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US Air Force Veteran Indicted For Searching The Web and Traveling To Turkey With iPod
As the FBI implores good New Yorkers to report any murderous ISIS terrorists they see roaming the streets of Brooklyn, and as Twitter-savvy jihadists look set to dethrone American icon Mark Zuckerberg by launching their own version of Facebook, it’s nice to know that at least someone is looking out for the safety of US citizens. As the Dept. Of Justice reports, a joint effort by the FBI and several New Jersey police departments has culminated in the indictment of US Air Force veteran Tairod Nathan Webster Pugh who “allegedly” pulled the terrorist trifecta by first accessing the internet and then traveling from Egypt to Turkey with an iPod and a picture of a machine gun. Here’s more from the government:
As alleged in the complaint, indictment and other court filings, the defendant served in the Air Force as an avionics instrument system specialist and received training in the installation and maintenance of aircraft engine, navigation and weapons systems. After leaving the Air Force, the defendant worked for a number of companies in the United States and Middle East as an avionics specialist and airplane mechanic. The defendant lived abroad for over a year before his arrest in this case.
Earlier this year, weeks after being fired from his last job as an airplane mechanic based in the Middle East, the defendant attempted to join ISIL. On Jan. 10, 2015, the defendant traveled from Egypt to Turkey in an effort to cross the border into Syria to join ISIL and fight violent jihad. Turkish authorities denied the defendant entry, however, and sent him on a return flight to Egypt. Upon his arrival in Egypt, the defendant was carrying multiple electronic devices, including four USB thumb drives that had been stripped of their plastic casings and an iPod that had been wiped clean of data. The defendant also had a cellular telephone that contained, among other things, a photograph of a machine gun. The defendant was soon thereafter deported to the United States.
On Jan. 14, 2015, JTTF agents obtained a search warrant for the defendant’s electronic devices, including his laptop computer. Subsequent exploitation of the laptop revealed, among other things, the following:
recent internet searches for “borders controlled by Islamic state”,
recent internet searches for “who controls kobani,” “kobani border crossing,” and
“jarablus border crossing,” all references to Syrian cities under ISIL’s control near the Turkish border,
a chart of crossing points between Turkey and Syria indicating the areas on the Syrian side of the border controlled by ISIL and other groups, and
internet searches for “Flames of War,” an ISIL propaganda video, as well as downloaded videos, including one showing ISIL members executing prisoners.
The defendant was arrested pursuant to a federal complaint on Jan. 16, 2015, in Asbury Park, New Jersey, and he has been in custody ever since. After the defendant’s arrest, JTTF agents seized and later obtained warrants to search two backpacks that the defendant had when he was overseas. Agents recovered from the backpacks, among other things: two compasses, a solar-powered flashlight, a solar-powered power source, shards of broken USB thumb drives, a fatigue jacket and camping clothes.
There you go — open and shut. Pugh used Google to search for information about ISIS — which every American with a computer does thanks to around-the-clock fear mongering from every mainstream media outlet on the planet — then tried to travel to Turkey from Egypt (where he apparently already was), with camping equipment and some thumb drives which he understandably destroyed once Turkish authorities branded him as a security threat. This is obviously evidence that Pugh sought to “wage violent jihad” and thankfully, he faces more than a quarter century in prison.
As the Dept. of Justice correctly notes, “identifying and bringing to justice individuals who provide or attempt to provide material support to terrorists is a key priority of the National Security Division,” which is why we’re absolutely sure that indictments will be handed down at Langley any day now in connection with the CIA’s inadvertent, taxpayer-sponsored, million dollar Al Qaeda funding.
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Wow glad they caught him!!! I think he was hiding under my bed the other night, or maybe I watch too much Faux News Channel?
It was the solar powered flashlight that gave him away. Only terrorists need solar powered flashlights.
Racial profiling case he might have wanted to go fight ISIS or ISIL in a Rambo manner and needed directions on where they were. Because he is black he must be a terrorists in the making.
