American on Freelance Terrorist Hunt Is Freed
From Times Wire Reports
An American convicted of running a private prison in Afghanistan as part of a freelance hunt for terrorists left the country Saturday after his release from an Afghan jail, officials said.
Court documents filed Friday in Washington showed that U.S. officials planned to secure Brent Bennett a passport and a ticket out of the country, and an Associated Press reporter saw a man identified as Bennett board a plane for Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It was not clear whether Bennett, 29, was free or in U.S. custody.
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