The DOJ and US Attorney’s Office of the Eastern District of Virginia said in a press release Monday that a former FBI linguist was arrested and indicted on obstruction charges in a terrorism investigation.

“According to court documents, Abdirizak Jaji Raghe Wehelie, aka Haji Raghe, 66, of Burke, was a federal contractor for the FBI and worked as a linguist translating communications captured by court-authorized surveillance of a suspect (Person A) in a terrorism investigation. Wehelie allegedly intentionally misidentified his own voice that was captured when Person A left a voicemail message on Wehelie’s mobile telephone,” the US Attorney’s office in the Eastern District of Virginia stated in a press release.

In other words, Haji Raghe, who was hired by the FBI to translate wiretaps, was actually caught up in a wiretap talking to a suspected terrorist — then lied to the feds about it.

This is yet another egregious national security breach by our premiere law enforcement agency.

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What kind of vetting process does the FBI have to allow a person like this to be contracted in terrorism investigations??

“When questioned by FBI investigators about this particular incident, Wehelie made several misleading and/or false statements,” the government said.

“Haji Raghe” appeared in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia Monday morning.

“[Haji Raghe] Wehelie is charged with making false statements to government officials and obstruction of a federal investigation.” the government said. “If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of 25 years in prison.”

What is the normal FBI vetting process for federal contractors working to translate wiretaps captured by court-ordered surveillance of suspected terrorists?