Ahmed Fathy Mehalba was a United States Department of Defense civilian translator/ interrogator who was accused of lying to government agents and removing classified documents from the Guantanamo Bay detention facility.
Born in Egypt, Mehalba emigrated to the United States and became a naturalized citizen.
Mehalba received a medical discharge from the Army in May 2001 and was later hired a San Diego defense contractor, Titan Corporation, to be an Arabic-English translator at Guantanamo Bay.
On a routine admission through U.S. customs, Mehalba presented a U.S. passport and a US military identification card.
[1] In January 2005, Mehalba pleaded guilty to lying to governments agents and removing classified documents.