Statement of Attorney General Eric Holder on Guilty Plea by Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab

WASHINGTON – Mohamad Anas Haitham Soueid, 47, a resident of Leesburg, Va., has been charged for his alleged role in a conspiracy to collect video and audio recordings and other information about individuals in the United States and Syria who were protesting the government of Syria and to provide these materials to Syrian intelligence agencies in order to silence, intimidate and potentially harm the protestors. The charges were announced by Lisa Monaco, Assistant Attorney General for Nati .... [More]