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Freedom Bomb Plotter's Cell Phone Videos Released

Authorities have released self-recorded videos of Jared Cano discussing the planned attacks.

Cell phone videos released by prosecutors show accused bomb plotter Jared Cano as an angry, troubled teen bent on destruction.

"For those of you retards who don't know, I'm the Freedom High School shooter from Tampa, Florida," according to the Tampa Bay Times. "Well, I will be in a couple months."

Cano last month pleaded no contest to the charges against him, and he will be sentenced in December. But officials have just released self-recorded cell phone videos where Cano discusses his plans to blow up the New Tampa school. 

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Cano is seen in the videos smoking marijuana and then turning the camera on his notebook featuring a diagram of the school, according to the Times.

The teen's lawyer has argued Cano could not have possibly been successful in actually carrying out the plans.

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