Ga. man sentenced to 17 years in terror case

Posted - 12/14/2009 at 10:51AM

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Ga. man sentenced to 17 years in terror case

ATLANTA (AP) - A Georgia man has been sentenced to 17 years in prison for conspiring to support terrorists by videotaping U.S. landmarks.

Twenty-three-year-old Ehsanul Islam Sadequee could have received as many as 60 years in prison at the hearing Monday. He was convicted of four terror-related charges in August for sending the tapes of landmarks in Washington to terror suspects overseas in hopes of boosting his reputation.

His friend Syed Haris Ahmed faces 15 years in prison at a sentencing hearing later Monday. Ahmed, 24, was convicted in June of conspiring to support terrorist groups.

Prosecutors say the two never posed an imminent threat to the U.S. but took concrete steps to help terrorists.

Sadequee has said he never considered following through on boasts he made online.

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