NEW YORK, Feb. 15 (UPI) -- A federal judge in New York has freed an admitted terrorist for helping the FBI and British authorities foil bomb plots, a government spokeswoman confirmed.
The spokeswoman for U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said Mohammed Junaid Babar of Queens was given his freedom for aiding the FBI in uncovering a plot to bomb the Citicorp center in 2005, WNBC-TV, New York, reported.
Babar also helped British authorities foil a fertilizer bomb plot targeting trains and landmarks in 2006.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Brandon McGuire told a hearing Dec. 10 that Babar's cooperation was "exceptional."
"The defendant has testified previously at four different trials involving numerous terrorism defendants, three trials in the U.K. and one in Canada," McGuire said.
Babar was arrested by the FBI nearly seven years ago when he returned to New York from Pakistan after joining al Qaida.
Court records show the FBI approached Babar about cooperating in 2004.
