Saberi copied confidential Iranian document

[Enrique]

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=104048898&ft=1&f=1001

A lawyer for Roxana Saberi said Tuesday that the American journalist had obtained a confidential Iranian document on the U.S. war in Iraq that became a key piece of evidence for prosecutors at her espionage trial.

Attorney Saleh Nikbakht said Saberi's conviction for spying came in part because she had copied and kept a "confidential bulletin" issued by the Expediency Council, an Islamic clerical body that enjoys close links to the Iranian government.

Nikbakht said Saberi told an appeals court Sunday that she obtained the document two years ago while working as a freelance translator for the council. He noted that while Saberi apologized and admitted to copying the report, she said she did not pass it to the Americans.

Nikbakht gave no details on what was in the document because it remains confidential. He said prosecutors also cited a trip to Israel that Saberi made in 2006, he said. Iran bars its citizens from visiting Israel.

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[HiFructosePronSyrup]

1. Oops.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

2. of course, and the reason she was released?

because she IS a spy, duh

[ColbertWatcher]

3. Hmm.

So, a reporter discovers a secret document and that makes her a spy?

I know I'm missing something ...

[Enrique]

4. what would our government do

if an Iranian reporter working for a government agency here copied a confidential document?

Try her for something, I would guess, though the trial would be more fair than the one Saberi got.

[ColbertWatcher]

5. Yes, you're correct. n/t

[ieoeja]

6. I just want to see photos from the 1997 Miss North Dakota swimsuit competition. n/t

[Enrique]

7. what's with all these beauty queens lately?

VP candidates, family values heroines, accused spies? :crazy: