 One month after his release, he designated by the United Nations on October 10 as an al-Qaeda financier and facilitator.In a U.S. diplomatic cable sent March 5, 2009, Qatar's Attorney General, Dr. Ali Al-Marri, reasoned that in order to "keep al-Subaie from continuing his terrorist activities, he needs to be brought back into society… one way of doing that was to let him have a bank account so he could take care of his family.