Make Him Sing

By now everyone has heard about this idiot Smadi that has been charged with attempting to blow up a building in Dallas a couple of weeks ago. The FBI agent that oversaw the investigation testified that Smadi researched how to use a cell phone to detonate a bomb and “made a video to give to Osama bin Laden”. Excuse me….this guy can get stuff to bin Laden. Does he just call him up or what? Shouldn’t we be water-boarding this guy or something to find out how to deliver our own bombs to bin Laden? We can drop them right in his lap.

Let the Texas Rangers have that little jerk for a while….they will find out what he knows.

DALLAS, TX (KERA) -

A federal judge has ruled there is sufficient evidence for the case to continue against a teenager from Jordan accused of trying to blow up a Dallas high-rise. KERA's Bill Zeeble has more.

There just needed to be enough evidence to send to a grand jury for an indictment against 19 year old Hosam Smadi. And the judge ruled there was. In Monday's probable cause hearing, an FBI agent said Smadi made a 7-minute video he hoped to send to Osama Bin Laden. The agent also testified Smadi studied how to trigger a car bomb with his cell phone, and wondered whether the car was strategically parked to bring down Fountain Place.

Peter Fleury, one of Smadi's court appointed defenders, says he still does not know the exact charges against his client.

Fleury: They've had the case since March. We just go the case. We're way behind them. And we got a scared 19 year-old kid, well away from his family. And we're just going to do the best we can.

Former U.S. Prosecutor John Ratcliffe attended the hearing and says the government will methodically make its case.

John Ratcliffe, former U.S. Attorney: There's testimony here and there's going to be evidence presented that this will move before a jury who will hear that there are individuals out there that spent the better part of a year, in Mr. Smadi's case, talking about, planning, discussing surveilling and ultimately acting on the desire to commit mass casualties with a weapon of mass destruction.

Prosecutors have until October 24th to indict Smadi. No date has yet been set.