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California: Lawyer says accused jihadist has mental illness that made him vulnerable to agent posing as jihad recruiter

May 9, 2014 8:58 am By Robert Spencer

Teausant2Yeah, sure, that’s it. Ased Abdur-Rahman, formerly (and everlastingly in the mainstream media, anxious as always to obscure the Islamic identity of jihad terrorists) Nicholas Michael Teausant, wanted to join the jihad in Syria because he was mentally ill. Do his defense lawyers really want to go there? Won’t Hamas-linked CAIR be enraged about this attempt to classify the aspiration to wage jihad as a mental illness? Ibrahim Hooper, call your office!

“Lawyer: California terrorism suspect has mental illness, talked ‘hot air’ to FBI,” Associated Press, May 8, 2014:

SACRAMENTO, California — The lawyer for a California man facing a terrorism charge says his client has a mental illness that made him vulnerable to a confidential informant.

Nicholas Michael Teausant allegedly talked to the informant and an undercover FBI agent about joining a terrorist group and fighting in Syria.

But his attorney, Assistant Federal Defender Benjamin Galloway, says in court papers that Teausant’s talk was “all hot air,” and he took no action to support terrorism other than boarding a train to Washington state, where he was arrested in March.

Investigators say he planned to travel to Canada before heading to Syria. Teausant has pleaded not guilty to a charge of attempting to provide support to a foreign terrorist organization. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

The Sacramento Bee reported on Wednesday (http://tinyurl.com/opgw8g9) that a federal magistrate ordered Teausant’s release on $200,000 bail to the custody of his grandparents, but she then granted a federal prosecutor’s request to keep him in jail pending a government appeal.

Federal prosecutor Jason Hitt opposes Teausant’s release before trial. Hitt questioned whether the grandparents could care for the suspect, especially if he quit taking his medication. Hitt said Teasusant could become violent without his medication.

Teausant’s terms of release before trial include that he continue taking his prescription medication and refrain from alcohol or illegal drug use. He would also be confined to his grandparents’ home and required to wear an ankle monitor so authorities can track his movement.

Teausant is scheduled to appear before a district judge on Tuesday.

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  1. Angemon says

    May 9, 2014 at 9:15 am

    “The lawyer for a California man facing a terrorism charge”

    “joining a terrorist group and fighting in Syria.”

    “took no action to support terrorism other than boarding a train”

    Gee, what kind of terrorism would that be? I mean, terrorism is a mean used to coerce a population or government do do, or abstaining from doing, something. The ideology behind the “terrorism”, the reason that drives people like Ased Abdur-Rahman to commit terrorist acts, is a critical point, and that article goes out of its way to avoid mentioning it. Sloppy news reporting at best, lying by omission at worst.

  2. Salah says

    May 9, 2014 at 11:08 am

    Ased Abdur-Rahman

    Ased (Asad): arabic for “lion”
    Abdur-Rahman (Abdul Rahman): arabic for “slave of the Merciful” (i.e. slave of Allah)

    To be “merciful” in Islam simply means to act like a lion would act with his victims, to act like Muhammad (i.e. Allah) did!
    http://crossmuslims.blogspot.com/2010/04/muhammad-and-torture-mahomet-et-la.html

  3. JOHN SPIELMAN says

    May 9, 2014 at 11:31 am

    I’m always amazed at the number of UNREPENTANT psychopathic killers who embrace Islam (like the mass murderer James Holmes who became a muslim after his conviction). I guess it is because Islam sanctifes( makes “holy”) murder rape, lying, stealing, and PEDOPHLIA-because Muhammed the “perfect man”enjoyed all these vile traits.

    • PatnCat says

      May 9, 2014 at 11:42 am

      Well said! Excellent points! This is the type of nutcase mohammedan who would put on a bomb and stand in a crowded store just to get some attention from his barbaric masters. allah is a master to slave relationship. The killing just goes on and on with them and the women and girl hatred also.

    • s.c. says

      May 9, 2014 at 9:59 pm

      convicts join the mo-slums because it gets them a few more privileges over the other prisons groups, but when your dealing with people who have an average I. Q. of 69 i suppose this is to be expected.

  4. Fr. Basil says

    May 9, 2014 at 11:50 am

    Why are so many mahometan jihadistas with mental illness found by the FBI?

  5. Guy Macher says

    May 9, 2014 at 12:05 pm

    If you ape, whole-hog, the actions of a criminal psychopath you will become a criminal psychopath. All Mohameddans are mentally ill.

  6. doreva says

    May 10, 2014 at 5:17 pm

    well, he may have a point there…i mean lots of muslims are led to committ acts of violence based on what it says in the koran, i guess they are mentally ill…well, Nicolai Sennels seems to think so…. bwahahahah….and he may be right, a lot of mentally ill muslims raised in fear…

  7. dumbledoresarmy says

    May 12, 2014 at 7:52 am

    Question: *has* he been released on bail – in his grandparents’ custody (where are the parents?) – or not.

    Article says – “Teausant’s terms of release before trial include that he continue taking his prescription medication and refrain from alcohol or illegal drug use. He would also be confined to his grandparents’ home and required to wear an ankle monitor so authorities can track his movement.”

    One hopes that his grandparents are a/ researching where to find some no-nonsense folks experienced in Cult Deprogramming and *also* b/ where to find a secure psychiatric facility for the dangerously-insane.

    Hugh Fitzgerald, former frequent commenter here, was wont to say that Islam appeals, in the West, to the “psychically marginal”.

    To those who are damaged: whether psychologically and/ or mentally and/ or morally. And whatever damaged state they are already in, Islam will compound that damage.

    This guy’s psychiatric condition, for which he requires medication, seems to have *preceded* his recruitment by the Mohammedan Mob. It will have been only made *worse* – much worse – by that recruitment.

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