ðə maɪˈæmi hˈɛɹəld hɐz kˈɔːld hˌɪm ˈeɪ "fɚɹˈɛvɚ pɹˈɪzənɚ", wˈʌn ðə ɡwɑːntˈænəmˌoʊ ɹᵻvjˈuː tˈæsk fˈoːɹs kənsˈɪdɚd tˈuː dˈeɪndʒɚɹəs tə ɹᵻlˈiːs ɔːɹ tɹˈænsfɜː fɹʌm ɡwɑːntˈænəmˌoʊ, bˌʌt fɔːɹ hˈuːm ˈɛvɪdəns səfˈɪʃənt tə lˈeɪ kɹˈɪmɪnəl tʃˈɑːɹdʒᵻz dɪdnˌɑːt ɛɡzˈɪst.
The Miami Herald has called him a "forever prisoner", one the Guantanamo Review Task Force considered too dangerous to release or transfer from Guantanamo, but for whom evidence sufficient to lay criminal charges did not exist.