Diplomats reacted to the Swedish pleas by noting that Germany would be next to voice similar distress calls.
In announcing the plea, prosecutors noted that the investigation into Symbol is continuing.
Dodds told Carlisle that he would get credit for his early guilty plea but noted that he had a "bad record".
Amgen issued a statement Tuesday acknowledging the guilty plea and noting that 14 months ago the company announced that it had set aside $780 million for the settlement of federal, state and whistle-blower complaints.
In Hammond's case, his plea agreement notes that the "base offense level" for his crime was six, which would typically carry a sentence of six to twelve months.
In the letter, the office of Preet Bharara, the United States attorney in Manhattan, asked a federal judge to keep Mr. Warsame's plea confidential, noting that his information had opened new lines of investigation and developed new targets for the government.
Khadr has pleaded guilty to throwing a grenade that killed an American soldier, Christopher Speer, in that firefight, and to planting roadside bombs (the plea deal notes that, after his capture, he gave their locations, and that they were removed without hurting anyone).
Cathy Fleming, the lawyer who represented Mr. Gibson in the trial and plea negotiations, noted that the charges that Mr. Gibson had paid an Irvington school official more than $13,000 in bribes -- allegations that figured prominently in last year's trial -- did not figure at all in the admissions made today in court.
They note that before his plea, Mr. Chang faced charges of conspiracy, perjury and obstruction of justice -- and that the prosecutors themselves attacked his credibility at that time.
Your Honor will note that I actually did eventually plea to an accessory charge carrying potentially more prison time – but it would have been wrong.
They note that Mr. Bansal, who accepted a misdemeanor plea deal with federal prosecutors in Manhattan, did not explicitly accuse Mr. Jiampietro of instructing him to obtain the documents.
