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D.C. Metro Cop Sentenced for Islamic State Support

2018-02-25

Yet another idiot whose best jihadi buddy turned out to be an FBI informant. [Breitbart] Nicholas Young, ... the connected Muslim convert who was proud of the skills he developed torturing small animals as a child, and friend of convicted Al Shabaab supporter Zachary Chesser, among others. Mr. Chesser was famed for his threats against the cartoonists of South Park... the disgraced D.C. Metro Transit Police Department officer convicted of providing support for the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... (ISIS) in December, was sentenced to 15 years in prison Friday. Judge Leonie M. Brinkema of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia handed down the sentence on federal charges of attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization and obstruction of justice. Young was fired in 2016 after coming under surveillance in 2010 for associations with other terrorism suspects. In 2011, he traveled to Libya and allegedly pursued links with the Jihadists fighting dictator Muammar Qadaffy ...a proud Arab institution for 42 years, now among the dear departed, though not the dearest... . Court documents allege Young traveled with "body armor, a kevlar helmet and several other military-style items" and told the FBI he had been with rebels in Libya. As a result, he no doubt had a great many more jihadi buddies than the two that have been reported. Eventually, Young was locked away You have the right to remain silent... in July 2016 when FBI informants, posing as U.S. military reservists of Middle Eastern descent who supported ISIS, got him to send them gift card codes for use to bolster the brutal terror group’s jihad. At trial, prosecutors revealed that, in addition to Islamist ties, the Moslem-convert Young also sought out Nazi materials and links online. The obstruction charges stem from him advising the informant on how to avoid detection as he went to the Middle East to join ISIS. It was after an informant was supposedly with ISIS overseas that he requested Young send money through the gift cards. Young was convicted in a jury trial in Alexandria, Virginia, in December. At the time, prosecutor Dana J. Boent said, "Nicholas Young swore an oath to protect and defend, and instead violated the public’s trust by attempting to support ISIS." According to the Justice Department (DOJ) blurb, The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia teamed up with prosecutors from Main DOJ’s National Security Division Counterterrorism Section to pursue the case against Young. Young faced up to 60 years on the terrorism and obstruction charges. His 15-year sentence means we will serve at least 12 and a half years in federal prison. He is reportedly the first American law enforcement officer convicted for trying to assist ISIS, having joined the Metro Transit Police in 2003. Are transit cops real police?

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D.C. Metro Transit Cop Charged with Trying to Aid ISIS

2016-08-03

A 13-year veteran of the police force charged with security of the Beltway's Metro system has been arrested on charges that he tried to assist ISIS. A fair, honest trial. Then a fair, honest hanging. The complaint details a years-long investigation into the cop as he remained employed with the transit police. Nicholas Young, 36, of Fairfax, Va., was taken into custody this morning at police headquarters and is scheduled to appear before a magistrate in the the Eastern District of Virginia this afternoon. According to the FBI, law enforcement first interviewed Young in September 2010 as an acquaintance of his, Zachary Chesser, had been arrested. Chesser, known for threatening the creators of the South Park series after they depicted a cartoon Muhammad, admitted that year to trying to aid Al-Shabaab. For a short time, the Charlottesville native worked as a caretaker at the Islamic Center of Northern Virginia in Fairfax. He's now incarcerated at the Supermax prison in Colorado. "Over the next several years, Young allegedly had numerous interactions with undercover law enforcement personnel and an FBI confidential human source (CHS) regarding his knowledge of and interest in terrorism-related activity. Many of these interactions were recorded," stated an FBI press release. "Law enforcement also interviewed Young’s family and co-workers. In 2011, Young met with an undercover law enforcement officer, and several of these meetings included another of Young’s acquaintances, Amine El Khalifi, who later pleaded guilty to charges relating to his plan to conduct a suicide bombing at the U.S. Capitol Building in 2012." The criminal complaint states that in March 2011 Young told an undercover officer that he "used to torture animals as a child" and "despised the FBI," musing that someone with his skills "could attack an FBI establishment." Somehow that information never made it to the Metro coppe shoppe? "Young said that firearms are not allowed to be brought into the federal courthouse in Alexandria, but described a method that Young could bring multiple guns into the courthouse undetected in order to distribute them to others inside." The affidavit filed with the criminal complaint alleges that Young traveled to Libya in 2011 with "military-style items" and in 2014 met with the FBI informant, who was posing "as a U.S. military reservist of Middle Eastern descent who wanted to travel overseas to join ISIL," about 20 times. That didn't make it to the coppe shoppe either... Young allegedly gave the informant tips on how to travel without raising suspicion from law enforcement and how to be discreet about his plans. The source pretended that he left the country to join ISIS, and further email communications between Young and the source were actually between Young and undercover FBI officials. The Metro transit cop allegedly sent an email in June 2015 asking how to sent money to ISIS "Unfortunately I have enough flags on my name that I can’t even buy a plane ticket without little alerts ending up in someone’s hands, so I imagine banking transactions are automatically monitored and will flag depending on what is going on," Young wrote. The FBI interviewed Young in December, pretending like they were trying to figure out the whereabouts of the informant. On July 28, Young sent $245 worth of mobile-messaging gift card codes to the FBI posing as the informant, allegedly writing: “Respond to verify receipt . . . may not answer depending on when as this device will be destroyed after all are sent to prevent the data being possibly seen on this end in the case of something unfortunate.” Young faces up to 20 years behind bars. It's the first time a law enforcement officer in the U.S. has been charged with terrorism. Won't be the last... His Fairfax neighborhood was blocked off with crime-scene tape today as police searched his townhome. Paul J. Wiedefeld, the general manager and CEO of D.C.'s Metro system, said in a statement that "since I received my first briefing on this matter, [Metro Transit Police] Chief [Ronald] Pavlik and I have worked hand-in-glove with the FBI in the interest of public safety and to ensure that this individual would be brought to justice."

