Air Force drops three counts against Guantanamo translator; lawyer says de

[Judi Lynn]

Air Force drops three counts against Guantanamo translator; lawyer says defense case helped
By WILLIAM C. MANN Associated Press Writer
12/20/2003 4:39:00 PM




WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Air Force has dropped three counts in an espionage case against a Syrian-born airman who worked as a translator at the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, prison camp for terrorism suspects.

The lawyer for Senior Airman Ahmad I. al-Halabi, a supply clerk detailed to the prison, said Saturday that once those charges were removed, "simply the gut of the case was gone."

Dropped was the single count in the charge that accused al-Halabi of "aiding the enemy," a capital offense.

Also dropped were counts dealt with e-mailing information about Guantanamo detainees and committing espionage by transmitting information to unauthorized recipients.

Al-Halabi still faces 17 of the 30 charges filed against him following his arrest in July after nine months as an Arabic translator at the prison. They include other espionage counts, disobeying an order, making false official statements, mishandling classified documents and lying on a credit application.
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http://www.tulsaworld.com/BreakingNewsStory.asp?ID=031220_Br_BrkGuan

[arcane1]

1. but at least he wasn't gay, right? THAT'S what's important....

:crazy:

[pinto]

3. now that is ultra-top top secret eyes only .....(sarcasm)

[pinto]

2. document labeled "secret" = photo of al-Halabi's fiancee. Gimme a break.

[NNN0LHI]

4. They were stamping stuff Top Secret after the fact and got caught

>>>The lawyer said both Yee and al-Halabi had documents with them that were not stamped with security classifications but were considered classified by investigating officers.

After al-Halabi's arrest, "They went literally berserk with the classification stamp," Rehkopf said. "They classified anything and everything" that al-Halabi had.

One document classified SECRET NOFORN, which means "secret, not to be viewed by non-Americans," was a photograph of al-Halabi's Syrian fiance, who lives in Syria.<<<

[0007]

5. al-Halabi's Syrian fiance wasn't wearing her burka,

and that's where the pornography charge came from, LOL!

What an embarrassment.

[pinto]

6. beserk is the perfect word, isn't it? I read a post here recently that

compared this all to some kind of "Spy vs Spy" sad spoof...