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Interpreter had clearance, defense attorney points out
Washington Times ^ | Thursday, October 16, 2003

Posted on 10/15/2003 10:33:47 PM PDT by JohnHuang2

Edited on 07/12/2004 4:09:26 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — An interpreter at the U.S. prison for terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay, who was arrested last month carrying classified documents, had government clearance to access the information, his attorney said in court yesterday.

But federal prosecutors, while acknowledging Ahmed Fathy Mehalba was cleared to see classified documents, said he was forbidden to transport any information.


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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alhalabi; gitmo; jamesyee; jihadinamerica; mehalba; spyring; translator
Thursday, October 16, 2003

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