Guantanamo Bay Detainees infoPart3

systems to take advantage of widespread informal financial networks. These networks include the hawala system, front companies, and the use of charitable organizations to hide financial transactions.  One detainee was a senior member of one such illegitimate international humanitarian aid organization that provided significant and prolonged aid and support to both the Taliban and al Qaida in Afghanistan. He was given a letter by UBL providing assistance in the establishment of three new offices in Afghanistan and at least one office in Pakistan for this organization.  The detainee had complete authority over the organization and has stated; “nothing happened in this organization without my knowledge.”  This same detainee related that this organization spent $1 million US dollars in Afghanistan between November 2000 - November 2001.  During this time, he admittedly purchased $5,000 US dollars worth of weapons utilizing the organization’s funds, stating they were for NGO personnel protection against the Northern Alliance during the onset of Operation Enduring Freedom.   Another detainee claims to have traveled to Cambodia to assist with relief efforts at an unidentified orphanage on the behalf of an Islamic organization.  By his own admission, this detainee met UBL as many as four times during July 2001 and is believed to have substantial ties to al-Qaida.  He was approached by an al-Qaida leader to straighten out logistics and supply problems that al-Qaida was experiencing in the Tora Bora region of Afghanistan. More than a dozen detainees had the cash equivalent of US$1,000-10,000 in their pockets when apprehended; four detainees had US$10,000-25,000; two detainees had the cash equivalent of more than US$40,000 each when captured. Terrorist Facilitators Detainees have described their experiences with al Qaida recruiters and facilitators, the encouragement they received to participate in jihad, and how their travel was facilitated. Detainees who were actual facilitators have detailed their efforts to send interested young men to training camps in Afghanistan, and for some eventually to meetings with the highest circles of al Qaida leadership. Over 25 GTMO detainees have been identified by other detainees as being facilitators who provided money, documentation, travel, or safe houses.   Detainee Skill Sets More than 10 percent of the detainees possess college degrees or obtained other higher education, often at western colleges, many in the United States.  Among these educated detainees are medical doctors, airplane pilots, aviation specialists, engineers, divers, translators, and lawyers. A detainee, who produced al Qaida videos, was hired by a Taliban leader to provide computer services to include installing hardware and software