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Summary A US man who aided Al-Qaeda and helped train the lead London suicide bomber whose attacks killed 52 people has been free for two years, released in virtual secret after cooperating with US prosecutors, court documents show.
A US citizen from Pakistan, Mohammed Junaid Babar, 35, once faced crimes that could have led to a 70-year prison sentence, if he had been convicted at trial. But he walked free after less than five years in prison upon pleading guilty and becoming a star witness for British and American prosecutors. Babars release was kept quiet by the US government and came as a surprise to many security experts. At the hearing, Babars defence attorney, Daniel Ollen, said Babar had been released more than two years earlier pending his sentencing.Babar became a star witness when he helped investigators lock up militant plotters, including five men arrested in 2004 in Britain with explosive material.
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