Walli Mujahidh, who plotted with others in 2011 to attack a Seattle military center for new recruits and was subsequently arrested when one of his two comrades turned out to be a police informant, was sentenced to 17 years in prison Monday for his role in the conspiracy.
Mujahidh, who was born 34 years ago in Long Beach California as Frederick Domingue Jr., plead guilty for his part in the plot. His co-conspirator, Abu Khalid Abdul-Latif, born with the name Joseph Anthony Davis was sentenced to 18 years in prison two weeks ago. He also plead guilty.
The noteworthy circumstance of Walli Mujahidh, though, is that he's been diagnosed with both schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, and had reportedly been in and out of hospitals for much of his adult life after watching the Michael Moore film Fahrenheit 9/11, according to court documents reported by the Los Angeles Times.
Mujahidh's partner, Abdul-Latif, had been radicalized due to U.S. military involvement abroad. The down-on-his luck janitor from Washington state thought he could send a message by assaulting a U.S. Military facility in Seattle called the Entrance Processing Station. The two conspirators talked over the phone, and soon Mujahidh was on his way to Seattle from Los Angeles, where he and Abdul-Latif discussed plans to use grenades and machines guns in an attack on new recruits.
In sentencing, the U.S. District Judge James L. Robart ordered Mujahidh to undergo supervision for 10 years after he finishes his prison time. Mujahidh apologized in a statement, saying, "I would like to apologize to my country for my betrayal, the employees, staff at the military entrance processing station for any harm I might have caused any of them. I would also like to apologize to my religion for any misrepresentation I might have caused. As well as my family for any shame I might have brought upon my name."
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