From various accounts, the FBI searched his apartment in 2005, and waited until March 2006 to indict him. He was convicted in February 2007 -- and faced 60 years -- until be actually sentenced this week, to 10 years and a month in prison.
He appears to be a Sunni Arab who's had some sort of connection with al-Qaeda. See,
http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/02/man_without_a_n.htmlIn court papers, the U.S. government stated it would be able to prove in court its belief that the defendant had a motive to steal the documents because he supported al Qaeda and the Sept. 11 attacks and was opposed to the United States' presence in Iraq.
The government said a search of computer hard drives found in the man's Brooklyn apartment uncovered an entire section of pro-al Qaeda images.
The government has made clear, however, it has no proof the man had passed off copies of the documents to anyone despite having had many unauthorized contacts with foreign nationals.
Specifically, the defendant was in unauthorized phone and e-mail contact with a former United States Army source in Iraq known as "Kifah," according to court papers. In addition, the government said the defendant was in e-mail contact with Sunni sheiks in the Sunni Triangle -- individuals from whom the defendant admitted taking bribes.
The guilty plea follows a guilty plea in a separate federal case in which the defendant had been accused of using a false identify to obtain his U.S. citizenship.
One can only wonder, is this guy some kind of penetration agent who's still holding out or just a "lone wolf" type who the feds tried to turn? The long period he was left in place and eventual reduced sentence indicates that he's been cooperating, at least recently, and may have been used in operations against others. The fact that they're not revealing his true identity and nationality should tell us that they're still trying to withhold details about who he may have been working with. Most likely, one may conclude, the Saudis.
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