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...Halabi enlisted in the Air Force; his defense lawyers say he was a "star performer," promoted to senior airman and recognized in 2001 as 60th Supply Squadron Outstanding Airman of the Year. He became a U.S. citizen and worked as a supply clerk before being sent to translate at Guantanamo, where he spent eight months, from late November 2002 until his arrest in July...
...translator, al-Halabi attended interrogation sessions of al-Qaeda suspects and Taliban fighters. According to his indictment, al-Halabi e-mailed classified information about detainees at Guantanamo to people he "knew to be the enemy." He attempted to deliver two handwritten notes and more than 180 electronic versions of letters from prisoners to a third party to be carried to Syria. He took unauthorized photos of Camp Delta. And he sent a box of possessions, including classified documents, to his address at Travis Air Force Base in California. He was scheduled to fly to Syria to get married only...
...curious thing about the al-Halabi case is that the military had concerns about him before he was sent to Cuba. The Air Force began watching him shortly before he shipped out because of reports of suspicious activity while he was at Travis. He remained under surveillance at Guantanamo. Air Force officials offered no explanation for his being allowed to serve in such a sensitive post despite being under suspicion...
...remained a staunch American patriot. "He always said the world should condemn 9/11, and he was unambiguous in his condemnation of the terrorists," says Mohamad Joban of the Islamic Center of Olympia, a mosque in which Yee was active. "He saw it as his duty to be in Guantanamo to serve his country and the Muslims there...
SPIES AMONG US The espionage probe in Guantanamo Bay raises security questions...