IROA NOTIFIED OF GUANTANAMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW

S E C R E T KABUL 003191 SIPDIS SIPDIS NOFORN STATE FOR SCA/FO (DAS GASTRIGHT),SCA/A (SINGRAM),L/PM (SPOMPER),S/WCI (MSHIN, ARICCI),S/CT, EUR/RPM OSD FOR MPORGES CENTCOM FOR CG CJTF-82, POLAD, CSTC-A, SOUTHCOM, JTF-GTMO E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/19/2017 TAGS: PREL PTER PINR PHUM MARR KAWC AF SUBJECT: IROA NOTIFIED OF GUANTANAMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD PROCEEDINGS, REQUESTS DATA REF: A. STATE 126121 ¶B. STATE 106104 ¶C. KABUL 02370 ¶D. STATE 98430 ¶E. KABUL 02032 ¶F. STATE 86901 ¶G. KABUL 01756 ¶H. STATE 70395 ¶I. KABUL 01074 ¶J. STATE 40239 Classified By: Pol/Mil Counselor Brent R. Hartley, reasons 1.4(b) and ( d). ¶1. (C/REL to IRoA) On September 18 PolMilOff notified Zia Salehi, Situation Room Director in the Office of the National Security Council (ONSC),that the seven Afghan detainees listed in ref A will be scheduled for Administrative Review Board (ARB) proceedings at Guantanamo Bay (GTMO) in approximately 30 days. Per ref A, PolMilOff requested that the IRoA notify the relatives of the detainees and provide any information that the relatives or IRoA might wish to share in written form by October 18, 2007. Salehi acknowledged receipt and undertook to provide a response. 2, (C/REL to IRoA) PolMilOff also reminded Salehi that responses to refs B, D, F, H, and J remain pending. As during a previous meeting (ref C),Salehi cited staffing constraints. When pressed for details, he reiterated (as Post has noted in e-mails to GTMO and OSD) that to identify detainees effectively IRoA requires the following seven data points: ISN, English name, Dari name (the way the name is said/written by Afghans, not a transliteration of the English),father's name (in Dari),province, village, and date of capture. This much information is needed because the very limited number of Afghan personal and place names complicates identification of individuals and because provincial data for ARB proceedings is gathered by staff who are not fluent in English. In ref A, for example, Salehi noted that detainee ISN 560 is identified as from Wazirabad without a province specified and that there are likely 50 Wazirabads in Afghanistan. Salehi also clarified that only a few senior ONSC officials have access to IRoA's master list of GTMO detainees, which does not contain all the information needed. ¶3. (S/NF) Post suggests that GTMO/OSD relay a spreadsheet (Secret/Releasable to IRoA) via e-mail listing all seven data points for all Afghan detainees in GTMO. If ARB notification cables then identify detainees by ISN, Post will cull the relevant information from the spreadsheet to identify detainees up for ARB review and will pass the subset of information to IRoA. We will also relay a copy of the spreadsheet to ONSC for senior officials' use. As we have learned from tracking data on detainees transferred from Bagram Theater Internment Facility, Post will also need the seven data points when discussing results of detainee case investigations with the National Directorate of Security and the status of prosecutions and trials with the Attorney General's Office and the court designated to hold detainee trials. Post contact for e-mail is Robin Duska (DuskaRA@state.sgov.gov). ¶4. (C/REL TO IRoA) Salehi advised that upon receipt of a master list, they will provide responses within two weeks regarding detainees listed in refs A, B, D, F, H, and J. Post has previously been advised that GTMO will take late responses into consideration. DELL