An Afghan man described as “one of the most compliant detainees at Guantánamo” goes before a national security parole board Tuesday seeking repatriation.

Mohammed Kamin, about 37, got to the U.S. Navy base in Cuba in September 2004, 16 months after his capture by Afghan authorities, and for a time was charged at the war court in a case dropped years ago by the Pentagon prosecutor. An intelligence profile highlighted his 2002 recruitment to the jihad in his native Afghanistan but described him as one of the U.S. military prison’s most agreeable captives, “most likely because the detention staff has treated him more humanely than he had expected.” ...

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