WikiLeaks Doc: Catch and Release in Afghanistan

Published November 30, 2010 9:02pm ET



A cable released by WikiLeaks that is available on the New York Times’s web site underscores the difficulties that both the Bush and Obama administrations have had in transferring war on terror detainees to Afghan custody. The cable, which originated at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul on August 6, 2009, begins:

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