indefinitely, without charge, and without an open and transparent review of the justifications for their detention. In 2004 the United States Supreme Court ruled, in Rasul v. Bush, that Guantanamo captives were entitled to being informed of the allegations justifying their detention, and were entitled to try to refute them. Office for the Administrative Review of Detained Enemy Combatants Following the Supreme Court's ruling the Department of Defense set up the Office for the Administrative Review of Detained Enemy Combatants. Scholars at the Brookings Institution, led by Benjamin Wittes, listed the captives still held in Guantanamo in December 2008, according to whether their detention was justified by certain common allegations: Tariq Mahmud Ahmad al Sawah was listed as one of the captives who "The military alleges ... are members of Al Qaeda." Tariq Mahmud Ahmad al Sawah was listed as one of the captives who "The military alleges ... traveled to Afghanistan for jihad." Tariq Mahmud Ahmad al Sawah was listed as one of the captives who "The military alleges ... took military or terrorist training in Afghanistan." Tariq Mahmud Ahmad al Sawah was listed as one of the captives who was a foreign fighter. Tariq Mahmud Ahmad al Sawah was listed as one of "36 [captives who] openly admit either membership or significant association with Al Qaeda, the Taliban, or some other group the government considers militarily hostile to the United States." Tariq Mahmud Ahmad al Sawah was listed as one of the captives who had admitted "fighting on behalf of Al Qaeda or the Taliban." However, al Sawah has long denied that he was ever a member of Al Qaeda, that he traveled to Afghanistan for jihad, that he took part in terrorist training, that he was hostile towards the United States, or that he fought on behalf of Al-Qaeda. Habeas corpus petition Al Sawah had a writ of habeas corpus filed on his behalf in June 2005. Formerly secret Joint Task Force Guantanamo assessment On April 25, 2011, whistleblower organization WikiLeaks published formerly secret assessments drafted by Joint Task Force Guantanamo analysts. Joint Task Force Guantanamo drafted a fourteen-page assessment of al-Sawah, dated September 30, 2008. The memo was signed by camp commandant David M. Thomas Jr. and recommended his "Transfer Out of DOD Control." Joint Review Task Force When he assumed office in January 2009 President Barack Obama made a number of promises about the future