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California convert to Islam pleads guilty: “I despise america and want its downfall”

Dec 2, 2015 9:36 am By Robert Spencer

He wanted to join the Islamic State, after discarding a plan to blow up the subway in Los Angeles. So here once again we see a convert to Islam ready to commit treason in the cause of his new religion. The mainstream media and law enforcement establishment, however, remain indifferent to this phenomenon.

Nicholas Teausant

“California student pleads guilty to terrorism charge,” by Veronica Rocha, Los Angeles Times, December 2, 2015:

A former community college student, who allegedly discussed attacking the subway in Los Angeles, has pleaded guilty to a federal terrorism charge for trying to enter Canada so that he could eventually travel to the Mideast to help wage holy war, prosecutors said.

Nicholas Teausant, 22, of Acampo, Calif., was charged with attempting to provide material support or resources to a foreign terrorist organization, according to Benjamin B. Wagner, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of California in Sacramento.

“This case, like others in communities across the United States and around the world, is an example of how a young person from any place and any background might make the terrible decision to try and become part of a terrorist organization,” Wagner said in a statement….

Wagner ignored, of course, the one factor that unifies all those young people from all different places and backgrounds.

Teausant was arrested March 17, 2014 in Blaine, Wash., where he tried to cross into Canada, according to a 23-page affidavit. Federal officials said Teausant planned to join the terrorist group known as Islamic State.

But federal investigators were onto Teausant before he could make any significant moves. He had been befriended by a paid FBI informant who posed as a radical Islamist.

Teausant, a student at San Joaquin Delta College in Stockton, had been looking for ways to support and provide materials to terrorist organizations, the affidavit states.

He made his interests known on social media, even posting comments under an alias on Instagram, authorities said.

“Don’t get me wrong I despise america and want its downfall but yeah haha,” Teausant wrote. “I been part of the army for two years now and I would love to join Allah’s army but I don’t even know how to start.”…

According to the affidavit, Teausant told a confidential source that he and friends talked about “hitting” the subway in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. But authorities said the plot was canceled due to security concerns and fears that the FBI had identified and arrested someone….

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  1. Linde Barrera says

    Dec 2, 2015 at 9:50 am

    I believe God is good and created all humans to be good. But we have free will. So this creepy guy, Teausant, had the potential to be good but chose to bite the dust of Islam. Very sad as well as disgusting. So glad the authorities got him before he could do any real damage and harm.

    • Jay Boo says

      Dec 2, 2015 at 1:11 pm

      But why is this guy so “creepy”?
      Who is his example?

      Muhammad was suicidal and threatened to throw himself off a cliff.
      Muhammad said he was a prophet who received revelations from ‘god’.

      Muhammad had a talking donkey. ((written fact)
      The donkey committed suicide after Muhammad died.
      It was deeply ashamed at having tricked Muhammad.

      That is historical fact.

    • duh_swami says

      Dec 3, 2015 at 7:34 am

      ‘If God created all this suffering he can’t be good and if he is powerless to stop it, he can’t be God’,,,Buddha…,,,

    • Dr. Divinity says

      Dec 3, 2015 at 11:35 pm

      I’m glad there are paid informants, undercover agents every day citizens, etc. Out there with their eyes and ears open….Thanks to all those wonderful people who are going the extra mile to stop the terrorists.
      We all these must be more alert to anything that seems out of the ordinary. Let law enforcment make the decision after we speak up. If you see something…speak up.

      Law enforcement….It is going to take police judiciary lawmakers and the man on the street to stop radical Islam in the. U..S…..it may be too late for Europe but we still have a chance ..What Europe needs is a miracle from where miracles come from….GOD!!They need another Charles Mattel. But he just isn’t out there.

  2. Voice of Truth says

    Dec 2, 2015 at 9:53 am

    This is a huge problem. A lot of disgruntled individuals convert to Islam – and immediately declare war on West and America – playing directly in the hands of extremists.

    I know a lot of Muslims who are loyal – dedicated and committed to the betterment of America. A lot of the extremism in America is not emerging from immigrant community but from “converts to Islam”, a good number of them do come from conversion in jails.

