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| Mehalba Asks for Bail | |
| 2004-01-10 | |
| A former Guantanamo Bay translator arrested last fall with classified documents in his luggage asked a judge Friday to release him on bond while he awaits trial. Judge Charles Swartwood did not make an immediate ruling and continued the hearing to Feb. 26. Bail? BAIL? Ahmed Fathy Mehalba, 31, has been held without bail since he was arrested Sept. 29 at Boston’s Logan International Airport after a visit to his native Egypt. Customs agents found 132 compact discs in his luggage, including one that contained hundreds of classified documents labeled "SECRET," according to a government affidavit. Mehalba has pleaded innocent to charges of gathering, transmitting or losing defense information and making false statements. Prosecutors say Mehalba lied to federal investigators when he told them he was not carrying any government documents from Guantanamo.
Wonder how many false passports and Kruggerrands Ahmed has stashed for a flight to Damascus? | |
| Posted by:Steve White |