[{"command":"openDialog","selector":"#drupal-modal","settings":null,"data":"\u003Cdiv class=\u0022m-person m-person__popup node node--type-people node--view-mode-extremist-convert-card ds-1col clearfix\u0022\u003E\n\n \n\n \n\u003Cdiv class=\u0022m-person__image\u0022\u003E\n \n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022m-person__headshot\u0022\u003E \u003Cimg loading=\u0022lazy\u0022 src=\u0022\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/awlaki_grids\/public\/person_headshots\/barry%20walter%20bujol%20jr.jpg?itok=JgwWwrrv\u0022 width=\u0022186\u0022 height=\u0022186\u0022 typeof=\u0022foaf:Image\u0022 class=\u0022image-style-awlaki-grids\u0022 \/\u003E\n\n\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n \n \n\n\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\u0022m-person__meta\u0022\u003E\n \n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E\n Barry Walter Bujol Jr. \n\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n \n \n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-extremists-convert-descrip field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E \u003Cp\u003EAttempted foreign fighter, Texas: Arrested in May 2010 during an FBI sting while attempting to board a flight to Algeria in order to continue on to Yemen and join al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). Bujol was sentenced to 15 years in prison for providing material support to a terrorist group. a terrorist group.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n \n \u003Ch3 class=\u0022a-header--5 field-label-above\u0022\u003EConverted to Islam\u003C\/h3\u003E\n \n \u003Cp\u003EConverted from Southern Baptist Christianity in the early 2000s. Bujol met a Muslim man while working at Hewlett-Packard and was reportedly impressed with his dedication to his faith. He reportedly began exchanging e-mails with AQAP propagandist Anwar al-Awlaki in 2008 and was reportedly stopped at the U.S.-Canada border trying to leave the country in 2009. Bujol later said he was trying to fly to Egypt. He was arrested and briefly incarcerated later that year in New Jersey for driving without a license. Bujol met the future FBI informant while incarcerated. He told the Intercept he \u201cwanted to\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-extremist-converts-sources field--type-text-long field--label-inline\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field__label\u0022\u003ESources\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field__item\u0022\u003E \u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/archives.fbi.gov\/archives\/houston\/press-releases\/2010\/ho060310.htm\u0022\u003EFBI\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/archive\/usao\/txs\/1News\/Releases\/2012%20May\/120524%20Bujol.html\u0022\u003EU.S. Department of Justice\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2015\/10\/13\/barry-bujols-story\/\u0022\u003EIntercept\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.houstonpress.com\/news\/barry-walter-bujol-jr-gets-20-years-for-trying-to-help-al-qaeda-6732120\u0022\u003EHouston Press\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/texas-terror-sting-feds-barry-walter-bujol-contact\/story?id=10821525\u0022\u003EABC News\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n","dialogOptions":{"closeOnEscape":true,"minWidth":850,"resizable":true,"modal":true,"title":"Barry Walter Bujol Jr. "}},{"command":"doFootnotes"}]