“This much is known about Anthony J. Tracy: He told government agents that he helped 270 Somalis illegally enter the United States through Cuba. He failed a lie detector test when he denied helping members of the Somali terrorist group Al Shabaab. He was some sort of informant for the federal government going back at least as far as 2002.

Mr. Tracy, 35, told government agents that members of Al Shabaab, a group that is seeking to impose strict Islamic law in Somalia and has claimed responsibility for suicide bombing attacks, were among those who contacted him for help securing fake travel documents. Mr. Tracy denied helping them but failed that portion of a polygraph test.

The unredacted portions of the transcript indicate that Mr. Tracy, while living in Kenya, served as an informant for ICE and at least one other government agency as far back as 2002. In an e-mail message sent this year to an associate, he wrote, “I helped a lot of Somalis and most are good, but there are some who are bad and I leave them to Allah.”

… on Friday, Mr. Tracy, of Winchester, Va., was sentenced to roughly four months in jail, equal to time served, and walked out a free man.”

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