Kansas man charged with planning attack on U.S. base to show ISIS support
Authorities arrested 20-year-old John T. Booker on Friday as he tried to arm what he thought was a 1,000-pound bomb near the Fort Riley military base, in Kansas, CBS News reports.
Booker allegedly met with an undercover FBI agent in October, at which point he pledged support to the Islamic State, and said he would be willing to engage in jihad on behalf of the group. Booker, who also goes by "Mohammed Abdullah Hassan," allegedly met with the agent several more times, and described his desire to kill Americans. His planned suicide bomb attack on Fort Riley comes on the heels of several other foiled plots in the U.S. by individuals aiming to show their support for ISIS.
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