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U.S.: Linguist Took Classified Data to Egypt
LA Times ^
| 10/14/03
| Richard A. Serrano
Posted on 10/15/2003 3:54:52 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
WORCESTER, Mass. -- Federal authorities said in court today that an Arabic linguist with top security clearance at the terrorist detention camp on Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, had gone to Egypt with reams of classified and secret documents.
The linguist, Ahmed Fathy Mehalba, was stopped Sept. 29 at Logan Airport in Boston while on his way home from Egypt. He was found to be carrying 132 computer discs in his luggage.
Now, a review of just one of those discs has turned up 725 documents labeled as "secret," "sensitive," or "classified" material from the highly secure Guantanamo Bay prison camp, officials said.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
TOPICS: News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: ahmedfathymehalba; cuba; espionage; gitmo; guantanamobay; mehalba; syria; translator
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To: BurbankKarl
sheesh....8000 Top Secret and Classified documents....where is the firing squad?
To: All
Thank you Freepers!
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10/15/2003 3:57:47 PM PDT
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To: BurbankKarl
Oh-oh !!
Cunning Linguist Alert !!
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posted on
10/15/2003 3:58:53 PM PDT
by
genefromjersey
(So little time - so many FLAMES to light !!)
To: Dark Wing
ping
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posted on
10/15/2003 4:02:45 PM PDT
by
Thud
To: BurbankKarl
What is going on down there? First the chaplains and now this!
To: BurbankKarl
Are the inmates running the assylum?
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posted on
10/15/2003 4:03:42 PM PDT
by
GOP_Proud
(Those who preach tolerance seem to have the least for my views.)
To: BurbankKarl
How the hell does this happen at a MILITARY facility?!!? That someone can remove this many discs containing classified data from the camp and take them to Egypt?
To show that Mehalba knew he was not to leave the camp with classified material, Van Kleef presented a series of documents that Mehalba had signed acknowledging the rules and procedures for classified material from "JTFGTMO" -- the joint task force running the prison on Guantanamo Bay.
Oh, I see. He signed papers saying he wouldn't leave the camp with classified info. How silly of me to think he should have been searched before leaving. I guess all that data that took a trip with Mr. Mehalba to Egypt sort of accidentally found its way onto other discs?
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posted on
10/15/2003 4:06:49 PM PDT
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hotpotato
To: hotpotato
Think scanner and CD writer--any computer will work
To: hotpotato
Think scanner and CD writer--any computer will work
To: BurbankKarl
Suppose you are a spy for Egypt and manage to get American secrets out of America and take them to Egypt. Why the hell would you bring them back with you when you return to America?
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10/15/2003 4:09:06 PM PDT
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Stirner
To: BurbankKarl
....But remember, this is not a religous war, Islam is a peaceful religion. This guy must be a bad seed. Don't worry. I am sure we got all the terrorists posing as American military at gitmo.
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10/15/2003 4:10:01 PM PDT
by
Pro-Bush
(Homeland Security + Tom Ridge = Open Borders --> Demand Change!)
To: BurbankKarl
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10/15/2003 4:12:45 PM PDT
by
SpaceBar
To: BurbankKarl
sounds like he was a cunning...never mind
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To: Stirner
Suppose you are a spy for Egypt and manage to get American secrets out of America and take them to Egypt. Why the hell would you bring them back with you when you return to America? 132 diskettes * $.25 == $33. Remember the guys who tried to blow up the WTC in 1993 and came back for the rented car?
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10/15/2003 5:02:28 PM PDT
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mvonfr
To: RepublicanThugs
Hmmm... Why did Mohammad Salameh return to the Ryder rental outfit the day after the original WTC bomb blast in order to get back his deposit on the "stolen" yellow truck? These guys are not necessarily rocket scientists, are they?
To: mvonfr
Wow, great minds thinking alike, and all that...
To: BurbankKarl
They come to and fro, without scrutiny.
Thanks, slick willie!
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10/15/2003 5:04:06 PM PDT
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MonroeDNA
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