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Sounds like this might be what you're remembering?

Why Is the Obama Administration Lobbying for the Early Release of a Convicted Terrorist?

The Forbes link referenced here is no longer live (I have retrieved a copy for archiving however), but it reproduces a July 8, 2011 AP piece by Matthew Barakat titled "Prosecutors ask to cut sentence of Muslim activist". Barakat included a few relevant details naming a few individuals involved in the case, which I will reproduce:

The documents explaining why prosecutors want to cut Alamoudi's sentence are under seal, and the U.S. Attorney's Office in Alexandria declined to say how many years they are seeking to cut from Alamoudi's term. But such reductions are allowed only when a defendant provides substantial assistance to the government. . .It is not entirely clear whether Alamoudi's cooperation is related to the current upheaval in Libya, but it is clear that Alamoudi had extensive connections with Libyan officials in the years before his arrest. Alamoudi made at least 10 trips to Libya between 2000 and 2003, according to court records, frequently meeting with government officials there. . .Alamoudi's lawyer, Henry St. John Fitzgerald, did not respond a request for comment Friday. . .The government's request for a reduced sentence must be approved by U.S. District Judge Claude Hilton. A hearing on the issue had been scheduled for Friday but Hilton canceled the hearing and said he will issue a written ruling based on the papers that have been submitted to him.

So the update to this headline might be, "Obama Administration Lobbied for Release of Boston Bomber Mosque Founder".

I typed a long response to you and somehow, it didn’t post. It’s gone, I don’t know where.

Anyway, Alamoudi’s name came up after the Benghazi attack. It was speculated that perhaps Alamoudi was helping Obama track down the armaments that had
sent to Libya that were still in the hands of the rebels, so that they could be shipped to Syria.

I’m not sure if that make sense, it could be something as simple as Obama complying with the demands of Morsi, Mohamed al Zawahiri, and the Muslim Brotherhood, to release all Islamic prisoners. Alamoudi could simply have been the first.