Guilty Plea
On April 30, 2009 he entered a plea of guilty to one count of conspiracy to provide material support or resources to a foreign terrorist organization. Al-Marri admitted in his plea that he attended terrorist training camps between 1998 and 2001, where he studied weapons and operational security. He met with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and "offered his services" to aid al-Qaeda; Mohammed told him to travel to America by September 20, 2001 and wait for further instructions. Al-Marri said that while enrolled at Bradley University, he researched cyanide on the Internet and continued communicating with al-Qaeda.
On October 29, 2009, Al-Marri was sentenced to 8 years in prison. He was moved from Federal Correctional Institution, Pekin to the US Penitentiary, Florence Supermax security in Colorado in March 2010. His projected release date is January 18, 2015.
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