Lawyers for a New York City man who pleaded guilty to a terrorism charge in a pipe bomb plot says he took the plea to avoid the possibility of life in prison.
Jose Pimentel had been charged with building homemade bombs to attack soldiers, police or even the George Washington Bridge. He entered the plea today to attempted criminal possession of a weapon as a crime of terrorism.
Authorities call the case a dramatic example of the threat of homegrown, one-person terrorism plots.
Pimentel's lawyers have portrayed it as an example of overzealous policing since Sept 11, 2001.
