Emerson Begolly

Feds: 'Nazi Jihadist' Solicited Extremists To Attack Daycare Centers

Ryan J. Reilly | July 14, 2011, 2:12PM

Federal prosecutors have charged Emerson Begolly, the Nazi uniform wearing Pennsylvania man being held for allegedly biting an FBI agent who tried to question him about his activity on jihadist websites, with inciting violent attacks in the United States.

An indictment announced on Thursday by the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia charges that Begolly used an extremist web forum to solicited others to engage in acts of terrorism and disseminated instructions for making different kinds of explosives that could be used in terrorist attacks.

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Topics: Counterterrorism, Domestic Terrorism, Emerson Begolly, FBI, Islamic Terrorism, Terrorism, Terrorist Watchlists

Terrorism

McConnell On Casey Anthony Trial: It Means Terrorists Could Win

Ryan J. Reilly | July 11, 2011, 1:15PM

The top Republican in the Senate invoked the high-profile acquittal of Casey Anthony on charges she murdered her daughter as a reason to oppose the use of civilian trials for terrorism suspects.

"These are not American citizens. We just found with the Caylee Anthony case how difficult is to get a conviction in a U.S. court," Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said on "Fox News Sunday." McConnell has called on the Obama administration to place suspected terrorists in Guantanamo Bay and prosecute them in the military justice system.

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Topics: Mitch McConnell, Terrorism