SEATTLE — Federal prosecutors are seeking another sentencing for an al-Qaeda- trained terrorist convicted of plotting to bomb Los Angeles airport at the turn of the millennium — this time without credit for helping to convict a fellow terrorist.
Ahmed Ressam was sentenced for the second time last week to 22 years in prison for plotting to bomb Los Angeles International Airport on the eve of the millennium. Prosecutors say that isn’t long enough, and the guideline range is 65 years to life.
In a motion made public Tuesday, the U.S. attorney’s office asked to withdraw a document prosecutors filed several years ago acknowledging that Ressam cooperated with investigators. They say that motion, which provided part of the basis for the lenient sentence, is no longer valid because Ressam told the judge last week he wanted to take back every statement he made to the government, including his testimony against a co-conspirator.
