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Extraction Summary
8
People
10
Organizations
4
Locations
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Events
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Relationships
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Document Information
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Legal opinion / court case printout (westlaw)
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Summary
This document is a page from a Westlaw printout of a 2012 legal opinion (In re: Terrorist Attacks on September 11, 2001) stamped with a House Oversight Committee Bates number. It details the legal standards for detaining individuals as 'part of' al-Qaeda, referencing the 'Golden Chain' document which identifies financiers such as Saleh Abdullah Kamel and Suleiman Abdel Aziz al Rajhi. The text analyzes D.C. Circuit precedents regarding habeas corpus petitions from Guantanamo Bay detainees and the evidentiary standards required to prove material support for terrorism.
People (8)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Saleh Abdullah Kamel | Alleged financier |
Alleged to have been identified in the 'Golden Chain' document as one of al-Qaeda's principal financiers.
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| Suleiman Abdel Aziz al Rajhi | Chairman and managing director of Al Rajhi Bank |
Alleged to have been identified in the 'Golden Chain' document as one of al-Qaeda's principal financiers.
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| Jamal al Fadl | Senior al-Qaeda official / Cooperating witness |
Defected and became a cooperating witness for the United States; authenticated the Golden Chain document.
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| Al Alwi | Petitioner |
Cited in Al Alwi v. Obama regarding detention standards.
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| Uthman | Petitioner |
Cited in Uthman v. Obama regarding circumstantial evidence of being 'part of' al-Qaeda.
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| Al-Adahi | Petitioner |
Cited in case regarding reasonable inferences from contacts with al-Qaeda associates.
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| Al-Bihani | Petitioner |
Cited in case regarding presence at training camps or guesthouses.
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| Salahi | Petitioner |
Cited in case regarding functional approach to determining membership in al-Qaeda.
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Organizations (10)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| Bank Al-Taqwa |
Notorious Specially Designated Global Terrorist.
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| Dallah al Baraka |
Shareholder of Aqsa Islamic Bank.
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| Aqsa Islamic Bank |
Bank that Israel refused to approve citing ties with terrorists.
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| Al Rajhi Bank |
Bank whose chairman is alleged to be a financier.
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| al-Qaeda |
Terrorist organization mentioned throughout the document.
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| United States intelligence agencies |
Concluded seized materials were authentic.
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| Treasury Department |
Used the Golden Chain list for designating terrorist sponsors.
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| 9/11 Commission |
Final Report relied upon the Golden Chain.
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| D.C. Circuit |
Court providing judicial review of habeas petitions.
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| House Oversight Committee |
Implied by Bates stamp HOUSE_OVERSIGHT.
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Locations (4)
| Location | Context |
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Location of an office mentioned in the first paragraph.
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Refused to approve Aqsa Islamic Bank.
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Detention facility for habeas petitions.
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Location of training camps and guesthouses.
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Relationships (3)
Identified in 'Golden Chain' document.
Identified in 'Golden Chain' document.
Defected and became a cooperating witness.
Key Quotes (4)
"Dallah al Baraka 'is a shareholder of Aqsa Islamic Bank, a bank that Israel has refused to approve, ‘citing obvious ties with known terrorists.’'"Source
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Quote #1
"The Golden Chain has been relied upon by the United States as an exhibit in multiple criminal cases."Source
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Quote #2
"In order to have a basis to continue to detain a petitioner, the United States has been required to *109 prove that a detainee was “more likely than not ... part of, or substantially supported, Taliban or al-Qaida forces or associated forces ....”"Source
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Quote #3
"the far more likely explanation for the plethora of damning circumstantial evidence is that he was part of al Qaeda"Source
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Quote #4
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