The United States has released and transferred an alleged al-Qaeda bomb maker from the Guantanamo Bay detention facility in Cuba to Saudi Arabia, the Department of Defense (DOD) announced on March 8.
Ghassan Al Sharbi, a 48-year-old Saudi Arabian engineer, was sent to his native country after the Periodic Review Board (PRB) determined that it was no longer necessary to detain him to protect against a “continuing significant threat to the national security of the United States,” the department said.
That board consists of one senior career official each from the DOD, Homeland Security, Department of Justice, and State Department, along with the Joint Staff and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence….