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BRIAN ROSS REPORTS

Exclusive: No Prosecution for State Dept Official Accused of Sexual Assault

December 14, 2007 7:00 AM

Brian Ross, Maddy Sauer & Justin Rood Report:

Exclusivenopr_mn The Department of Justice declined to prosecute a State Department employee who allegedly sexually assaulted a female Halliburton/KBR worker in Iraq, despite a recommendation from the State Department that he be charged, according to an internal document obtained by ABC News.

Ali Mokhtare, who is still employed by the State Department, was investigated in 2005 after a female Halliburton/KBR employee said he sexually assaulted her at the company-run camp in Basra, Iraq. Mokhtare was a diplomatic official in Basra who first came to Iraq as a Farsi translator interviewing detainees.

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