Feb 27 2009
Transfer of Detainee to Control of the Attorney General
THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary __________________________________________________________________ For Immediate Release February 27, 2009 MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE SUBJECT: Transfer of Detainee to Control of the Attorney General Based on the information available to me, including the memorandum from the Secretary of Defense and the Attorney General dated February 26, 2009, and the joint recommendation contained therein, I hereby determine that it is in the interest of the United States that Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri be released from detention by the Secretary of Defense and transferred to the control of the Attorney General for the purpose of criminal proceedings against him. Accordingly, by the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, I hereby direct you to transfer Mr.
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Transfer of Detainee to Control of the Attorney General