According to CNN, the founder of the American Muslim Council, Abdurahman Alamoudi, is about to admit being involved in a Libyan plot to assassinate Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah: Muslim leader in U.S. ‘intelligence coup’. (Hat tip: ted.)

WASHINGTON (CNN) — An American Muslim leader is expected to admit being involved in an alleged Libyan plot to assassinate Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, CNN has learned.

Abdurahman Alamoudi is not charged in the assassination plot, but government sources said he has agreed to fully cooperate in what one senior government official called “a real intelligence coup for the United States.”

Alamoudi has struck a plea deal with federal prosecutors and is expected to plead guilty in federal court Friday to charges related to his dealings with Libya.

“This guy was really well-connected and he knows who all the players are,” the official told CNN.

Saudi Arabian and U.S. authorities have been investigating the alleged plot by Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi to assassinate Crown Prince Abdullah bin Aziz. …

A court spokesman said in October 2003, an 18-count indictment charged Alamoudi, a leader of several Muslim American charities, with accepting money from Libya.

CNN, of course, does not tell us that Alamoudi is the founder of the American Muslim Council, or even mention the names of the “several Muslim American charities” he led. He’s just a vague leader of some indeterminate charities.

Wouldn’t want to confuse the American public with too much detail.