Khadr had ‘high intelligence value’: memo

Canadian terror suspect Omar Khadr continued "to provide valuable information" to U.S. military interrogators at the detention centre in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba nearly two years after he was captured in Afghanistan, according to a classified 2004 document released by whistleblower website WikiLeaks on Sunday.

According to the memo, Khadr, only 16 at the time the document was produced, provided details of "high intelligence value to the United States," which were listed as reasons for his "continued detention."

Khadr reportedly gave information about "key" al-Qaida and Taliban members, as well as details about three terrorist training camps and other "non-governmental organizations that he worked with in supporting al-Qaida."

The classified document is part of a collection of nearly 800 files released Sunday that provide details about the more than 700 men who have been detained at Guantanamo since the prison was opened in 2001.

The document concerning Khadr reveals the young Canadian had been "generally co-operative and forthcoming," and that he had admitted to throwing the grenade that killed a U.S. soldier during a 2002 firefight when he was only 15 years old. But the memo adds that Khadr had never "expressed any genuine remorse" for the act.

And the secret document goes on to state that Khadr had "grown increasingly hostile towards his interrogators and the guard force and he remains committed to extremist Islamic values."

For those reasons, the teenaged suspect was deemed "a high risk" and it was recommended that he remain in Guantanamo because he was "likely to pose a threat to the U.S., its interests or its allies."

Khadr, who is one of 172 men still locked up in Guantanamo, took a plea deal last October that would see him spend a maximum of another year in the notorious prison, followed by seven years in a Canadian prison. He admitted to five war crimes, including murder in the death of the U.S. serviceman.

Khadr is one of only a small number of people who have been locked up at Guantanamo who have ever been charged with any crimes. Most have simply been released, many returning to their home countries.