Posted on 05/10/2006 8:27:15 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
A computer technician has pleaded guilty in a plot to ship to Iran more than 100 pressure sensors that could be used as components in explosive devices, authorities said Wednesday.
Mohammad Fazeli, 27, entered his guilty plea Monday to one count of violating a U.S. embargo prohibiting trade with Iran, said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman Virginia Kice. As part of a plea deal, prosecutors agreed to drop one count each of conspiracy and making false statements.
Fazeli, who remains free on $50,000 bond, faces up to 10 years in federal prison when he is sentenced Aug. 7.
In an indictment unsealed in March, prosecutors alleged Fazeli, a U.S. citizen of Iranian descent, ordered 103 Honeywell sensors from an electronics company in St. Paul, Minn., in September 2004. Working with an associate based in Iran, Fazeli tried to ship the sensors to an address in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, authorities said.
Prosecutors believe the ultimate destination was Iran. However, the devices never left the United States.
The sensors are built to detect the pressure of liquid or gas, but authorities were concerned they could be used to detonate explosive devices.
How they catch some of these people is mystifying. I'm glad they do though. And if not telling me is the price I have to pay in order to stay safe...
If a Democrat leaker leaks yet another secret that allows terrorists to get away with operating in the Western world... I swear I'm going to go bonkers.
Iran is making IEDs and smuggling them to Iraq.
" Fazeli, who remains free on $50,000 bond"!!!
I'm sure he'll stick around for his trial.
This guy (with an Islamic name!) is selling bomb parts that kill American military in Iraq and he's free on $50K bond?!!! WTF?
Pressure sensors in "explosive devices"? Kind of strange. Pressure spikes pretty quickly in explosions and you don't need to measure it. I wonder what they were going to be used for.
Pressure sensors in "explosive devices"? Kind of strange. Pressure spikes pretty quickly in explosions and you don't need to measure it. I wonder what they were going to be used for.
LOS ANGELES MAN CHARGED FOR ATTEMPTING TO SHIP SENSITIVE TECHNOLOGY TO IRAN ^
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Posted by Calpernia
On News/Activism ^ 03/22/2006 7:54:32 PM PST · 97 replies · 1,510+ views
Well, it's not like Iran needs more censors :-)
fyi
Judge Ito: "Will the defendant please rise. Counselor, where is the defendant?"
Lynne Stewart: "Your Honor, uhm, I don't know."
When the time comes to hang infidel capitalism, this guy should be first.
Triggers probably.
And just why would a prosecutor plea bargain the charges down when they have the guy dead to rights. I swear our government is as criminal and the crimins. Our justice system is insane! And they dropped the charge of making false statements? I'll bet Martha Stewart feels great about that one.
F**k the plea bargin. Fry him.
I suspect the suspect is not as free as he thinks he is, if you get my meaning...
I'm sure that we violated his civil rights somehow by conducting surveillance on this guy after his handlers in Iran where wiretapped by the NSA. Maybe Chuck Schumer will appear as a defense witness for this iranian operative.
OMG, I thought the headline read,
SoCal man pleads guilty to attempting to ship seniors to Iran
Good one!
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