Next month Ahmed Ressam will be sentenced for his role in the attempted bombing of the Los Angeles Airport . Ressam could face up to 130 years in jail but will probably receive a sentence of under 30 years after having provided evidence and cooperated with numerous terrorist investigations. In 1999, Ressam, masquerading as Beni Norris, attempted to smuggle into the United States explosives and timing devices. He arrived in Port Angeles, Washington by ferry from Canada but was caught by alert Custom Inspectors. Ressam, sweating from malaria and appearing nervous, was asked to step out of the vehicle; he attempted to flee on foot before being arrested. A subsequent search of his trunk uncovered the explosives and timing units.

Ressam was part of a Montreal-based terrorist group that had ties to Al-Qaida . The leader of the Montreal cell, Fateh Kamel, returned to Montreal on January 29, 2005. Kamel had been released from prison in France for good behavior after serving four years for his role in a number of terrorist activities, including a bombing plot and providing fake passports to other terrorist.