suspected reengaging for a total of 33 . The data after january 2009 shows that 6. 8 confirmed of reengaging. Six out of 88 transfers. 1. 1 suspected for a total of 7. 9. The rate of reengagement has been much lower, attesting to the rigor of this process. Of the detainees transferred during the administration, over 90 are either confirmed or suspected of reengaging. This speaks to the security measures the receiving government intends to take pursuant to domestic laws and determinations to mitigate the threat. One additional point about the data. Of the 107 confirms of reengaging, the vast majority transferred before 2009 48 are dead or in custody. R
Their current what our assessment is of their intentions, so its not just to look at the assessments that were done mr. Secretary, youre not answering the question. If you dont have the information, then submit it. Its important for this committee to know who is low risk, medium risk and high risk. I would have expected you to come to this hearing with that information. Yes, mr. Chairman. I should add that these risk levels, in terms of who is in what category, is classified. We would be happy to have this conversation with you in a classified context as well. I think its safe to say many of them are in the medium to high risk category. Well, it would be very important for us to know that as we move forward. Yes, sir. Senator tillis touched on this issue of the notification of congress. And i think a lot of people were very disturbed by that. Just by reading it in the paper. Can you, again if you dont have it here, perhaps with the attorney generals help, provide a detailed, detailed l