" According to ■■■■■, President Bush was regularly briefed about my case, and so was ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■. ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ even sent his secretary ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ to check on me in summer 2004. He asked me some Intel questions. By that time, though the tension was already relieved.* "
― Mohamedou Ould Slahi , Guantánamo Diary: Restored Edition