Mohamad Anas Haitham Soueid

Accused Syrian Spy Says Feds Botched Interpretation, Used Google Translate

Ryan J. Reilly | October 28, 2011, 1:30PM

Late update: A federal judge ruled Soueid should be detained.

Federal authorities botched a translation of a conversation between accused Syrian spy Mohamad Anas Haitham Soueid and his wife and even used Google Translate for some interpretations, his lawyers claimed in a court filing.

Lawyer Haytham Faraj said the government "is attempting to peddle an argument about aliases intended to make Mr. Soueid appear to be deceptive, dangerous and a flight risk." The U.S. government, Faraj continued, "has demonstrated a serious deficit in its ability to translate recorded conversations from Arabic into English."

"Mr. Soueid's name in Arabic is spelled and written as so: 'سويد هيثم أنس محمد' It is read from right to left. The script representing the Arabic name above was prepared using Google translator by simply typing the words Mohamad Anas Haitham Soueid," Faraj wrote.

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Mohamad Anas Haitham Soueid

Feds: VA Man Spied On Protestors For Syrian Intelligence Agency

Ryan J. Reilly | October 12, 2011, 9:58AM

The federal government says a Virginia man has been collecting video and audio recordings and doing research on people in the U.S. and Syria who have been protesting the government of Syria in an attempt to keep them quiet and possibly intimidate or harm the protestors.

Mohamad Anas Haitham Soueid, 47, is a Leesburg, Va. resident who also goes by the names "Alex Soueid" or "Anas Alswaid."

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