 The Department of Defense reports that he was born on January 24, 1965, in Unfidel, Tunisia.Originally the Bush Presidency asserted that captives apprehended in the ""war on terror"" were not covered by the Geneva Conventions, and could be held indefinitely, without charge, and without an open and transparent review of the justifications for their detention.In 2004 the United States Supreme Court ruled, in Rasul v. Bush, that Guantanamo captives were entitled to being informed of the allegations justifying their detention, and were entitled to try to refute them.