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Rose Siding Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-05 02:54 PM
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FBI admits accidentally giving classified files to man who took them
FBI admits accidentally giving classified files to man who took them

BOSTON -- The FBI admitted Saturday to accidentally giving an American translator back the same classified documents that he pleaded guilty last month to taking from the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Ahmed Fathy Mehalba, who was released from jail earlier this month, contacted the FBI's Boston office Tuesday after he realized agents inadvertently gave him the secret files -- stored on a compact disc -- along with the rest of his personal property.
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Mehalba, an Egyptian-born U.S. citizen who was working as a civilian Arabic translator at the military base, was arrested at Logan International Airport in Boston on Sept. 29, 2003, after customs agents found the disc in his possession.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/03/26/fbi_admits_accidentally_giving_classified_files_to_man_who_took_them/
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Tace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-05 03:02 PM
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1. It Boggles The Mind
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meganmonkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-05 03:09 PM
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4. That's an understatement!
:wtf:
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DulceDecorum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-05 03:05 PM
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2. The Boston FBI,
ALWAYS
the BOSTON FBI.
:dunce:
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annabanana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-05 03:06 PM
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3. amazing
Do you think they were looking for a reason to re-arrest him later?
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zbdent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-05 03:36 PM
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5. So, they waited until after he "confessed" to admit their error?
Sounds like Bushit to me . . .

Get the headline with the "terror arrest", print the correction in the "announcements" section of the classified ads - in Latin.
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benddem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-05 04:40 PM
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6. If this was the Clenis
adminstration Delay et al would be screaming for the head of the FBI's head...and Clinton too. The double standard makes me want to scream
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Toucano Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-05 05:06 PM
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7. The incompetency leaves me speechless. n/t
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