Regret the Error

A Feb. 16 Page One article that dealt with the case of Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohammed Sulaymon Barre quoted a hearing transcript in which an officer at the detention facility said he believed that Dahabshiil, a money-transfer company employing Barre, “was used to transfer money for terrorism.” The article pointed out that the allegations involving Dahabshiil were later dropped from the government’s summary of evidence. After publication, an attorney for Dahabshiil said in a letter to The Post that the firm has “never been the subject of any investigation in relation to alleged terrorist funding” and that it “has no involvement whatsoever with money laundering or the funding of terrorist organizations and . . . places the highest importance on money laundering compliance.” Dahabshiil should have been given an opportunity to comment for the article. Link