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California Muslim wanted to blow up daycare center because it was “Zionist”

Oct 21, 2015 11:55 pm By Robert Spencer

He also wanted to bomb the Los Angeles subway system. Where did this convert to Islam learn his understanding of his new religion? Was he “radicalized on the Internet”? Did his local mosque make any attempt to counter that “radicalization”? Why wasn’t their presumably true, peaceful Islam able to withstand the appeal of the supposedly twisted, hijacked version?

Nicholas Teausant

“Federal prosecutor seeks plea deal with Islamic State supporter from Lodi,” by Sam Stanton and Denny Walsh, Sacramento Bee, October 20, 2015:

The federal government’s case against suspected Islamic State adherent Nicholas Teausant may have moved one step closer Tuesday to resolution without a trial, as a prosecutor said she will seek permission from Washington, D.C., to offer a deal to the defendant….

Documents filed in the case since Teausant’s March 2014 arrest have teased out the notion that both sides were seeking a way to settle the matter without going to trial.

Teausant, whose 22nd birthday is on Monday, is charged with one count of attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization, a charge that could net a 15-year prison sentence and $250,000 fine.

He appeared in court Tuesday in an orange jail jumpsuit but did not speak during the hearing.

Teausant said in a jailhouse interview with The Sacramento Bee in August 2014 that he hoped for a plea bargain that would incorporate some leniency. He denied wanting to stage any attacks against Americans.

A former community college student and National Guard washout who lived in Acampo, near Lodi, Teausant was arrested as he tried to cross the border into Canada near Blaine, Wash.

The FBI and prosecutors say his trip was part of a plan to travel to Syria to join the Islamic State, which has become the Obama administration’s primary focus in its efforts against worldwide terror attacks.

Court documents say he was tripped up by an informant and undercover FBI agent.

Teausant’s case has been delayed in part by questions about his mental state. In December 2014, the court found he was not competent, but after subsequent evaluations, he was found competent in August and the case proceeded….

Teausant, who is being held without bail at the Sacramento County jail, has been described in court papers as boasting of wanting to bomb the Los Angeles subway system and blow up his infant daughter’s day care center because it was a “Zionist reform church.”

He allegedly boasted of wanting to train Islamic State fighters. “I’m going to be a commander and I’m going to be on the front of every single newspaper in the country,” he allegedly told the informant.

His public defenders presented a different view of their client, saying in court papers that he lacked the wherewithal to carry out such daring deeds.

“In reality, Nick couldn’t provide material support to a pup tent,” his lawyers argued in court documents.

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  1. Jay Boo says

    Oct 22, 2015 at 2:08 am

    Convert desperately seeks approval of Muslims.

    Why aren’t the so-called (real Muslims) slapping fools like this upside the head?

  2. Cecilia Ellis says

    Oct 22, 2015 at 4:09 am

    ““I’m going to be on the front of every single newspaper in the country.”

    Had he just pretended to build a clock, his wildest dreams would have come true.

  3. Sh. N. says

    Oct 22, 2015 at 5:11 am

    Brilliant!
    And they should facilitate migration of all those who long for living under Sharia to their beloved Sharia-ruled states. Revoking their citizenship and banning them from coming back will be much less expensive than watching over them. Let’s fight on the battlefield not at home.

  4. Mirren10 says

    Oct 22, 2015 at 5:40 am

    He wanted to blow up his *daughter’s* day care center ?

    Presumably with her in it. Ah, these muslim ‘family values’ warm the cockles of your heart, don’t they ?

  5. Angemon says

    Oct 22, 2015 at 8:29 am

    His public defenders presented a different view of their client, saying in court papers that he lacked the wherewithal to carry out such daring deeds.

    Yes, let’s just acquit every person who seemingly can’t act on their threats, shall we? What’s the worse it could happen? “- I’m gonna stab you. I’m gonna stab you. I’m gonna stab you. – Oh, disregard him, he doesn’t even have a knife. There’s no way he would ever stab you. *stab* – I said I was gonna stab you, didn’t I?”

  6. Jay Boo says

    Oct 22, 2015 at 8:56 am

    Muslims who grow up with Islam seem to be better able to handle their Islam with more discretion than attention seeking converts who carelessly brag about blowing up a daycare center to anyone who will lend a curious ear.

    When the vanity fix begins to wear off, these converts likely will either leave Islam behind and smoke a ton of weed or go off the deep end in a desperate attempt to re-live the initial ego rush of their first carpet kissing prayer session display.

  7. Melissa says

    Oct 22, 2015 at 9:22 am

    Love your logic Glenn! This should apply to all zealots and illegal criminals. I don’t want extra taxes taken out to house them for life! Upon expulsion their picture & finger prints/personal ID should be posted on a homeland security seize & hold list should they try to re-enter the US. This should actually become a law in America!
    Just one mothers opinion!

  8. somehistory says

    Oct 22, 2015 at 10:53 am

    The poor little girl. Hopefully, they’ll put him away long enough for her to have a chance to be free of the scarf and brainwashing from this follower of the beast.

  9. Lenny Thetruth says

    Oct 22, 2015 at 3:26 pm

    This man washed out of the military. That speaks volumes. Lost people join the military so they have a place to fit into as they figure the next movement in life. This guy deserves the “Lifetime Loser Award” and he thinks he is command material. If he is released from custody, ever, he will be heard from again. I have no doubts that he has a low IQ, and barely functions. He wants to assert himself. He does not have anything to live for.

    Then, if he did make it to ISIS, they would have killed him. Or, convinced him to do a suicide bombing. That would be the solution for people who have mental problems. Unfortunately, he is in the West, and will get a trial. The punishment will not be fair, because we don’t give the Death Penalty to the weak minded.

  10. abad says

    Oct 22, 2015 at 6:14 pm

    That’s the real solution to the problem.

    I am more than happy to have my tax dollars pay for their one-way ticket to Syria.

    And revoke their passport. Thy are not only no longer American citizens – but not members of the civilized human race.

  11. Anthony says

    Oct 23, 2015 at 12:23 am

    @Glen, brilliant idea. The jihadist got his one way ticket to their paradise, and this cost less to American taxpayers money, so we got win-win situation, the jihadist is happy and American too

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