Judge says evidence against Jordanian teen sufficient to continue Dallas bomb plot case

Judge says Dallas bomb plot case to proceed

DALLAS — A judge has ruled there is enough evidence to continue the case against a Jordanian teenager accused of trying to blow up a Dallas skyscraper.

FBI Special Agent Tom Petrowski testified Monday that 19-year-old Hosam Maher Smadi had researched how to use a cell phone to detonate a bomb. He also says Smadi made a 7-minute video he believed would be transmitted to Osama bin Laden.

Smadi is charged with attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction.

His attorney, assistant federal public defender Peter Fleury, did not returns calls for comment. In Jordan, Smadi’s father has said his son is innocent.

No dates have been set for a trial or any preliminary hearings.