Would-be plane bomber has sentence cut (BBC)

[eppur_se_muova]

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"Badat has helped with investigations in this country, he continues to co-operate and has agreed to testify in other trials if called upon."

She added: "While in prison he fully co-operated with investigators in the counter terrorism command of the Metropolitan Police Service and US law enforcement officers in the Federal Bureau of Investigation and provided information of overwhelming importance in relation to investigations they were conducting."
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The court documents from November 2009 - published for the first time by the CPS - say that Badat was assessed to be of "potential use" in relation to between 12 and 18 future trials.

Prosecutor Richard Whittam QC said Badat's "main motivation" in helping had been to prove he had renounced terrorism with actions as well as words.

"He sees himself and others like him as victims manipulated and exploited by the likes of Osama Bin Laden and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.

"He (Badat) has firm beliefs that al-Qaeda has hijacked Islam, misinterpreted the religious creeds for his own ends and thereby manipulated and pressured many Muslims into terrorist related-activities", Mr Whittam added.
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more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17731821




But but but we're endangering freedom by not detaining this guy indefinitely as an "enemy combatant" ! Off to Guanomo with him !

[customerserviceguy]

1. Hey, cut his sentence to zero

and let AQ find him and deal with him. It won't be quick or painless.

[muriel_volestrangler]

2. He has been out since March 2010

I can't tell if you actually think al-Qaeda really are a powerful group that can track down individuals to wreak their revenge; I presume you are saying that, if they could, that would be a terrible thing, and that the authorities should have kept this secret.