Spy charge for Guantanamo official
Mr Halabi worked as a translator at the base
A US airman who worked at the detention centre in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has been charged with espionage and aiding the enemy, the Pentagon has said.
Senior Airman Ahmad al-Halabi, who is in jail at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, was charged after recently serving as an interpreter at the base, said Pentagon spokesman Major Michael Shavers.
He is the second member of the US military at the base to be held on matters of security.
A Muslim US Army chaplain Yousef Yee was detained in Florida on 10 September on his return from Guantanamo Bay.
Mr Yee, formerly known as James Lee, worked as a spiritual adviser to the hundreds of captured al-Qaeda and Taleban suspects at the base.
Unofficial reports said the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) had taken classified documents from Mr Yee, as well as a map detailing the location of individual prisoners.
Investigations continue
Officials would not say whether Mr Halabi’s arrest was linked to that of Mr Yee.
Mr Halabi faces more than 30 charges relating to espionage, aiding the enemy, disobeying orders, and making false official statements.
Mr Halabi was arrested on 23 July but news of his detention only emerged this week.
The BBC’s David Bamford, in Washington, said defence officials would not say why they had kept the two arrests quiet, but they said investigations into security breaches at the base were continuing and there could be further arrests.
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Here we go again another muslim who chose Allah before America, keep it up brothers and may Allah reward you for your good actions, and i know that the muslims all over the world will look upon you as heroes and champions because thats what you are.