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Arizona Woman Arrested for Attempting to Provide Material Support to Al Qaeda
justice.gov ^ | July 24, 2020 | Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs

Posted on 07/24/2020 8:59:50 AM PDT by ransomnote

John C. Demers, Assistant Attorney General for National Security, Michael Bailey, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona, Jill Sanborn, Assistant Director of the FBI’s Counterterrorism Division, and Sean Kaul, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Phoenix Field Office, announced that on July 22, 2020, Jill Marie Jones was arrested for attempting to provide material support to al Qaeda, a designated foreign terrorist organization.

According to the criminal complaint, the defendant was in communication with two FBI undercover employees, one of whom she believed to be a member of al Qaeda.  During her conversations with the purported al Qaeda member, Jones agreed to send the employee money to purchase scopes for rifles that would be used by al Qaeda to kill American soldiers. In May 2020, Jones gave the purported al Qaeda member $500 using a prepaid gift card.

The communications with the undercover employees also revealed Jones’ desire to travel overseas to assist al Qaeda.  Thereafter, Jones purchased tickets to fly overseas to join al Qaeda in Afghanistan, but due to airport closures, she changed her flights to go to Turkey instead.  Jones planned to then travel on to Syria.  On July 22, 2020, Jones traveled to Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport in Arizona to board a flight to begin her travel to join al Qaeda.  FBI agents arrested Jones after she checked in for her flight at the airport.

The prosecution is being handled by Lisa Jennis, Assistant U.S. Attorney in the District of Arizona and Katie Sweeten, Trial Attorney with the National Security Division’s Counterterrorism Section. 

The charges contained in the complaint are merely accusations, and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.

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Topic(s): 
Counterterrorism
National Security
Press Release Number: 
20-693
 


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; arizona; jillmariejones
"During her conversations with the purported al Qaeda member, Jones agreed to send the employee money to purchase scopes for rifles that would be used by al Qaeda to kill American soldiers. In May 2020, Jones gave the purported al Qaeda member $500 using a prepaid gift card."
1 posted on 07/24/2020 8:59:50 AM PDT by ransomnote
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To: ransomnote

Obama provided material support to al Qaeda, when do they charge the Kenyan from Indonesia?


2 posted on 07/24/2020 9:02:25 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents|Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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3 posted on 07/24/2020 9:05:10 AM PDT by nwrep
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To: ransomnote

None too bright to think Al Killya can’t afford rifle scopes.


4 posted on 07/24/2020 9:12:41 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
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To: ransomnote

Ransom.

Sad. I wonder if she had an islamic “boyfriend” somewhere who put her up to it. Aiding and abeting the murder of your own countryman. Sounds like treason to me.


5 posted on 07/24/2020 9:20:20 AM PDT by Pete from Shawnee Mission
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To: Pete from Shawnee Mission

Ransom.

Sad. I wonder if she had an islamic “boyfriend” somewhere who put her up to it. Aiding and abeting the murder of your own countryman. Sounds like treason to me.
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She probably did - it would explain her commitment to committing treason. But when I saw where she was flying, I thought she’d be safer in the US. Any boyfriend or recruiter in the US would treat her better than she would be treated as an American and a woman in those countries.


6 posted on 07/24/2020 9:24:16 AM PDT by ransomnote (IN GOD WE TRUST)
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To: ransomnote

Pathetic stretch/entrapment by an FBI desperate to stay relevant.


7 posted on 07/24/2020 9:35:05 AM PDT by montag813 (Nonsenze)
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A member of the DNC perhaps.


8 posted on 07/24/2020 11:03:19 AM PDT by Colt1851Navy (What was wrong with Nixon?)
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To: Colt1851Navy

pretty sure the fbi will claim she had a MAGA hat


9 posted on 07/24/2020 1:15:07 PM PDT by Jeff Vader
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To: nwrep

Another face only a mother could love.


10 posted on 07/24/2020 1:49:45 PM PDT by LottieDah
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To: Pete from Shawnee Mission

Good guess.


11 posted on 07/24/2020 2:46:16 PM PDT by Zathras
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To: montag813

“entrapment”

No, doesn’t sound like it to me. She came to their fake site.


12 posted on 07/24/2020 5:50:25 PM PDT by Pete from Shawnee Mission
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