In an embarrassing security breach, an Arabic interpreter who handled classified material while working for the last two years with U.S. military units in Iraq has been arrested after FBI agents discovered that he had so completely fabricated his identity and background that they are still unsure of his true name and have formally charged him as "FNU LNU" (first name unknown, last name unknown). According to a criminal complaint filed (with no fanfare or press release) last Thursday in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn, the interpreter, who had been granted a "high-level clearance to access classified information," has been charged with making a variety of false statements to FBI and Department of Defense officials as well as the Immigration and Naturalization Service. A copy of the complaint, sworn by FBI agent Robert Long, can be found below. The interpreter, who used the alias Almaliki Nour and claimed to be a Lebanese citizen who fled to the U.S. from Beirut in the late 1970s after his home was bombed, was deployed to Iraq in late-2003 after being hired by The Titan Corporation, a major Pentagon contractor.
Moroccan Fabricated Identity, Worked For US Military In Iraq For Past Two Years... Charged As "FNU LNU"...
Moroccan Fabricated Identity, Worked For US Military In Iraq For Past Two Years... Charged As "FNU LNU"...