Why Is the Obama Administration Lobbying for the Early Release of a Convicted Terrorist?
Posted on July 21, 2011 at 8:15am by Mike Opelka




Abdul Rahman Al-Amoudi is an American citizen who was convicted of conspiracy to murder a Saudi Prince on behalf of Libya. On July 8th, Forbes reported that federal prosecutors are pushing for his early release from prison. Efforts to discover more of the details about this proposed release have been frustrating:

The documents explaining why prosecutors want to cut Alamoudi’s sentence are under seal, and the U.S. Attorney‘s Office in Alexandria declined to say how many years they are seeking to cut from Alamoudi’s term.

Mr. Al-amoudi has served just nine years of a twenty-three year sentence. The initial sentencing is reported here:

[i]“Aldurahman M. Alamoudi, a naturalized U.S. citizen who was born in Eritrea, was sentenced to 276 months in jail by District Judge Claude M. Hilton in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, this morning. On July 30, 2004, Alamoudi pleaded guilty to three federal offenses: one count of violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), which imposes terrorism-related sanctions prohibiting unlicensed travel to and commerce with Libya; one count of false statements made in his application for naturalization; and a tax offense involving a long-term scheme to conceal from the IRS his financial transactions with Libya and his foreign bank accounts and to omit material information from the tax returns filed by his charities.â€