    • Jaladhi says

      Dec 2, 2015 at 10:53 am

      >”I know a lot of Muslims who are loyal – dedicated and committed to the betterment of America. A lot of the extremism in America is not emerging from immigrant community but from “converts to Islam”, a good number of them do come from conversion in jails.”

      Yeah right – what about those Tsarnaev brothers in Boston marathon, that Pakistani immigrant who was going to blow up Time Square, 13 of 19 9/11 terrorists were here on a legal visa, and on and on you find the millions of “peaceful” Muslims contribute their share to blow up US and they succeed once in awhile!! While the converts do small terrorism the immigrant Muslims contribute to the very big terror atrocities. Why would anyone ignore the elephant in the room??

      • Mathew Solo says

        Dec 2, 2015 at 3:57 pm

        Just mentally ill or bad boy?

        Criminals with psychopathy characteristically show a reduced ability to empathise with others…including their victims…Evidence suggests they are also more likely to reoffend upon release…than criminals without the psychiatric condition.

        Psychopathy is a personality disorder characterised by superficial charm…pathological lying…a diminished capacity for remorse.

        Religion may have no real appeal to him…other than selecting one that seems most aligned
        with his own bent reasoning.

        The Muslim community has an overwhelming amount of such people already

        • Huck Folder says

          Dec 2, 2015 at 6:48 pm

          Psychopathy is a personality disorder characterised by superficial charm…pathological lying…a diminished capacity for remorse.

          You just described obuMBoy!

        • Aussie Infidel says

          Dec 3, 2015 at 4:00 pm

          MS, You are absolutely right. Islam is a criminal ideology, which naturally appeals to criminals. And criminals are often psychopaths, who are attracted to Islam because of its inherent violence, and as you say they lack empathy and remorse for their actions. No doubt, some converts may also be attracted by the religious component. But overwhelmingly, the issue is one of latter day psychopaths following the lead of their psychopathic prophet of old – emulating the actions of Islam’s ‘perfect man’. While all human societies have a their share of psychopaths and sociopaths (the often mentioned “small minority of extremists”), there are probably more of them in Muslim societies, because of their deep indoctrination in Islam and the constant denigration of kafirs by the imams in their mosques. It’s time we started treating Islam, the driving force behind these all these atrocities, as a criminal ideology and stripped it of any religious status, until it complies with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

      • Voice of Truth says

        Dec 2, 2015 at 11:32 pm

        Ever wonder, if it could have come from here 🙂

        Deuteronomy 20:10-14New International Version (NIV)

        10 When you march up to attack a city, make its people an offer of peace. 11 If they accept and open their gates, all the people in it shall be subject to forced labor and shall work for you. 12 If they refuse to make peace and they engage you in battle, lay siege to that city. 13 When the LORD your God delivers it into your hand, put to the sword all the men in it. 14 As for the women, the children, the livestock and everything else in the city, you may take these as plunder for yourselves. And you may use the plunder the LORD your God gives you from your enemies.

        • mahghan says

          Dec 3, 2015 at 5:23 am

          Deuteronomy is a book of the Old Testament and one of the books of the Jewish Torah and specifically refers to Jews of that period. Christianity came long after and is not specifically for Jews. For Christians, the OT is just background prologue.

        • JIMJFOX says

          Dec 3, 2015 at 6:39 am

          Ever wonder where Muhammad got his ideas from?

        • BC says

          Dec 3, 2015 at 2:26 pm

          You have simply proved that the Quran is plagiarised from the Old Testament, which everybody who has looked at it can see already. Mohammad could not invent his own religion he could only borrow it from the Jews, what else can you expect of an uneducated camel driver who could not even write his own language?

        • Noel says

          Dec 3, 2015 at 9:17 pm

          Okay, the Quran plagiarised the Old Testament, but it’s nice to have the reference when trying to convince people.

