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BOSTON, United States (AFP) - A linguist at the US base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba who helped interrogate suspected al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters, pleaded not-guilty to spying-related charges.
Ahmed Fathy Mehalba, 31, entered the innocent plea during a brief appearance before a federal judge in Massachusetts.
Mehalba was formally indicted last week on charges of gathering, transmitting or losing defense information and two counts of making false statements.
A translator at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, Mehalba was arrested at Boston's Logan International Airport in late September after federal airport agents found compact discs with what appeared to be classified information in his luggage.