for whatever we've done!" There is unlimited cruelty in a system that seems to be unable to free the innocent and unable to punish the guilty. The McClatchy interview On June 15, 2008, the McClatchy News Service published articles based on interviews with 66 former Guantanamo captives. McClatchy reporters interviewed Mourad Benchellali in France. Benchellali acknowledged he was born in a radical family, but said he was not a radical believer himself: During his interview Benchellali described his brother tricking him into traveling to Afghanistan, described what it was like to attend the training camp: a lot praying; lectures on jihad; physical training; some weapons training, which did not include any weapons. Benchellali described one female interrogator who: "undressed in front of him as she purred questions". French trial Benchellali, and four other French citizens, were convicted in 2007 of "criminal association with a terrorist enterprise." They had their convictions overturned on appeal on February 24, 2009. Their convictions were overturned because they were based on interrogations conducted in Guantanamo, and the interrogations were conducted by French security officials, not law enforcement officials. On February 17, 2010, the Court of Cassation, a higher court, ordered a re-trial of the five men. Subpoenaing Commandant Geoffrey Miller In February 2014, Benchellali, and his friend Sassi, sought a subpoena to compel testimony from Geoffrey D. Miller, the former Commandant of the Guantanamo camp. The pair's lawyers argued that Miller was responsible for ordering the unauthorized use of interrogation techniques which violated international agreements, and constituted war crimes. The French court scheduled Miller's appearance for March 2016. Miller didn't appear, which William Bourdon, one of their lawyers, characterized as an "a dual act of contempt against the French judiciary"; because "he both refused to appear and to provide any explanation about his role and that of the US administration." William J. Haynes, formerly the Pentagon's Chief Legal Counsel, was scheduled to testify in October 2016. See also Nizar Sassi Imad Kanouni Brahim Yadel Karim Bourti A Profile of 517 Detainees through Analysis of Department of Defense Data References External links Report on ex-Guantánamo prisoners reveals systematic abuse and chronic failures of intelligence Andy Worthington McClatchy News Service - video French Muslims French people of Algerian descent Living people Guantanamo detainees known to have been released Year of birth missing (living people)