HOUSTON -- A Texas man convicted of trying to help al-Qaida in 2010 will soon learn his sentence from a federal judge in Houston. Barry Walter Bujol Jr. is to be sentenced Thursday. He faces up to 20 years in prison for his convictions last year of attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization and of aggravated identity theft.
Bujol, who's a U.S. citizen, represented himself at his trial, which was heard by a judge instead of a jury.
Prosecutors say Bujol sought to join al-Qaida and to provide it with money, restricted U.S. military documents and GPS equipment.
But the 31-year-old says he never intended to help al-Qaida and wanted to leave the U.S. because he disagreed with its foreign policy.
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