Al-Qaeda Operative Born in Texas Sentenced to 45 Years for Conspiring to Murder Americans, Supporting Terrorism

Joshua Geltzer was quoted in the Washington Post on the prosecution of Muhanad Mahmoud al-Farekh, an al-Qaeda supporter who also conspired to murder Americans.

The sentencing caps yet another successful prosecution of an international terrorism case even as the Trump administration wrestles with whether to bring future cases to military tribunals. “This case shows once again that criminal prosecutions in the federal courts move swiftly and land heavy sentences for those engaged in terrorist activity,” said Joshua Geltzer, former White House senior director for counterterrorism in the Obama administration and a visiting professor of law at Georgetown University.