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To: AK2004 who wrote (2982)	9/24/2003 9:23:48 AM
From: LPS5	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20039

Yes, I got all the puns in Bill's terrific post. But in your line - which I took as an indication of how easily some individuals will swallow a collectivist philosophy hook, line, and sinker - I found a bit of sublimeness, intended or not. LPS5

To: AK2004 who wrote (2982)	9/24/2003 9:23:52 AM
From: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 20039

More evidence that no koranic cultist can be trusted. The death penalty must be persued in this case: Guantanamo Bay translator charged with spying Associated Press Washington — An Air Force translator at the U.S. prison camp for suspected terrorists has been charged with espionage and aiding the enemy - counts that could carry the death penalty, a military spokesman said Tuesday. Senior Airman Ahmad I. al-Halabi is being held at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California facing 32 criminal charges, spokesman Major Michael Shavers said. Mr. al-Halabi worked as an Arabic language translator at the prison camp for al-Qaeda and Taliban suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Mr. Shavers said, adding that the Air Force-enlisted man knew the Muslim chaplain at the prison arrested earlier this month, but that it remained unclear whether the two arrests are linked. The translator was arrested more than six weeks before the chaplain, he said. Mr. al-Halabi is charged with eight counts related to espionage, three counts of aiding the enemy, 11 counts of disobeying a lawful order, nine counts of making a false official statement and one count of bank fraud. Espionage and aiding the enemy are military charges that can carry the death penalty, said Eugene Fidell, a civilian lawyer in Washington and president of the National Institute of Military Justice. The commanding general in charge of Mr. al-Halabi's case would have to decide whether military prosecutors could seek the death penalty in his case, Mr. Fidell said. If the death penalty is an option, the 12-member military jury that hears the case would have to vote unanimously to impose it. Mr. al-Halabi was based at Travis Air Force Base in California and assigned to a logistics unit there, Mr. Shavers said. Pentagon officials said an investigation into possible security breaches at Guantanamo Bay continues. About 660 suspected al-Qaeda or Taliban members are imprisoned at the U.S. Navy base. American officials are interrogating them for information on the terrorist network. The military has classified many details about the prison camp and the detainees and has not identified any of the men being held there. Military officials have said the fight against terrorism could be hampered if terrorist groups got such information. The Muslim military chaplain who ministered to the inmates at the camp, Army Capt. Yousef Yee, was arrested Sept. 10 in Jacksonville, Fla., after getting off a flight from Guantanamo Bay. A senior law enforcement official said authorities confiscated classified documents that Mr. Yee was carrying. Mr. Yee, 35, is being held at a Navy brig in Charleston, S.C. A military magistrate ruled on Sept. 15 that there was enough evidence to hold Mr. Yee for up to two months while the military investigates. Mr. al-Halabi was arrested on July 23 at the Naval Air Station in Jacksonville, also after getting off a flight from the base in Cuba. The next day, military authorities flew Mr. al-Halabi to Travis Air Force Base. At some point later, he was transferred to Vandenberg, Mr. Shavers said. theglobeandmail.com