hɪz kˈeɪs wʌz bˈoʊlstɚd baɪ ɐn ˌæfɪdˈeɪvɪt fɹʌm kˈɜːnəl lˈɔːɹəns wˈɪlkɚsən, ɐ fˈɔːɹmɚɹ ˈeɪd tə sˈɛkɹətɹi ʌv stˈeɪt kˈɑːlɪn pˈaʊɛl, hˌuː stˈeɪɾᵻd ðæt tˈɑːp jˈuː.ˈɛs. əfˈɪʃəlz, ɪŋklˈuːdɪŋ dʒˈɔːɹdʒ dˈʌbəljˌuː. bˈʊʃ, dˈɪk tʃˈeɪni, ænd dˈɑːnəld ɹˈʌmsfɛld, hæd nˈoʊn ðætðə mədʒˈɔːɹᵻɾi ʌvðə dɪtˈeɪniːz ɪnˈɪʃəli sˈɛnt tə ɡwɑːntˈænəmˌoʊ wɜːɹ ˈɪnəsənt, bˌʌt ðætðə dɪtˈeɪniːz hɐdbɪn kˈɛpt ðɛɹ fɔːɹ ɹˈiːzənz ʌv pəlˈɪɾɪkəl ɛkspˈiːdiəns.
His case was bolstered by an affidavit from Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, a former aide to Secretary of State Colin Powell, who stated that top U.S. officials, including George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, and Donald Rumsfeld, had known that the majority of the detainees initially sent to Guantánamo were innocent, but that the detainees had been kept there for reasons of political expedience.