Nasser, 56, was imprisoned without charge in the notorious prison for 19 years, held indefinitely.
On Monday, the Biden administration transferred its first detainee out of Guantánamo Bay, repatriating a Moroccan man who has been held in the notorious prison for nearly two decades on no charge. The release of Abdul Latif Nasser,56, first reported by the New York Times, was the first step President Biden took to reduce the prison population, following the footsteps of previous Democratic president Barack Obama. Nasser,56, was imprisoned without charge at Guantánamo Bay for 19 years, held indefinitely as a law-of-war detainee in the armed conflict against terrorist group al Qaeda. Many of the detainees at the prison are detained without charges. Pentagon officials have accused Nasser of being a former Taliban fighter who fought invading U.S. forces in the Tora Bora mountains in late 2001. He was captured by Pakistani agents that same year and has been languishing in the prison off the coast of Cuba since 2002. According to a Pentagon memo leaked in 2008, Nasser was born in Casablanca, Morocco on March 4,1965. “If released without rehabilitation, close supervision, and means and desire to successfully reintegrate into society as a law-abiding citizen, it is assessed detainee would seek out prior associates and reengage in hostilities and extremist support activities at home and abroad.
