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The agents in his "sleeper cell" had supplied him with inert chemical, so his bomb had not posed a real threat. Immigration officials were trying to determine how Smadi was able to work at a gas station, since he only had a 2007 tourist visa. He placed the device in the parking garage under the building and activated it with a cell phone.
Instead of setting off a bomb, the cell phone rang a phone number at the Federal Bureau of Investigation offices.
Smadi pled guilty to attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction. Under the terms of a plea bargain, an additional charge of bombing a public place was dropped, and a sentence of not more than 30 years was recommended.
On October 20, 2010, he was sentenced to 24 years imprisonment. He will be deported from the United States after serving his sentence.
