NEW : State security ' says ' ` ` troubled '' by case outcome . Gordon was arrested in May for posting a link on his website to a banned book . Gordon 's guilty plea leads to his lenient sentence , his lawyer said . The king has tried foreigners in similar cases in the past .
NEW : State Department spokesman says U.S. `` troubled '' by case outcome . Gordon was arrested in May for posting a link on his blog to a banned book . Gordon 's guilty plea leads to his lenient sentence , his lawyer says . The king has pardoned foreigners in similar cases in the past .