He said soldiers, especially, were frustrated that giving high value detainees Miranda rights is impeding their ability to pursue intelligence on the battlefield.

The so-called high value detainees, the senior Qaeda officials, might not be held at a fixed location, he said, but they were permanently in American custody.

The reasons why Ahsy was considered a high value detainee has not been made public.

The high value detainees had been clandestinely held in the CIA's black sites.

They identified him as a "high value detainee".

Military officials have identified him as one of their "high value detainees."

Most interrogations there were conducted by military intelligence, while the C.I.A. focused on fewer, "high value" detainees, the officials said.

Khan is represented by the Center for Constitutional Rights and is the only so-called "high value detainee" to have legal representation.

Khan was the first of the "high value detainees" to meet with a lawyer.

Khan is the first of the 14 high value detainees to have been able to get mail to his relatives.