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Former FBI, CIA Agent Had Hezbollah Ties

Lebanese immigrant scammed entry, snooped in FBI files

By Jane Yager,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 14, 2007 8:02 AM CST

(Newser) – Lebanese native Nada Nadim Prouty overstayed her student visa, obtained US citizenship through a sham marriage, waitressed at a Detroit restaurant suspected of laundering money for Hezbollah, and became a CIA agent with access to sensitive intelligence. The case of Prouty, who tapped into government computers to obtain information about Hezbollah, has shocked the intelligence world, Newsweek reports.

Prouty, 37, gained sensitive jobs at the FBI and later the CIA thanks to her foreign language skills. She snooped in FBI computers to find information about herself, her relatives, and an investigation targeting Hezbollah. In a major embarrassment to US intelligence, she pleaded guilty yesterday to naturalization fraud, unlawfully accessing a federal computer, and conspiracy to defraud the US.

Nada Nadim Prouty leaves court after pleading guilty Nov. 13, 2007.
Nada Nadim Prouty leaves court after pleading guilty Nov. 13, 2007.   (Associated Press)
An armed Hezbollah guerrilla stands guard in the southern border village of Ghajar, Lebanon in this Monday, Sept. 25, 2005 file photo. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari, File)
An armed Hezbollah guerrilla stands guard in the southern border village of Ghajar, Lebanon in this Monday, Sept. 25, 2005 file photo. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari, File)   (Associated Press)
Armed Hezbollah guerillas walk in the southern border village of Ghajar, Lebanon in this Monday, Sept. 25, 2005 file photo. Thousands of Hezbollah guerrillas have staged secret military maneuvers without weapons or uniforms near Israel's border in southern Lebanon, a pro-Hezbollah Lebanese newspaper reported Monday, a development that could pose...
Armed Hezbollah guerillas walk in the southern border village of Ghajar, Lebanon in this Monday, Sept. 25, 2005 file photo. Thousands of Hezbollah guerrillas have staged secret military maneuvers without...   (Associated Press)
Shiite clerics listen to Hezbollah leader sheik Hassan Nasrallah, as he gives an address via a video link during a rally to mark the Hezbollah martyr day, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday Nov. 11, 2007.  The leader of the militant Hezbollah group said Sunday Israel's recent military...
Shiite clerics listen to Hezbollah leader sheik Hassan Nasrallah, as he gives an address via a video link during a rally to mark the Hezbollah martyr day, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday...   (Associated Press)
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