Woman Admits to Helping Hijackers

AP ^ | 11/10/01 | AP

[anniegetyourgun]

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - A notary public who admitted signing fraudulent paperwork for two of the hijackers in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks agreed to a plea bargain in which she pleaded guilty to an unrelated federal fraud charge.

Kenys Galicia's plea, entered Friday in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, stemmed from allegations that she sold 30 blank Virginia Department of Motor Vehicle forms that she had notarized to a man who was working undercover for DMV investigators.

Sentencing was set for Jan. 25. She could receive up to 15 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

Galicia, a Salvadoran national living legally in Falls Church, Va., admitted to authorities that she signed residency certification forms on Aug. 2 for Abdulaziz Alomari and Ahmed Saleh Alghamdi, two men believed to have helped commandeer the planes that crashed into the World Trade Center. The residency forms are used to obtain state identification cards.

Galicia is one of four people who have been charged in northern Virginia with helping hijackers obtain false IDs. Charges against the other three are pending. Authorities have said none of the four had advance knowledge of the hijackers' plans.

In exchange for her guilty plea Friday, federal prosecutors dismissed an indictment accusing Galicia of helping the two hijackers and participating in a 14-month conspiracy to help scores of people fraudulently obtain Virginia identification documents.

[rainingred]

The question is. . . How did a Salvadoran national become a Notary Public for the state of Virginia?

[anniegetyourgun]

She apparently had the "right to work" in this country. The notary public exam itself is a piece of cake.

[goodnesswins]

THIS is one reason why a NOTARY means almost NOTHING these days.

[anniegetyourgun]

Having been one over 2 decades ago, I can tell you that it never did mean much. It all depends on the integrity of the NP. I didn't get much business because I refused to bend the rules for anyone - even big bosses in the workplace who thought they could intimidate a young girl.

[Thorn11ACR-Jr]

Another example of the liberal ideal of "inclussion". We put foreigners in sensitive jobs and expect them to do the right thing for America ?

You wouldn't want someone you didn't know just stopping by for dinner with the family. Having alliens "visit our country", enjoy our special programs, and take sensitive jobs away from Americans is like having strangers for dinner.

WE DON'T NEED NON-AMERICAN'S IN AMERICA ! We already have Welfare States (Calif. & NY,) but we do not have a welfare nation...yet !

[EverOnward]

I've lived in Northern VA for over 30 years and the DMV here is a joke. Every time I go to renew my license, I feel like I'm the only American in a foreign country. The employees have an attitude problem and act as if they're doing me a favor to speak in English. For as long as I can remember, it's been common knowledge that illegals can get whatever ID they need from the VA DMV -- with the right amount of money.

This past week I went to Fairfax County to get a county sticker for a car -- and of course I dealt with someone who did me the favor of sepaking English instead of Arabic. Makes me feel warm and fuzzy to know that these people have access to the data bases with all the personal information of VA residents.

[amom]

post 34, 39 and
http://www.sem40.ru/reply3.shtml
are interesting.

[fnord]

some people will do anything for something as meaningless as a few dollars ...

[latrans]

No beans for you Kenys.

[Alamo-Girl]

Jeepers! Thank you so very much for the heads up and that url!!!

[anniegetyourgun]

ROFL!

[ladyjane]

So can we get the name of the presiding judge and flood his mailbox with letters?

[classygreeneyedblonde]

This is not a time to be leinit in sentencing

[anniegetyourgun]

Oh dear, that would require some work on my part....district court plea just entered....no judge assigned yet....

[vannrox]

INSPIRATION!

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"Rebel hanging before execution".

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[stryker]

Agreed. Licensing is just another form of restraint of trade and a substitute for actual morality. Lawyers were far better and far more ethical before they became licensed. Now, anything goes as long as you can't lose your license for it. Lying in the courtroom is rampant. You have to double your estimate of the husband's income in a divorce case because the judge expects that you will lie and will cut the amount you argue in half. If you are the husband, you have to lie and conceal half your income because you know the judge will expect the lie and will automatically double your figure. But since none of this strictly violates ethical rules in that the shrewd lawyer remains just ignorant enough of the true facts for credible deniability, it is all accepted. Meanwhile, the honest lawyer will have no clients. In fact, he may be disciplined for failure to adequately represent his client.

Without licensing, then a true morality has room to develop. And a lawyer who becomes known for not adhering to that code, will not have much business, nor much credibility with the bench.

[Arleigh]

WE DON'T NEED NON-AMERICAN'S IN AMERICA ! We already have Welfare States (Calif. & NY,) but we do not have a welfare nation...yet !

Click Here for an article about the Palmer Raids that deported dangerous aliens in the 1920's. There is an historical precedent for deporting dangerous aliens. We did it in the 1920's and we stayed a free, democratic nation.

[Brownie74]

What's the big deal? This is just another day at the office for these people. /sarcasm