| Follow-up on this story from January. |
| Yes you are! |
A jury in January convicted Shaaban, 54, on six charges, including acting as an unregistered foreign agent and violating sanctions against Iraq. Prosecutors said Shaaban, who is Palestinian, traveled to Baghdad in late 2002 and agreed to sell U.S. intelligence secrets to Iraq for $3 million.
Shaaban, who represented himself during his 11-day trial, argued that he was mistaken for a dead twin brother who worked for the Central Intelligence Agency.
| The dead identical twin brother defense, as seen on Matlock, Perry Mason, L.A. Law, and Barnaby Jones. |
During the trial, a former high-ranking Iraqi intelligence official identified Shaaban as the man who offered to sell him the names of U.S. agents in the country. Prosecutors never alleged that Shaaban had names to sell. FBI agents who raided his house said they found computer files praising Hussein and an unsigned contract proposing to recruit "human shields" to protect Iraq from the U.S. invasion. Authorities said he had seven passports.
Besides his 160-month sentence, Shaaban will lose his naturalization status. It was unclear where he would be deported after his jail term.
| Why don't we clear that up? Out with him! |