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U.S. Officials: Gitmo Spy Suspect Tied to Al Qaeda
EFL:The Air Force translator accused of espionage at the terrorist prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, was likely working for Islamic extremists connected to Al Qaeda, The Post has learned. Note to other ex AF readers, al-Halabi made Senior Airman BTZ, bet the board wishes they could pull that one back.
"I can say no more." "The case is going more in the direction of radical Islamic groups instead of the Syrian government. At this point we donât think there is a Syrian intelligence connection," said a military official. Other than the fact that nobody operates a radical group in Syria without a permission slip.
Bwahahahaha The Air Force Office of Special Investigations had been keeping track of al-Halabi since last November "based on reports of suspicious activity," Special Agent Lance Wega wrote in applying for a search warrant with a California federal court. The warrant was granted. While at Guantanamo, al-Halabi "made statements criticizing United States policy with regard to the detainees and U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East" and also "expressed sympathy for and had unauthorized contact with the detainees," Wega wrote. Military investigators searched al-Halabiâs quarters at Guantanamo on July 19 and found several pieces of mail belonging to Al Qaeda and Taliban suspects at the prison camp, Wega said. On his computerâs hard drive, the agent said, investigators found 186 classified Defense Department documents related to the Guantanamo detainees. Computer evidence indicates al-Halabi e-mailed or posted four of those documents on the Internet, Wega said. The implication is that al-Halabi was helping the prisoners communicate among themselves and with the outside world. Give him the needle. Posted by: Steve 2003-09-26 |
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