More Evidence to be Shown at Texas Bomb Plot Trial

Former Tech student targeted home of former President George W. Bush

More FBI agents and experts will be taking the stand as prosecutors build their case against a Saudi man accused of gathering chemicals and other materials to try to build a bomb.

Prosecutors will present more evidence Tuesday, the third day of testimony in the Amarillo trial of Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari, a former Texas Tech University chemical engineering student.

Aldawsari, who was legally in the U.S. on a student visa, was arrested in February 2011 after federal agents secretly searched his apartment and found bomb-making chemicals, wiring and clocks.

He faces up to life in prison if convicted of attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction. Investigators say targets he researched included the Dallas home of former President George W. Bush, dams and nuclear plants.

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