U.S. wants Somali terror suspect to remain jailed until sentencing

Federal prosecutors said Friday that a man who pleaded guilty to terrorism-related charges in the exodus of Somali men from this country back to their homeland should be kept imprisoned until he is sentenced.
The government also said in the motion that it had no idea when the man, Abdifatah Yusuf Isse, will be sentenced, but said it would be "as soon as possible but in a manner consistent with the needs of the investigation." In an earlier filing, prosecutors said Isse "has conducted multiple debriefings" with federal agents. Isse, 25, is from Seattle but has family in the Twin Cities. He is among six men named in federal charges stemming from an investigation into the return of 20 or more men to Somalia to fight for a group that the government says is linked to al-Qaida.
Isse's lawyer, Paul Engh, filed a motion this month complaining that there "is still no foreseeable end to this litigation" and that "it's time for bail." Isse has been in custody since he was indicted in February; he pleaded guilty in April to providing material support to terrorists.
But assistant U.S. attorneys Anders Folk and William Narus answer in their motion that there was no reason to let Isse out on bail. In a footnote, the prosecutors said they filed a secret letter to the judge in the case "setting forth additional argument." The prosecutors' motion came a day after a federal magistrate allowed another man charged with the same offense, Omer Abdi Mohamed, to remain ...more..http://www.twincities.com/localnews/ci_13837389?nclick_check=1