“it’s all good Craig…I figured I would meet people b/c of my sheer knowledge about things & it’d be all good, brothers would help me, give me money, facilitate in getting me to Iraq to help take over Baghdad.” (Text message)“UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. JOSHUA VAN HAFTEN,” United States District Court District for the Western District of Wisconsin, October 28, 2014, http://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/opa/press-releases/attachments/2015/04/09/van_haften_complaint_signed.pdf.

“If your sole focus has become defaming groups that have fought for islam since before you were born then you need to slow down. #AQ #Taliban” (Tweet)preeingmostly_, Twitter Post, August 3, 2015, 8:38 a.m, https://twitter.com/preeingmostly_/status/628228408292548608.

“You call Muslims terrorists think you need to start looking closer to home. UK & usa biggest terrorists” (Tweet)Ibrahim Anderson, Twitter post, August 2, 2015, 3:15 a.m., https://twitter.com/abumoieay/status/627784835407417344.

“I want my face on FBI’s top 12 most wanted. Because that means I’m doing something right.”Sharon Bernstein, “Would-be California militant is schizophrenic, lawyer says,” Reuters, December 3, 2014, http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/03/us-usa-security-syria-idUSKCN0JH2NB20141203.

In response to the Ask.fm question, “If you could have any question answered, what would it be?”:

“[H]ow do you bring america to its knees?”“United States of America v. Nicholas Michael Teausant,” U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, March 17, 2014, http://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/usao-edca/legacy/2014/03/17/Teausant%20Complaint%20.pdf.

“[Anyone know where I can get the] ‘lone Mujahid pocket pook’ #alqaeda #jihadist #jihad #islamicpride #muslim #mashallah #islam #allah #AllahuAkbar #thelonemujahid.”(Instagram post)“United States of America v. Nicholas Michael Teausant,” U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, March 17, 2014, http://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/usao-edca/legacy/2014/03/17/Teausant%20Complaint%20.pdf.

In response to the Ask.fm question, “are you a terrorist??”:

“Lol as if I would tell the truth about Thathaha wow and no I’m not.”“United States of America v. Nicholas Michael Teausant,” U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, March 17, 2014, http://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/usao-edca/legacy/2014/03/17/Teausant%20Complaint%20.pdf.

“[D]on’t get me wrong I despise America and want its down fall but yeah haha. Lol I been part of the army for two years now and I would love to join Allah’s army but I don’t even know how to start.” (Instagram post)“United States of America v. Nicholas Michael Teausant,” U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, March 17, 2014, http://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/usao-edca/legacy/2014/03/17/Teausant%20Complaint%20.pdf.

“The people you call terrorist aren’t really terrorist they are just doing what your afraid to do, the government fears these people and that’s why they are called terrorist..” (Facebook post)Adam Serwer, “Accused student terrorist was a social media oversharer,” MSNBC, March 25, 2014, http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/instagram-social-media-terrorism-teausant.

“Hey kaffir…lets make some art. Lol #jews” (Facebook post)Adam Serwer, “Accused student terrorist was a social media oversharer,” MSNBC, March 25, 2014, http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/instagram-social-media-terrorism-teausant.
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