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2005-02-18 Home Front: WoT

Former Translator at Guantanamo Is Sentenced to 20 Months

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Posted by Steve 2005-02-18 4:21:52 PM|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 ...and had "significantly reduced mental capacity" at the time he committed the crimes.

The old 'I'm crazyy!!' defence still works, unfortunately.

Posted by Raj 2005-02-18 4:30:12 PM|| 2005-02-18 4:30:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 20 months? Is that all?

If they're smart (which they don't seem to be), they'll put surveillance on his ass when he gets out.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2005-02-18 4:34:12 PM|| 2005-02-18 4:34:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 he must have cooperated. Or maybe if he didn't, the prosecution decided to be really mean and act like he did, putting him back out on the street for a good laugh.

whoizsat?

Posted by 2b 2005-02-18 4:38:48 PM|| 2005-02-18 4:38:48 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 N.B. - Egyptian born!
Ok, here's the deal, spill everything or when we hammer you, we'll strip you of your naturalization and ship your sorry ass home to Egypt where the local authorities will be waiting to entertain you, Egyptian style. They got no bleeding hearts to cry for you there. Sort of - What goes down in Cairo, stays in Cairo.

Posted by Thraing Whaimp1866 2005-02-18 4:47:14 PM|| 2005-02-18 4:47:14 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Dang! Thraing sorts out the BS again. Any chance of a real moniker? Not that Thraing is a bad name.

Posted by Shipman 2005-02-18 5:49:47 PM|| 2005-02-18 5:49:47 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Assuming he was stupid enough to bring S/NF documents with him on a disk to work, was he so stupid that he couldn't remove the markings on them? If they were .doc, like most working files are, it would have been easy to do. So why leave the markings on them?

1. He's really, really stupid.
2. He needed to have the markings on them to convince his "market" in Egypt that he was good for the stuff.

While I never underestimate the lower limits of human intelligence, option 2 makes more sense to me. Any other options?

Posted by longtime lurker 2005-02-18 9:05:16 PM|| 2005-02-18 9:05:16 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 I wonder if the plan is to deport him to Egypt after he's finished his sentence. I can't imagine they plan to give him his old job back!

Posted by trailing wife 2005-02-18 10:39:24 PM|| 2005-02-18 10:39:24 PM|| Front Page Top

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