 In commentary on Brennan's justification in "The Weekly Standard" third-party counter-terrorism analyst Thomas Joscelyn challenged Brennan's defense of the Obama appointed 2009 review, by citing the allegations in the 2008 Joint Task Force Guantanamo assessment.Joscelyn quoted several passages from the 2008 military assessment that asserted Batarfi had helped provide Yazid Sufaat with medical laboratory equipment that was intended to be used to develop an anthrax weapon.Joscelyn quoted another passage from the documents, about Batarfi's ties to Dr Amer Aziz, a mentor Batarfi worked under, during his internship.