    • Michael Copeland says

      Dec 2, 2015 at 11:12 am

      “A lot of the extremism in America is ….from “converts to Islam””.
      And where do the converts find it?
      The UK government has given its definition of “extremism”. Like a glove, it neatly fits ordinary basic Islam. See “Extremism: “There is a problem within Islam””
      http://libertygb.org.uk/v1/index.php/news-libertygb/6183-extremism-there-is-a-problem-within-islam
      The converts find it in the mosques: it is ordinary basic Islam.

    • Radegunda says

      Dec 3, 2015 at 1:34 am

      Islam appeals to such people precisely because Islam sanctifies hatred and violence. And most terrorists and terror plotters worldwide are in fact born Muslim.

    • gravenimage says

      Dec 3, 2015 at 11:21 pm

      Uh…right. Just like the “loyal” Muslims from Pakistan who just murdered 14 people at a Christmas party in San Bernardino…

  3. Jaladhi says

    Dec 2, 2015 at 10:43 am

    What’s with these converts to Islam?? Isn’t Islam a “peaceful” religion?? Instead of being “peaceful” as Muslims claim, the converts want to kill non-Muslims from day one of their new religion membership?? But alas, this real Islam and these converts are learning the real Islam from imams of the mosques where they converted.

    Ban all mosques and deport all these imams from the West as a first step. I know this may not solve the problem, just slow it down but it is the first necessary step. We have had enough of this mafia like criminal enterprise to thrive here – just because they call it a religion doesn’t mean this criminal cult cannot be banned, either they like like normal human beings or out they go!!

    • abad says

      Dec 2, 2015 at 7:27 pm

      Anybody can convert to Islam – in fact, Islam is probably THE easiest religion to convert to.

      Just buy a copy of the Koran, speak to a Muslim, attend a few Friday mosque meetings, make the declaration in front of a Muslim, and Bingo.

      It is not like other religions which require serious introspection in addition to studying the scriptures, getting baptized, etc.

      Moreover – and perhaps most importantly – to convert to Islam one does NOT have to “turn away” from one’s “former life”, separating one’s past from one’s present and future. The person still remains very much the same – which is precisely why so many prisoners convert to Islam.

  4. Angemon says

    Dec 2, 2015 at 10:47 am

    Nicholas Teausant, 22, of Acampo, Calif., was charged with attempting to provide material support or resources to a foreign terrorist organization, according to Benjamin B. Wagner, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of California in Sacramento.

    (…)

    “Don’t get me wrong I despise america and want its downfall but yeah haha,” Teausant wrote. “I been part of the army for two years now and I would love to join Allah’s army but I don’t even know how to start.”…

    Treason, plain and simple – give him a swift and fair trial before hanging him from the gallows.

    • john spielman says

      Dec 2, 2015 at 2:18 pm

      how is this dude different from the Obamanation who sits in the Oval office? He wants to destroy the US and also invites islamists to dine with him on ramadama a ding dong

      • Simone Fields says

        Dec 3, 2015 at 7:27 am

        Thanks for giving me a well needed laugh! ( ramadama….) None of it is funny, I know but boy I needed it in these grim times.

  5. Michael Copeland says

    Dec 2, 2015 at 10:56 am

    “I am a traitor to America because my religion requires me to be.”
    Samir Khan
    “Prophet said, ‘The muslim nation is one nation to the exclusion of all others'”.
    Placard in pro-Sharia march in Oxford Street (www.thinkafricapress.com).

    • Linde Barrera says

      Dec 2, 2015 at 11:11 am

      To Michael Copeland- I read about an immigration and naturalization American law from 1952 that states any person who does not agree with or comply with the basic tenets of American laws cannot emigrate to the USA. Trouble is, some of these Islamic scum after they take the oath of allegiance claim “I said the oath but I really didn’t mean it.” ?

      • Michael Copeland says

        Dec 2, 2015 at 11:29 am

        The Times Square would-be bomber said “I sweared, but I did not mean it”.

        The requirement in the Oath to swear to take up arms on behalf of the US is no longer made of a person who has religious objections. Obama’s government made that change.

        This Act, if memory serves right, makes it unlawful to immigrate while belonging to an “organisation” which does not support the US Constitution. Islam is just such an organisation.

