one of the two former Gitmo detainees implicated by ABC, Muhamad Attik al Harbi (aka Muhamad al Awfi) is reportedly not even still active within the AQAP organization, according to published accounts. Al Harbi rejoined al Qaeda after graduating from the Saudi regime’s rehabilitation program. He then promptly left Saudi Arabia for Yemen, where he appeared in an al Qaeda video earlier this year, but has since returned to Saudi soil after pressure from his family convinced him to do so. It is not clear what, exactly, convinced al Harbi to return to Saudi custody – it could have been threats against his family or bribes, or something else entirely. Regardless, al Harbi is apparently not a part of al Qaeda’s current operational capacity. If he was involved in the Christmas Day plot, then he would have had to become a recidivist yet again – which is possible, but there is no evidence so far that this is the case.