(Washington Post) A U.S. Air Force translator who worked with al-Qaeda and Taliban detainees at the Guantanamo Bay prison has been charged with spying for Syria, officials said Tuesday. Senior Airman Ahmad Halabi, 24, attempted to deliver sensitive information to Syria, including more than 180 notes from prisoners, a map of the installation, the movement of military aircraft to and from the base, intelligence documents, and the names and cellblock numbers of captives at the prison in Cuba. A native of Syria who moved to the U.S. as a teenager, Halabi has been charged with 30 offenses, including four counts of violating the Federal Espionage Act and three counts of aiding the enemy. U.S. authorities say they are shaken by the possibility that Guantanamo Bay could have been compromised by American service personnel with allegiances to U.S. adversaries.
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