Transfer of Detainee to Control of the Attorney General THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary __________________________________________________________________ For Immediate Release February 27, 2009 MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSESUBJECT: Transfer of Detainee to Control of the Attorney General Based on the information available to me, including the memorandum from the Secretary of Defense and the Attorney General dated February 26, 2009, and the joint recommendation contained therein, I hereby determine that it is in the interest of the United States that Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri be released from detention by the Secretary of Defense and transferred to the control of the Attorney General for the...