The majority of the innocents were among the 201 detainees released before the US began to hold Combatant Status Review Tribunals in 2004, meaning that their stories have never before been heard. Secret files, obtained by WikiLeaks and seen by The Daily Telegraph, now reveal in the Americans’ own words the tales of the elderly and child soldiers, the innocent and the ill, whom there was “no reason” to send to Guantánamo.