[lbo-talk] Espionage At Guantanamo?

Dwayne Monroe idoru345 at yahoo.com
Tue Sep 30 08:19:01 PDT 2003


The arrest of a civilian translator today brings the number of people snatched up under suspicion of "aiding the enemy" to three.

Hysteria? More "intelligence service" ineptitude? Or are some people at the camp, moved by sympathy with the prisoners, passing information to the outside?

DRM ........

Officials: Guantanamo translator arrested

From Barbara Starr and Terry Frieden

CNN Washington Bureau Tuesday, September 30, 2003 Posted: 9:16 AM EDT (1316 GMT)

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A civilian translator who worked with the U.S. military base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, was arrested Tuesday after immigration officials at Boston's Logan Airport found what are alleged to be classified materials in his possession, U.S. officials confirm.

The FBI was called to make the arrest after U.S. immigration officials found a man identified as Ahmed Melhalba carrying CD-ROMs and paper documents allegedly related to the detainees.

Melhalba is the third person arrested in what appears to be a widening investigation of possible espionage at the base where suspected al Qaeda and Taliban terrorists are held.

Melhalba is described as a civilian translator, and was arriving at Logan on a flight from Egypt.

Officials emphasize that Melhalba is not a member of the military and is being held by civilian law enforcement

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full at

http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/09/30/guantanamo.probe/

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