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Man pleads guilty over South Park threat

2012-02-09

A MUSLIM convert who ran a website that posted threats against the creators of the television show, South Park, has entered a guilty plea. Jesse Curtis Morton, also known as Younus Abdullah Mohammad, was charged last year with communicating threats and has been in custody since his arrest in Morocco in October. At a plea hearing overnight in federal court in Virginia, Morton pleaded guilty to conspiracy, communicating threats and using the internet to intimidate. Another operator of the Revolution Muslim website, Zachary Chesser, was sentenced last year to 25 years in prison. Chesser admitted he posted threats against the South Park creators for insulting the Prophet Mohammed by airing an episode that depicted Mohammed in a bear costume.

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Zac to miss out on conjugal loving

2010-11-09

The Ugandan wife of an American-born man who pleaded guilty to providing material support to terrorists entered her own guilty plea on Monday. Proscovia Kampire Nzabanita, dressed head-to-toe in conservative Muslim dress with her face covered, pleaded guilty to making a false statement when questioned by a federal investigator about her husband, Zachary Chesser. Chesser, 20, was accused of posting an online attack against the creators of the animated TV series "South Park" due to the program's depiction of the Prophet Mohammed. On October 20, Chesser agreed to plead guilty to the terrorist support charge, as well as charges of communicating threats and soliciting crimes of violence. He will be sentenced in January, and is expected to receive a sentence of at least 20 years in prison. As part of Chesser's plea agreement, federal authorities agreed not to seek charges of aiding and abetting against Nzabanita, 26, who faces sentencing on January 28 for her guilty plea Monday. According to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's office for the Eastern District of Virginia, Nzabanita will serve no prison time but must leave the United States within 120 days and give up her legal status. Federal Judge Gerald Bruce Lee allowed Nzabanita to remain free on bail of $250,000 and ordered that she reside with her mother as her guardian until the sentencing. The news release from the U.S. Attorney's office said Nzabanita was questioned on July 21 by a Secret Service special agent outside her residence in northern Virginia. In her plea agreement, Nzabanita admitted she lied in that interview by saying Chesser had attempted to fly to Uganda on July 10 to retriever her birth certificate, according to the news release. In reality, Chesser planned to ultimately make his way to Somalia to help the terrorist group al-Shabaab, the news release said. According to an affidavit, Chesser tried to take his infant son with him on the trip, telling his wife it was part of his "cover" to make it less likely anyone would suspect he was trying to go to Somalia to join al-Shabaab. Court documents said Chesser was not allowed to depart the country July 10 but was told by the airline he was on the "no-fly list" and was questioned by a Secret Service agent. Prosecutors also said Chesser, of Fairfax County, Virginia, had exchanged e-mails with Yemeni-American cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, whose name has been linked to an attack and an attempted attack on the United States.

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Following the well-trodden path from jihadi websites to jihad

2010-11-03

The Investigative Project on Terrorism is the non-profit research group founded by Steven Emerson, the one who CAIR got blackballed at National Public Radio for revealing that which ought to remain concealed from the kufr. Andrew Breitbart's Big Peace site has regularly and frequently published articles from them on various subjects related to Islamism and Islamist organizations, individuals and propaganda memes. This particular article highlights the many individuals recently arrested for jihad activities who were connected to the RevolutionMuslim.com website, to which the recently convicted Zachary Chesser was a frequent contributor. A read through the IPT archives (click on the icon at the link) will amply repay the reader, I think.

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Man who threatened "South Park" arrested - connected to Al Shabab

2010-07-22

JULY 21--The Virginia man who this year threatened the creators of "South Park" over an episode featuring the Prophet Muhammad dressed in a bear suit, was arrested today on federal charges after speaking openly to the FBI about his connection to a terror organization and his plans to travel overseas to fight with the group. Zachary Chesser, 20, was charged with providing material support to Al-Shabaab, a terror group affiliated with al-Qaeda. According to the below affidavit sworn by FBI Agent Mary Brandt Kinder, Chesser, a convert to Islam, spoke at length with agents about his attempts to travel to Kenya and Somalia to join Al-Shabaab and his devotion to jihad, which has included his operation of web sites and a You Tube channel stocked with jihadi propaganda. Through the revolutionmuslim.com site, Chesser remarked in April that "South Park" creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker would "probably end up" like a Dutch filmmaker who was murdered in retaliation for a film critical of the treatment of Islamic women. Along with focusing the public's attention on his extremist beliefs, Chesser's "South Park" threat resulted in fallout within his family. After his mother received death threats following the "South Park" remarks, Chesser told the FBI, "he was no longer on speaking terms with his parents."

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Man who threatened 'South Park' arrested

2010-07-21

The Islamic fundamentalist who threatened "South Park" creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone has been arrested by the FBI. Zachary Chesser, 20, was reportedly charged with providing material support a Somali terrorist group affiliated with al-Qaeda. The man was stopped while attempting to board a plane in New York City after being placed on a no-fly list. A university drop-out, Chesser allegedly posted a message on the radical Islamic site Revolution Muslim warning the "South Park" creators they will "probably end up like" a Dutch filmmaker who was murdered for presenting a negative portrayal of the Islamic faith. The "South Park" gang angered some by an episode that showed (or attempted to show before Comedy Central censored the image) the Prophet Muhammad. Some Smoking Gun documents with more details here which includes this tidbit: After the "South Park" post, Chesser had a falling out with his parents over the ensuing controversy.

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