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WASHINGTON (AP) - A German man was detained as a suspected terrorist at Guantanamo Bay for four years despite findings by U.S. investigators that he had no link to al-Qaida, newly released documents say.
The former detainee, Murat Kurnaz, was turned over to German authorities and freed in 2006 after a personal plea from German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Kurnaz's case was cited Wednesday at the Supreme Court by a lawyer who argued that the 305 prisoners remaining at the U.S. Navy facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, should be allowed to use civilian courts to challenge their detention.
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