Judge orders release of Yemeni from Guantánamo

A federal judge has ordered the Pentagon to free a Yemeni father of two with a heart condition who has been held for seven and a half years at Guantánamo on suspicion of serving as Osama bin Laden's bodyguard. Mohammed al Adahi, 47, testified by video link from the prison camp that he had met bin Laden socially during the summer before the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks but never worked for him or waged jihad. U.S. Judge Gladys Kessler ruled for his release on Monday, instructing the U.S. government to ``take all necessary and appropriate diplomatic steps'' and comply with Congressional requirement to release him ``forthwith.'' She also ordered the government to release a public version of her decision Friday.