Pentagon Hides Iraqi Captive for 7 Months

The captive was kept under surveillance without being given a prisoner number or informing the International Red Cross Committee since October, the Pentagon said. "The military made a mistake on this issue. The Red Cross will be informed and he will be given a prisoner number." While the Pentagon acknowledged that the CIA asked the Pentagon not to issue a number to the prisoner or inform the Red Cross until his status was clear, it was stated that the captive was probably a high level member of the Ensar Al Aqsa organization. The New York Times wrote that Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, gave the orders to hide the prisoner.