Reports: Student 'obsessed with jihad'
A Wyoming Technical Institute student charged with attempting to help terrorists in Somalia reportedly said he wished he had flown a hijacked plane during the Sept. 11 attacks, federal authorities said.
Mark Robert Walker, 19, of Rochester, N.Y., had become interested in Islam at a mosque in his hometown, said one official familiar with the case, according to the Washington Post.
"He seems like a lost guy who got obsessed with jihad," the official told the newspaper.
Federal prosecutors accuse Walker of planning to supply Ittihad al Islamiya -- which wants an Islamic government in Somalia -- with night-vision goggles and bullet-proof vests. Charging documents say he used the computer of a roommate at the Laramie school, also known as WyoTech, to make the arrangements.
Mark Robert Walker of Rochester, N.Y., was arrested Saturday at the border by agents of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the El Paso Times reported.
Walker allegedly intended to provide support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, Ittihad Al Islamiya, a Somali group. If convicted, he could face 15 years in prison and up to $250,000 in fines
Ah, yes. I remember him.