Immigration agent faces firing in snafu (investigation sale of missile engines to Iran)

Associated Press ^ | Jan. 1, 2004 | Associated Press

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TUCSON - A federal agency is moving to fire an undercover agent who mistakenly gave his office phone number to suspects in an investigation into the suspected sale of missile engines to Iran, a newspaper reported Wednesday.

The phone number mistake forced U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to close the missile engine investigation, which had taken about 3,000 hours of federal government time, according to an agency letter obtained by the Arizona Daily Star.

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Ross acknowledged that Miller accidentally gave the suspects his real office number instead of his undercover cellphone number, but he disagreed that this was the reason for the collapse of the investigation.
Moron.

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The newspaper said it had 800 signed contracts translated from Arabic and sought confirmation internationally during a three-month investigation.
It also reported that a Polish firm shipped up to 380 surface-to-air missile engines to Baghdad through Syria despite the fact Poland sent troops to fight alongside coalition forces.
http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/7179.html

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Yeah. Who's the brains of this outfit??

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War Stories: Operation Iraqi Freedom (With DVD)
by Oliver L. North

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FWIW, a flight from Mexico to LA has been canceled today according to http://www.el-universal.com.mx

The article is in Spanish.