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Crime Pennsylvania man indicted for allegedly trying to join terrorist group and lying to FBI
CBS News ^ | 03 Jan 2025 | Madeline Bartos, Ricky Sayer

Posted on 01/04/2025 12:59:17 AM PST by blueplum

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A former resident of Upper St. Clair, Pennsylvania, has been indicted after prosecutors said he tried to join the terrorist organization Hizballah and lied about it to the FBI.

A federal grand jury indicted 24-year-old Jack Molloy, who was charged last month after he was arrested in Chicago on Dec. 6...

According to court paperwork, Molloy was formerly enlisted as an active-duty soldier in the U.S. Army from about March 2019 to April 2019...

(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...


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1 posted on 01/04/2025 12:59:17 AM PST by blueplum
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2 posted on 01/04/2025 1:11:06 AM PST by Liz ((This then is how we should pray: Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. ))
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To: blueplum

Shocking.

That the fbi actually caught an actual bad guy, that is.


3 posted on 01/04/2025 2:09:37 AM PST by GeneralisimoFranciscoFranco (I love liberals. They taste like chicken.)
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To: blueplum

Dual citizen of Ireland and the US.

...During his time in the United States and abroad, prosecutors said Molloy expressed his hatred toward Jews. In a message to his mom, he agreed that his “master plan was to join Hezbollah and kill Jews,” according to court paperwork. He also told her he was considering fighting for Russia against Ukraine in order to reach his goal....


4 posted on 01/04/2025 2:20:06 AM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustmilents offered here free of charge)
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To: Liz

Somehow entered an agreement with the US Army reserves for officer training school through the U of Chicago after just a brief few weeks in the Army.
Possibly good with languages with all that traveling.


5 posted on 01/04/2025 2:35:41 AM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustmilents offered here free of charge)
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To: Liz

Somehow entered an agreement with the US Army reserves for officer training school through the U of Chicago after just a brief few weeks in the Army.
Possibly good with languages with all that traveling.


6 posted on 01/04/2025 2:35:41 AM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustmilents offered here free of charge)
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The article includes quotes from an individual employed in protecting a local religious organization:

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Shawn Brokos, a former FBI special agent, said the 27-page criminal complaint for Molloy is daunting.

“It’s very clear that he had an allegiance to Hizballah, but also what was clear is his hatred of the Jews,” Brokos told KDKA on Thursday.

Brokos now works as the director of community security for the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh. She said part of why the federation has followed the case so closely is because, according to the complaint, Molloy visited a website detailing the possible prison location of Tree of Life synagogue shooter Robert Bowers.

“Anytime we see anybody who’s looking to connect with Bowers or that ideology, it’s troubling,” Brokos said.

She wonders if Molloy could have staged an attack on Pittsburgh’s Jewish community.

“The complaint and then today’s indictment are very compelling,” she said. “And it raises a lot of concern for the actor’s intent. What was he going to do?”

She says law enforcement can’t investigate everyone who has expressed hate. But she said there are similarities between Molloy, the New Orleans truck attack suspect and the man at the center of the Tesla Cybertruck explosion outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas. Brokos said the similarity is all three are current or former military.

“What are those connections? What is happening? How are these men becoming radicalized? What is happening?” Brokos said.

That’s why she says it is important for law enforcement to be proactive, like she says the FBI was in Molloy’s case.
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The FBI had an active case on this guy.

His status as a veteran contributed to their suspicion of him.

“Shawn Brokos” ... based on what she’s saying, she must consider herself some sort of genius for coming up with the idea that modern veterans should be profiled so that they can be caught and dragged before the authorities before they do anything bad.


7 posted on 01/04/2025 2:57:18 AM PST by one guy in new jersey
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To: GeneralisimoFranciscoFranco

Probably only because they thought he was a white supremacist.


8 posted on 01/04/2025 3:05:20 AM PST by Telepathic Intruder
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To: blueplum

Charge him for joining a terrorist organization, OK.

But . . .

The FBI constantly lies to US so lying to them should be fair play.


9 posted on 01/04/2025 3:31:49 AM PST by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again," )
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I wouldn’t even call him a veteran. Bootcamp is longer than one month.


10 posted on 01/04/2025 3:32:47 AM PST by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017) )
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To: Liz

Whack job


11 posted on 01/04/2025 3:49:37 AM PST by Nifster ( I see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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To: blueplum

Yeah that’s true.

It’s not as if you can quit if you’ve signed a contract. This guy is being portrayed as dipping in and out of military service, when that’s not at all how it works.


12 posted on 01/04/2025 4:14:07 AM PST by one guy in new jersey
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To: piasa

Mom dropped the ball


13 posted on 01/04/2025 4:42:50 AM PST by SMARTY (In politics, stupidity is not a handicap. Napoleon Bonaparte I)
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To: fella

“The FBI constantly lies to US so lying to them should be fair play.”

BINGO!

If I ever found myself in a room with those people I’d take the Sgt Schultz defense: “I know nothing, I see nothing”.


14 posted on 01/04/2025 5:11:35 AM PST by redfreedom (May God save us from what the Democrats do in the name of good.)
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To: piasa

That was ROTC, a college based training program, not actually in the Armed Services...


15 posted on 01/04/2025 5:28:08 AM PST by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
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If I ever found myself in a room with those people I’d take the Sgt Schultz defense: “I know nothing, I see nothing”.

As long as you don't have a trail of evidence against i[o and people who are willing to give you up and testify against you, you would be fine. The Hezbollah would-be recruit and anti-Ukraine dope above, had plenty to bring him up on charges. But, he'll be fine with a liberal judge and liberal jurors hearing his case.
16 posted on 01/04/2025 6:30:55 AM PST by adorno ( )
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To: blueplum

He failed the FBI’s initial screening to be aa “white terrorist” eh?


17 posted on 01/04/2025 6:36:29 AM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: blueplum

Interesting how these military (current and ex) are being revealed SUDDENLY? Deepstate is trying to discredit veterans, which can be an effective force against a criminal govt complex.


18 posted on 01/04/2025 7:10:23 AM PST by Mlheureux
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To: Liz

WE train them to ATTACK US.


19 posted on 01/04/2025 7:58:28 AM PST by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: GeneralisimoFranciscoFranco

We have to quit accepting “lying to FBI” as a crime. They lie about everything. Trust nothing any of them say on anything.


20 posted on 01/04/2025 9:35:23 AM PST by bobbo666
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