High Value Detainee

A High Value Detainee was a term used in George W. Bush Administration policy documents to refer to persons believed to either to know critical information of terrorist threats against the United States, and to constitute a continuing danger if released. The original definition, provided by a Central Intelligence Agency assistant general counsel, whose name was redacted from the released document, was:

"A detainee who, at time of capture, we have reason to believe:
 * 1) is a senior member of al-Qaeda or an al-Qaida associated terrorist group (Jemaah Islamiyyah, Egyptian Islamic Jihad, al-Zarqawi Group, etc.)
 * 2) has knowledge of imminent terrorist threats against the USA, its military forces, its citizens and organizations, or its allies, or that has/had direct involvement in planning and preparing terrorist actions against the USA or its allies, or assisting the al-Qaeda leadership in planning and preparing such terrorist actions; and
 * 3) if released, constitutes a clear and continuing threat to the USA or its allies.:

Persons in this category, listed by the apparently most common name in biographical information, include:
 * 1) Ammar al-Baluchi
 * 2) Haytham al-Kini
 * 3) Abu Zubaydah
 * 4) Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
 * 5) Hambali
 * 6) Mustafa Ahmad al-Hawsawi
 * 7) Lillie
 * 8) Majid Khan
 * 9) Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri
 * 10) Abu Faraj
 * 11) Ramzi Bin al-Shibh
 * 12) Zubair
 * 13) Khallad
 * 14) Gouled Hassan Dourad