He's free.

Not only did Babak Bromand get the sentence six years, which that's up to every person individually to figure out whether that feels like enough for the stuff that we've discussed or not, but at his sentencing, he still had people vouching on his behalf to encourage the judge to be lenient with him.

So an FBI insider, a retired top intelligence official, Frank Montoya Jr., he asked the court to show Babak Bromand mercy because he said he, quote, "worked in tough and dangerous places with little to protect him but his own wits." And so there's just this sense of, like, the insiders protecting each other.

Though just to be clear, Frank Montoya Jr. has not been accused of any wrongdoing here.

One thing to mention here is And this is one of the things I find most fascinating about this entire story is the, the kind of weak alliances everybody in these circles has.

The alliances between Jacob and Levon, where Jacob essentially ultimately turns on Levon and testifies against him.

And Darryl Leon, their Miami music hopeful logistics guy, who essentially ends up turning on them and cooperating as the first really meaningful cooperator.

For some reason, these two meet at a deli, and next thing you know, they're traveling everywhere together.