Ars Technica is reporting a crazy story out of Abu Dhabi: A US citizen who works in the UAE as a helicopter mechanic was arrested in Abu Dhabi for disparaging his employer via a Facebook post. Thirty-three year old Ryan Pate of Belleair Bluffs, Florida, is accused of slandering his employer, which is illegal in the Emirates:
He wrote in December about his superiors at Global Aerospace Logistics being "backstabbers." He left Florida to return overseas, pack up his stuff, and quit his job. Police called him to come to the station, and he was arrested last month.
Pate has a March 17 trial date and, if convicted, could be sentenced to five years in jail.
