Ex-Gitmo Detainee, Released by Bush, Is Suspected in Benghazi
AttackS   Qumu—who runs an Islamic militia several hours outside
Benghazi—reportedly trained and lived with Osama bin Laden's Al
Qaeda operatives in the 90s before fighting the U.S. in
Afghanistan after the 2001 invasion. He was caught in Pakistan
and sent to Gitmo, where he was known as Prisoner 557.  Qumu had
a personality disorder, untreated tuberculosis, and "a long-term
association with Islamic extremist jihad and members of Al
Qaeda," according to leaked military records. Even as
authorities pondered his release from Gitmo, the military
dossier on Qumu had called him "a MEDIUM to HIGH risk, as he is
likely to pose a threat to the U.S., its interests and allies."
He left Cuba and was placed in Libyan custody in 2007.  That
would be a year after the Bush administration brought Libya "in
from the cold" and restored diplomatic relations between the
countries, citing Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi's renunciation
of terrorism. The following year,