The Australian citizen David Hicks has become the first Guantanamo prisoner to plead guilty under the Military Commissions Act passed last year. Hicks entered the plea as part of a deal with military prosecutors.

Pentagon spokesperson Beth Kubala: “At approximately 20:25 this evening, the military judge assembled the parties and reopened the proceedings. The military judge stated that he had been advised at an 8:02 conference that Mr. Hicks desired to enter pleas. For Mr. Hicks, Major Morey entered a plea of guilty to specification 1, not guilty to specification 2, and guilty to the charge.”

Hicks has been held at Guantanamo for the past five years. The U.S. government had originally accused him of conspiracy to commit murder, conspiracy to engage in acts of terrorism, attempted murder and aiding the enemy, but only ended up charging him with one crime: providing material support for terrorism. Pentagon officials say Hicks will likely serve his sentence in Australia.