throats. Qatari reaction In 2008, the United States requested bank records for al-Marri for use in their prosecution. The Qataris were reportedly angry that Washington had chosen to repatriate a different suspected terror financier to Sudan instead of al-Marri and denied the request. Release and repatriation Al-Marri was repatriated to Qatar on January 18, 2015. Reports have surfaced that al-Marri was released as part of a proposed prisoner swap deal facilitated by Qatar. In July 2014, the then-US Ambassador to Qatar was approached by an individual acting on behalf of Qatar's attorney general, Ali Bin Mohsen Bin Fetais Al Marri, who is reportedly a relative of Ali Saleh al-Marri. They offered to facilitate the release of an American couple, Matthew and Grace Huang, who were imprisoned in Qatar over the death of their adopted daughter. The case was widely criticized as a show trial by human rights groups and legal experts. The U.S. Department of State denies that any such deal took place. The Huangs were later released from Qatar after their conviction was overturned. Al-Marri's return to Qatar was widely celebrated. Prominent Qatari figures were invited to celebrate his return and high level figures, including a long time board member of Al Jazeera celebrated his return, members of the foreign and interior ministries and the editor in chief of Qatar's main newspaper al-Arab. He also received a congratulatory phone call from the country's prime minister upon his release. His return was also praised by Specially Designated Global Terrorist, Abdulrahman al Nuaymi, who is currently living with legal impunity in Qatar. The U.S. has received some criticism for releasing him back to Qatar instead of Saudi Arabia, the country whose passport he originally used to travel to the United States. Furthermore, Qatar has a borderline permissive attitude towards terrorism finance that led to concerns that al-Marri would again be involved in plotting violence against the United States. Torture claim In its reporting, Al Jazeera quoted one of al-Marri's lawyer's assertions that he was subjected to the brutal and dangerous torture technique known as "dry-boarding". See also Al-Marri v. Wright (2008) Jarallah al-Marri, his brother, former detainee at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. Yaser Esam Hamdi, former U.S. citizen who was held as an enemy combatant in the Continental U.S. See Supreme Court ruling Hamdi v. Rumsfeld (2004) References External links Al-Marri v. Pucciarelli , defense lawyers, Brennan Center for