        • Charli Main says

          Dec 2, 2015 at 12:40 pm

          There is probably nobody on JW, that is not aware that Muslims are permitted to lie to protect themselves and further the cause of Islam.
          Unfortunately, the knowledge that Muslims are Allah´s little liars does not appear to be generally known to the MSM and Joe Public.
          TRUST A MUSLIM AT YOUR PERIL.

  6. Jay Boo says

    Dec 2, 2015 at 11:05 am

    He is plagiarizing Obama and Obama’s preacher.
    That is against the copyright law.

  7. mortimer says

    Dec 2, 2015 at 1:45 pm

    Nicholas Teausant said, “I despise america and want its downfall”. He’s a typical Muslim. He wants Sharia imposed.

    Obama’s followers also despise America and want its downfall. So the Leftards are in a symbiotic, evil marriage with political Islam.

  8. Sam says

    Dec 2, 2015 at 1:57 pm

    What a good Muslim? Obama would be very proud of him. He may even pardon him. INSALLAH USING MY TAX DOLLARS.

  9. Champ ✞ says

    Dec 2, 2015 at 4:46 pm

    Converted to islam? …he has chosen *very* unwisely!

    • Joseph says

      Dec 2, 2015 at 4:53 pm

      But he has still made his choice.
      Instead of housing and feeding him on the taxpayer dime we should drop him off in Syria…….from about 30,000 feet, no parachute. After giving him one last chance to renounce Islam.

  10. Francis, but not pope. says

    Dec 2, 2015 at 5:11 pm

    Too much fire, not enough time.” What Islamists say after arriving in hell, about being able to screw their virgins.

  11. Matthieu Baudin says

    Dec 2, 2015 at 8:35 pm

    Nicholas Teausant doesn’t just despise the U.S. but the entire Universal Civilisation; the people around the world who value personal freedom and happiness and are taking responsibility for their own lives and the welfare of their communities instead of turning to old tyrannies to run the world.

    He despises these people wherever they live, be it in Shanghai or Mexico City, Toronto or Brisbane, Mumbai or Kuala Lumpur, Berlin or Mombasa, Vladivostok or Cape Town, Santiago de Chile or Kathmandu and so on and on.

  12. Mo says

    Dec 2, 2015 at 10:35 pm

    “I despise america and want its downfall”

    Looks like he and Barry have much in common!

  13. sidney penny says

    Dec 3, 2015 at 12:42 am

    “Wagner ignored, of course, the one factor that unifies all those young people from all different places and backgrounds.”

    No suspense please what is it?

    The all have beards?
    The do not like orange jumpsuits?
    They hate Jews?
    They all like hashish.?
    Their brains are deformed?

    Please tell us Robert..

  14. jayell says

    Dec 3, 2015 at 6:27 am

    “Teausant wrote. “I been part of the army for two years now and I would love to join Allah’s army but I don’t even know how to start.”…”

    That’s easy, mate. Do the job properly. Become a martyr. Strap some explosives round your middle and light the blue touch paper, then go and meet your 72 virgins, all exclusively recycled by Allah just for YOU!!! You certainly would have done Allah a great service, and everybody else as well. Just one thing – do stay well away from anyone else when you do it. If you want to prove what a good, pure muslim you are, you won’t want to make a mess all over their clothes, would you?

  15. Jim Peters says

    Dec 3, 2015 at 11:09 am

    mental illness? psychopathy? Oh, yea. Probably a little maladjusted candy ass. Not properly suckled by his mother, rejected by Sally in the first grade, got passed over for promotion at McDonalds, no self confidence and really, really pissed off at his own inadequacies. Got to take it out on someone. Never owned a mirror to see the real cause. Poor thing.

    • Aussie Infidel says

      Dec 3, 2015 at 5:42 pm

      JP, Love your perverse sense of humor – we need it to stay sane.

    • ? says

      Dec 3, 2015 at 7:06 pm

      Sounds about right…

  16. gravenimage says

    Dec 4, 2015 at 12:23 am

    Nicholas Teausant? I wonder what his Muslim name is?

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