They will manufacture evidence to convict him but they will have to outsource the manufacturing of evidence to China.
HOMEGROWN teerists use APPLE. Now that's a better headline.
Anybody named Tairod Nathan Webster Pugh is either ghey, a terrorist, a degenerate or some combination of the three.
Who the fuck downvoted my solar flashlight joke? I obviously thought it was funnier than the rest of you.
Do I need to put in a /sarc?
I downvoted you because a solar-powered flashlight is a dumb idea. It wouldn't do you any good in the dark and you wouldn't need it when it was light out.
Oh, I give up. I gave you a greenie. I don't know who downvoted you.
Did you read the article? It said he had a solar powered flashlight. I'm not making this up for crissakes.
Are you the same woman who lost her mind on twitter when I said "thank God for Hillary Clinton" and thought I was serious?
“identifying and bringing to justice individuals who provide or attempt to provide material support to terrorists is a key priority of the National Security Division,”
if that were really true, they would have arrested obama, kerry, mccain and all the other criminals in the government who provide support to al qaeda in syria, just for starters.
No. And what the fuck is a solar powered power source? Has he isolated the SUN and taken it with him?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar-powered_flashlight
Some people here can use the interweb just fine under the cloak of anonymity but they have no idea what the real world is like out there. How long did it take you to google solar powered flashlight, yet some people can't be bothered to figure out what it is. If I were the type to own such a thing, I would probably have several. Except I'd probably have lost them in that unfortunate ocean kayaking accident.
Lets not forget he is being charged in the US by US prosecutors for pre-crimes committed in another country ...........
Just another fucking angel. Im sure the neocon hasbara yids put him up to it.
http://www.barenakedislam.com/2015/03/18/the-media-must-think-his-non-mu...
0/-9. Ouch!
LVD, looks like ZHers have you typecast as a Hasbara agent provocateur.
yes, good point, kirk.
because, you know, the truth about things can always be determined by voting.
i'm not weighing in as i didn't click on the link, btw.
As our loving government continually tells us...you can NEVER be too safe.
The guy went to work in the Air Force ISIS ...
Maintenance of transport aircraft that take the guys to the 73 virgins waiting with open legs ...
hehe.
Tent, compass, flashlight, flash drives ....
Okay ...
Ipod?
Wipe your ass?
hehe.
It would've been cheaper to offer him free transport to Kobani, with drop off at 15,000 feet above some ISIS position.
He must of pissed somebody off.
served in the Air Force as an avionics instrument system specialist and received training in the installation and maintenance of aircraft engine, navigation and weapons systems
Ding, ding, ding. He had to have security clearances for that. Smashed usb devices and a wiped Ipod is circumstantial evidence that he was bringing more than mp3s with him. However those charges are beyond ridiculous.
A "false flag" type of indictment, created by the cross dressers in Holder's Justice Department to give the impression that these lazy yahoos do more than troll the Internet for their next hook-up. ISIL is a creation of the traitors in the Obama administration working for the same Saudis who got Cheney to approve the 9/11 attacks. How Pugh lost his job would be interesting to find out.
Good thing he did not have any camel porn.
I'm burning up my camping clothes as we speak. I hope I don't burn San Diego down.
Miffed
Just make sure you are not in east county during a santa ana and I think we'll be fine.
Lol, I don't suppose that would garner me a honorary membership into Mensa. Besides Mr. Martinez has already collected the 15 minutes of fame on that one. He got off quite lightly considering he caused the death of 15 people and millions of dollars of property loss in the largest fire of Cali's history.
Miffed
Yeah, I thought that was a nice touch. "Camping clothes" (whatever the fuck they might be) make you a genuine terrorist.
Welcome to 1984.
Camping clothes - San D? I didn't know Tommy Bahama made camping clothes.
Leave the Wookie out of this.
Empty ipods are evidence of a crime? Hang on, I need to inform the FBI about the terrorists running the local Apple store.
