However, the
Associated Press had filed a
Freedom of Information Act request for the names of all the detainee.
The Department of Defense filed justifications for why they should not be obliged to release the information the Associated Press requested. They justified keeping the information secret not to protect the United States "
national security", but merely because they were concerned to protect the detainee's privacy.
The Department of Defense exhausted their legal appeals and were forced, by a court order, to release the identities of all the Guantanamo detainees.
List of Uzbeks whom the DoD has acknowledged they have held in Guantanamo
Inadequate transcript – only two of at least half a dozen allegations were recorded in the transcript.
On September 26, 2009, the Department of Justice announced that three men were transferred from Guantanamo.[11][12]
One of the men was
Yemeni detaineeAlla Ali Bin Ali Ahmed, who was repatriated to
Yemen.
The two other men were transferred to Ireland. Their names were withheld.
Reuters reported that Ireland had previously inquired into taking two
Uzbek detainees.
On September 27, 2009, the Associated Press reported that one of the two men was "31-year-old Oybek Jabbarov".[4]Dermot Ahern, the
Minister of Justice, asked reporters to respect the men's privacy.
Switzerland accepted one former Uzbekistani detainee on January 26, 2010.[13][14]
His name was withheld.