John McCain

Report: McCain Inserted Provision To Put Terror Suspects Into Military Custody

Ryan J. Reilly | September 6, 2011, 12:50PM

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) inserted a little-noticed provision into the National Defense Authorization Act that would put all terror suspects into immediate military custody, the National Journal reports.

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Topics: Counterterrorism, Domestic Terrorism, Eric Holder, FBI, John McCain, Military Commissions, Terror Plot, Terror Raids, Terrorism, Terrorist Watchlists

Emerson Begolly

Alleged Nazi Jihadist Blamed Pedophile Pastor For Hatred Of America

Ryan J. Reilly and Melissa Jeltsen | January 17, 2011, 8:54AM

Instant messaging conversations allegedly written by Emerson Begolly reveal him as anti-Semitic, extreme, armed and dangerous. But they also reveal what he claimed was the genesis of his extremist views: an interaction with a Christian pastor who was a registered sex offender.

Begolly's is a cautionary tale about the threat of homegrown terrorism: the radicalized 21-year-old college student reportedly obsessed over violence and martyrdom and said he was disgusted by a country where "homosexuality... abortion... assisted suicide, whores, and dru(g)s r all legal."

But it's also the strange story of a loner living on a farm in a small Pennsylvania town who had easy access to weapons and vented his frustrations with his family (a father who dressed him up in Nazi regalia and hit him as a child and an estranged mother with reported mental health issues of her own) in jihadist web forums.

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Topics: Counterterrorism, Emerson Begolly, FBI, Gun Control, Gun Rights, Guns, Islamic Terrorism, Justice Department, Terror Alerts, Terror Cell, Terror Plot, Terror Raids, Terrorism, Terrorist Watchlists

Antonio Martinez

Wannabe Terrorist Caught In 'Facebook Sting' Feared An FBI Trap

Ryan J. Reilly | December 8, 2010, 5:02PM

Antonio Martinez, a 21-year-old from Baltimore who recently converted to Islam, went to his Facebook page on Sept. 29 and reportedly fired off a public posting calling for violence to stop the oppression of Muslims.

"The sword is cummin the reign of oppression is about 2 cease inshallah ta'ala YA muslimeen! don't execept the free world we are slaves of the Most High and never forget it!" Martinez wrote, according to an FBI affidavit.

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Topics: Antonio Martinez, Baltimore, Counterterrorism, FBI, FBI Sting, Islamic Terrorism, Muhammad Hussain, Terror Plot, Terror Raids

Mohammed Zazi

FBI Arrests Three In Ongoing Terror Investigation

Ben Frumin | September 20, 2009, 8:45AM

The Justice Department announced Saturday that it had arrested three men -- two in Colorado and one in New York -- as part of an ongoing terror investigation.

In Colorado, the FBI arrested Najibullah Zazi, 24, of Aurora, CO -- who is a legal permanent resident from Afghanistan -- and his father Mohammed Wali Zazi, 53, also of Aurora and a naturalized U.S. citizen from Afghanistan.

In New York, FBI agents arrested Ahmad Wais Afzali, 37, of Flushing. He's also a legal permanent resident from Afghanistan.

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Topics: Investigations, Mohammed Zazi, Terror Raids