Yeah, having nothing to hide makes you a criminal too......
It was probably the 2 compasses that tipped them off.
Either that or the guy was being helped by the Syrian dentist who was promised Canadian citizenship and was being paid by CSIS to smuggle in new ISIS recruits like the 3 British 15 year old girls and numerous others...
"The Syrian alleged agent added that CSIS would compensate him for his work through frequent deposits of between $800 and $1,500 made to bank accounts opened in his name in British banks."
http://www.globalresearch.ca/turkish-media-disclose-identity-of-alleged-...
Putin's fault. Gotta keep America safe from terror...err..Russian aggression.
Ipod? That's really... retro...
"That's the way your hardcore commie works, Mandrake." -- Gen. Jack Ripper
That's why I only travel with a portable record player and a stack of LPs. I used to take 45s, but one time when I told TSA I had a stack of 45s with me, the next thing I knew, I woke with lipstick on my ass next to a goat behind the building. Never again, LPs only for me.
I had to log in just to plus 1 this. Damn fine writing, sir.
A virtual head on a pike. See what happens when you live outside an acceptable lifestyle?
What an idiot. Why didn't he come across the Mexican border with the rest of them.
He was a dumb ass like all those fuckers. If you have to tell someone that having all kinds of ISIS shit on you computer might be a problem in America then he deserves what he gets. I don't care if he was Beelzebub you don't go around with your dick out.
Don't everyone just love seeing a good slave defending it's master's right to oppress him?
I'm weepy. Cue the Star-Spangled Banner.
Here's a tip, buddy: you won't be rewarded for your loyalty to the empire.
You act like I give a fuck what you think.
Well of course you care. Otherwise you would keep your thoughts to yourself instead of posting your tripe here and goading others for a reaction.
They might crash some more airplanes if we don't let the mechanics go over there to help them with repairs.
Is this just advertising for a honey trap video again?
Wasn't there some beheading video we weren't suppose to watch on pain of exile?
Certainly sounds the fevered imaginings of a sex starved bureaucrat, maybe this is how they gauge consumer sentiment too - survey by stealth.
I don't know about any honey trap, but Dave was the honey dick.
Shit. No biggie. The Pure Evil Criminal Psychoapths over at the CIA travel all the time to deliver, not pics, but actual machine guns to thier buddies AL CIA duh / ISIS all the time.
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Best way to join ISIS is to join the U.S. Army.
Should let him go for it; he'll be in the ground in weeks. Now we have to pay to keep him locked up when really he was a problem that would have solved itself.
http://pando.com/2014/10/24/the-war-nerd-how-do-you-deal-with-wannabe-ji...
How do we know he is not a "moderate" rebel rather than one of those extreme rebels? Maybe he lost his secret decoder ring.
The Wolf Blitzer panic-a-thon is all over it. Scary.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0F1fEQeWF8
I'm Batman, you're Batman, we are The Batman.
Who is the Walrus? Kook kook achoo.
The problem with solar flashlights is the lack of sun.
Maybe his lawyer can get him off for Racial Profiling by the authorities. ;-)
If they'd waited till he had rented a Toyota Tacoma or Tundra and headed for the border, they might have had a more solid case.
Actually, the circumstantial evidence revealed does point to somebody fixin' to go rogue and fight with ISIS. Doesn't make you wonder how he could be so foolish to go with ISIS?
Note: when fixin' to go rogue, and actively, violently fight western power, keep your intentions off of the grid. else, there will be a knock at the door, followed quickly by your door slamming onto the ground amidst men screaming Get Down, Get Down (and not in the Motown sense)!....
ISIL him, ie burn him alive
Let the alphabet cannibals have him. 3 hots and a cot is more than I want to spend on the critter.
What a load of bullshit.
The charges will never stick!
Everybody knows for a proper conviction to stick evidence of reading Zerohedge needs to be shown BRD
Idiots