Richard Reid
Al-Qaeda Operative
Detained
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| Importance | Medium | ||
| Location of Detention | Florence, Colorado, United States1 | |
| Capturing Authority | Passengers and Flight Crew of American Airlines 63 | |
| Date of Capture | Dec. 22, 2001 | |
| Affiliation | Al-Qaeda | |
| Role | Operative | |
 | Supervisor | Ali Abdulaziz Ali2 | |
| Full Given Name | Richard Colvin Reid | ||
| Nationality | British | |
| Alias(es) | Shoe Bomber, Abdel Rahim, Abdul Ra'auf, Abdul Rauf | |
| Date of Birth | Aug. 12, 1973 | |
| Place of Birth | Farnborough, England, United Kingdom | |
| Gender | Male | ||
| Charged with | Attempted Murder (183 counts); many others | ||
| Charging authority | United States | ||
| Charges issued | Jan. 16, 2002 | ||
| Case status | Convicted | ||
| Convictions | Attemped use of weapon of mass destruction, attempted homicide, placing explosives on aircraft, others (8 counts total) | ||
| Sentence | Life | ||
| Case resolved | Oct. 4, 2002 | ||
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| 1 U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons web site. | |||
| 2 'Detainee Biographies,' press release, Director of National Intelligence, Sept. 6, 2006. | |||
| Photo: U.S. government photo | |||
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