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Air Force Spy Trial to Proceed Despite Modified Evidence
Air Force Spy Trial to Proceed Despite Modified Evidence
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...004Sep11.html? {EXCERPT} By Charles Lane Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, September 12, 2004; Page A09 With a military espionage trial against a former Air Force translator at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, set to begin Tuesday, the Air Force has backed off from much of the evidence against him. In a statement last week, the Air Force acknowledged that only one of the more than 200 documents it had accused Senior Airman Ahmad al Halabi of plotting to smuggle into Syria was classified. The concession is the latest government retrenchment in a series of cases that last year led investigators to suspect a possible spy ring at the prison for alleged al Qaeda and Taliban fighters, and resulted in the arrests of two U.S. servicemen and a contract translator, all of them Muslim. Earlier this year, the government dropped all charges against Capt. James Yee, a Muslim Army chaplain. He had been threatened with the death penalty for sedition and espionage w... U.S. and friendly nation laws prohibit fully reproducing copyrighted material. In abidance with our laws this report cannot be provided in its entirety. However, you can read it in full today at the supplied URL. The subject/content of this report is not necessarily the viewpoint of the distributing Library. This report is provided for your information and discussion. --------------------------- Otis Willie Associate Librarian The American War Library http://www.americanwarlibrary.com (310) 532-0634 |
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