A Massachusetts man who pledged allegiance to the Islamic State militant group, or ISIS, was found guilty this week in a disturbing plot to behead a conservative blogger, attack police and “take down” the U.S. government.
David Daoud Wright, 28, faces life in federal prison.
Wright, his uncle, Usaamah Rahim, and a third man, Nicholas Rovinski, 25, talked about killing non-believers in the U.S. on behalf of ISIS starting in early 2015, federal prosecutors said.
Prosecutors say Rahim was communicating with an ISIS member in Syria and was given an encrypted document with information on Geller. Rahim also bought three knives, from 13 to 15 inches long, to behead her, federal court documents show. – READ MORE
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