Guantanamo worker held as spy
2003-09-30 15:17
Washington - Authorities have charged an enlisted Air Force man with espionage for allegedly sending classified information about the Guantanamo facility to an unspecified "enemy."
Ahmad I al-Halbi was also accused of planning to give other secrets about the prison to someone travelling to Syria.
A military investigator said last week that al-Halabi had been under investigation before he arrived at the base.
The Air Force Office of Special Investigations began looking into his case in November 2002 while he was a supply clerk at Travis Air Force Base in California, the agent wrote in court documents.
Al-Halabi was sent to the Cuban base weeks later as an Arabic language interpreter for the al-Qaida and Taliban suspects there.
- SAPA