Update: Muhammed today received a 14-year sentence.
From: Robert Chesney [mailto:rchesney@law.utexas.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 12:12 PM
To: nationalsecuritylaw@utlists.utexas.edu
Subject: [nationalsecuritylaw] United States v. Muhammed (Mil. Comm. Feb. 15, 2011) (guilty plea)
* United States v. Muhammed (Mil. Comm. Feb. 15, 2011) (guilty plea)
From DOD’s press release, a brief explanation:
The Department of Defense announced that Noor Uthman Muhammed pleaded guilty today in a military commission. In accordance with a pre-trial agreement, Muhammed admitted, in open court, to providing material support to terrorism and conspiring to provide material support to terrorism. His sentence will be determined at a hearing scheduled to begin Feb. 16.