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| Airman at Gitmo Charged With Espionage |
| 2003-09-23 |
| An Air Force airman who worked at the U.S. prison camp for suspected terrorists at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base has been charged with espionage and aiding the enemy, a military spokesman said Tuesday. Senior Airman Ahmad I. al-Halabi worked as an Arabic language translator at the prison camp for Al Qaeda and Taliban suspects, spokesman Maj. Michael Shavers said. The Air Force enlisted man knew the Muslim chaplain at the prison arrested earlier this month, but it’s unclear if the two arrests are linked, Shavers said. Being very careful, our spokesman. Al-Halabi is being held at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, Shavers said. Earlier Tuesday, senior military officials told Fox News that a member of the Navy was also in custody, under suspicion of espionage and possible improper communications with the camp’s detainees. The Navy member’s role at the camp has not been disclosed. Any bets on if he is muslim as well? Fox News has learned al-Halabi and the Navy member both were detained roughly two weeks before Islamic military chaplain James Yee was arrested. Detained very quietly. Yee’s connection to these two is not clear at this time, though officials do say that the two were being surveyed for some time before Yee came to their attention. Pentagon officials said Yee and al-Halabi knew each other but said it was not clear if the arrests were connected. "I can say no more, at this time." Yee, 35, was arrested Sept. 10 in Jacksonville, Fla., after getting off a flight from Guantanamo Bay and is being held at the consolidated Naval Brig in Charleston, SC. A senior law enforcement official said authorities confiscated classified documents Yee was carrying. But determining what Yee’s intentions were may be difficult, according to one senior official. The official told Fox News that he was having a difficult time assessing the meaning of the articles said to be in the chaplain’s possession when he was arrested. Really? Yee was detained in part because he carried classified information without having something called a "courier card" in his possession. Such mistakes are not uncommon, the official said. Yee also possessed a laptop equipped with a modem, and modems are strictly forbidden at the base. The official pointed out that nearly every laptop now sold is equipped with a dialup modem. Who is this guy, Yee’s defense attorney? Better turn this over to the not-so-friendly people in the FBI. A Pentagon official told Fox News that classified information was also found on the laptop of the Air Force member now in custody. But the official said slip-ups like this -- which he described as "sloppy computer security" -- are somewhat common. BULLSHIT!!!! It’s not sloppy if you have classified information and you are not supposed to!! Sounds like they are trying to cover up the fact that muslim active duty military members are helping the terrorists. They don’t want to go down that road. If these facts are true, then I have no faith that they can investigate this in house. |
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