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Sunday, November 30, 2003

Guantanamo probe snares Army colonel

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A U.S. Army intelligence officer charged yesterday with violating security measures at the U.S. Naval Base, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, was caught with "significant amounts of classified information" when his tour ended at the detention camp, a source close to the investigation has told The Washington Times.

Col. Jack Farr was charged with failing to obey a lawful order; more specifically, "wrongfully transporting classified material without the proper security container" on or about Oct. 11, said a statement from the U.S. Southern Command in Miami, which oversees Guantanamo. The colonel also is charged with making a false statement during the course of the investigation over his handling of the material.

Col. Farr is an Army reservist serving with the 384th Military Police Battalion, part of which is assigned to a joint task force at the base. It wasn't immediately clear what material Col. Farr collected, how it was discovered or what he intended to do with it.

A Guantanamo Bay military source told The Times last night that Col. Farr was "in possession of significant amounts of classified information when his tour ended at Guantanamo," making him the fourth person charged in probes of possible espionage at the naval base prison, where some 660 suspected al Qaeda and Taliban members apprehended in the U.S.-led war on terror are being detained.

The source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said Col. Farr's tour of duty at Guantanamo had ended when the accusations surfaced.

"He was returned to active duty and brought back to Guantanamo, and he is there now," the source said.

The source also said that since Col. Farr and investigators are at "loggerheads," the investigation is "concluded," and the Army charged Col. Farr in an apparent attempt to get information from him.

It was the fourth incident at the military base in which security measures were purportedly breached.

Capt. James J. Yee, the Muslim chaplain whose hearings are expected to begin tomorrow at Fort Benning, Ga., is charged with failure to obey an order, making a false official statement, conduct unbecoming an officer and one specification of adultery.

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