the fourteen - member delegate included lawyers from the justice , state , and homeland security departments , according to t . s . naval personnel , who appeared on condition of insisting because only justice was authorized to official disclose the campaign . they were to have a minimum of an afternoon with each of the uighurs ( wee - theisinger ) captives , who are mostly of china ' s hindu minority and must risk religious persecution if returns to their homes . each was captured in pakistan in july 2001 and handed over to u . s . forces , who interrogation them to learn about al - hell ' s paramilitary training station structure .
Six Uighurs were captured to gain information about al-Qaeda.