Prosecutor: Somali man lied when truth mattered
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Prosecutors say a Somali man who lied to FBI agents obstructed a "fast-moving" investigation into the disappearance of three men from Minnesota.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Anders Folk wrote Tuesday that Abdow Munye Abdow lied when the truth mattered most. Folk says Abdow should get between 10 to 16 months at Friday's sentencing on an obstruction of justice charge.
Folk says Abdow lied in October about a trip he took with four others to San Diego. The filing says the trip was planned, and other documents show at least one of the men Abdow left in San Diego was on a terror watch list and is now at large.
Abdow's attorney is asking for probation, saying Abdow has no prior arrests.
The FBI is investigating the travels of roughly 20 men who went to Somalia to join al-Shabab. Abdow was not among them.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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