Ex-Guantanamo Bay Translator Indicted

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,1282,-3381116,00.html



BOSTON (AP) - A former Guantanamo Bay
translator arrested after he was found with
classified documents at Logan International
Airport was charged Wednesday with gathering
defense information and making false statements.

The grand jury's indictment alleges that Ahmed
Fathy Mehalba, who has been in federal custody
since his arrest, lied to investigators when he told
them he was not carrying any government
documents from Guantanamo Bay. Customs
agents found 132 compact discs in his luggage,
including one that contained hundreds of
classified documents labeled ``SECRET.''

He also allegedly lied about not understanding the
meaning of the term ``secret'' with regards to
the classified documents and about not receiving
a security briefing.

``As today's indictment makes clear, the
Department of Justice will prosecute those who
jeopardize the nation's security by mishandling
classified, sensitive information important to the
war on terrorism,'' Attorney General John
Ashcroft said.

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1. I guess he wasn't telling them

what they wanted to hear...