Khalifi in his clubbing days in an undated photo. (Via Glittarazzi)

We’re still not really sure how Amine El Khalifi went from local scenester to willing terrorist, but NBC4 reports that he’s agreed to a plea deal that could send him to jail for 25 to 30 years.

Earlier this year El Khalifi was caught with an inert explosive-laden suicide vest that he had planned to use to blow up the U.S. Capitol; the vest had been provided to him by undercover FBI officers. After he was caught, local party blog Glittarazzi discovered that the El Khalifi that seemed hell-bent on killing Americans for al-Qaeda was the same El Khalifi they had spotted at local clubs for years. (He apparently spent north of $10,000 on liposuction, they reported.)

Even if he does behave well, Khalifi will have the better part of two decades to ponder why terrorism was a better choice than simply being an avid D.C. club-goer.