Colonel Jack Farr was a reserve officer, specializing in military intelligence

Military intelligence

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, who was posted to Camp Delta

Camp Delta

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 at the US naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

Cuba

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.

Farr was the fourth serviceman charged with violating security procedures at the detention base. The others were Captain James Yee

James Yee

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, a Muslim chaplain

Chaplain

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, and airman Ahmad Al Halabi

Ahmad Al Halabi

Ahmad Al Halabi is an American Muslim Airman who served in the U.S. Air Force. He was assigned an interpreter at the military detainment camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Ahmad was accused and detained based on espionage related charges. All espionage charges were later dismissed...

 and Ahmed F. Mehalba

Ahmed F. Mehalba

Ahmed Fathy Mehalba was a DOD civilian translator/ interrogator who was convicted of lying to government agents and removing classified documents from the Guantanamo Bay detention facility.-Childhood and emigration to United States:...

, Arabic

Arabic language

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 translators.

Farr was charged with “wrongfully transporting classified material without the proper security container on or around October 11”, and lying to investigators. During a formal hearing, a U.S. Army Brigadier General threw out the charge of lying to investigators by stating that he had studied all the evidence and concluded that he did not believe that Colonel Farr lied to anyone about anything with regard to this matter. The General also dismissed the other charges against Colonel Farr.

Because Farr did not represent a "flight risk" he was not arrested or suspended. In contrast to Farr, Yee and Al Halabi were held in solitary confinement.

External links

• Colonel Faces Gitmo Charges, CBS News
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  , November 3, 2003