Teen charged with trying to help Islamic militants left cryptic note in yearbook

This story doesn't mention that Walker had learned about Islam at his local mosque, or that the Somali group is a jihadist one. He sounds like a type of alienated kid that has become distressingly common in America — one who can easily be exploited by people who offer him a cause, such as jihadists. More on the Mark Robert Walker story, from AP, with thanks to Twostellas:

STANWOOD, Wash. (AP) -- A teenager accused of planning to supply a Somalian terrorist group with night vision goggles and bulletproof vests foreshadowed the charges in his high school yearbook with a note that mentions Somalia in his "plans for world supremacy."

Mark Robert Walker, 19, was arrested Nov. 6 in El Paso, Texas, and on Friday was charged with attempting or conspiring to contribute goods or services to a global terrorist organization. A more serious charge filed earlier was dropped.

Months earlier, Walker caused a stir when he left a cryptic note next to his senior portrait in the 2004 yearbook, writing that his "plans for world supremacy are in order. They entail taking over Somalia and working outward, but I should not divulge the exact details of my cunning strategy."

The entry also referred to Walker's "future heroic death" and offered a "death poem" with imagery of a grenade exploding and the phrase "all shall pass this world."