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US Army deserter converts to Islam: “I do really wanna kill agents”

Feb 8, 2016 9:56 pm By Robert Spencer

Are investigators looking into where he converted to Islam, and what is taught at any mosque he may have attended? If not, why not?

Daniel Seth Franey

“FBI arrests US army-deserter after calling himself an ‘ISIS soldier’ and called Osama bin Laden ‘a diamond’ and a ‘beautiful man,'” Associated Press, February 8, 2016 (thanks to Lookmann):

A U.S. Army deserter who called Osama bin Laden ‘a beautiful man,’ made pro-Islamic State statements and called for the death of American troops has been arrested on weapons charges, federal prosecutors said.

Daniel Seth Franey, 33, of Montesano, Washington was banned from having guns because he was subject to a protection order taken out by his former partner in 2014.

However, he nevertheless joined an undercover agent in making what he believed were black-market gun deliveries, according to a criminal complaint unsealed in U.S. District Court in Tacoma.

At one point, he fired an AK-47 at a remote campground with the agent, the complaint said.

Franey was arrested without incident on Saturday as agents served a ‘no-knock’ search warrant at his home.

An affidavit filed in support of the warrant alleged that he had behaved increasingly erratically in recent weeks.

He was seen driving slowly in a parking lot at the non-operational Satsop Nuclear Power Plant; his visits to the homes of two neighbors prompted calls to 911; he made apparent references to attacking a nearby campground that’s only open to military members, retirees and their families; and he told the undercover agent on January 29, ‘I do really wanna kill agents,’ the affidavit said.

‘Franey has repeatedly stated that he wants to attack, fight and kill law enforcement officers if and when they made entry into his residence,’ the agent wrote in asking for the warrant.

‘Although we believe Franey does not currently possess any firearms, this is by no means a certainty.’

The investigation began last year, after several people complained to law enforcement that Franey was making pro-Islamic State statements, an agent with the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force wrote.

One person said Franey tried to buy his or her AK-47 and insisted that the person should fly an IS flag at home — a confrontation that ended only after the person grabbed a shotgun and called police, the documents said.

At one point, Franey allegedly told the undercover FBI agent that he considered himself an ISIS soldier ‘as much as the brothers over there,’ according to ABC News.

He also is said to have described Osama bin Laden as a ‘diamond’ and called ISIS ‘the best people on Earth,’ according to the FBI.

Franey made an initial court appearance on Monday and was ordered detained pending further proceedings, Emily Langlie, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office, said.

He faces five counts of unlawful gun possession but no terrorism charges.

He was represented by a public defender who did not immediately return a message seeking comment.

Following the complaints about Franey, the undercover agent posed as a black-market gun dealer, and Franey joined him on trips as a ‘lookout’ who was paid a few hundred dollars for his services, charging papers said.

In recorded conversations, he made reference to possibly attacking soldiers at Joint Base Lewis-McChord and traveling overseas to join the radical militants.

However, he variously said he did not want to kill anyone and that he only wanted a gun to have at home for protection from law enforcement, the court papers said.

He also reportedly said the trip to the campground near Naches, northwest of Yakima, was the first time he had fired a gun in about six years.

The gun possession charges stem from his handling of weapons on the gun-delivery trips, including to eastern Washington and California, which were set up by the agent and involved other undercover officers, the charging documents say.

Franey constantly asked the agent to procure guns for him, without success, authorities said.

‘This defendant possessed firearms, including machine guns, even though he knew he was prohibited from doing so,’ Seattle U.S. Attorney Annette Hayes said.

‘He also discussed attacking members of the military and law enforcement.’

Franey served in the Army from 2002 to 2008 and was stationed in Texas and South Korea, the complaint said, adding that he told various people — including an undercover officer — that he had deserted military, and that Department of Defense records corroborated that….

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  1. Bezelel says

    Feb 8, 2016 at 10:04 pm

    Frontal Lobotomy

    • Kepha says

      Feb 9, 2016 at 1:07 pm

      Cruel and unusual punishment, Bezelel–to say nothing of the burden on the taxpayers to support him for the rest of his life. A 9 mm. cerebral hemorrhage or long drop and short tow would be much better.

      • Bezelel says

        Feb 9, 2016 at 6:21 pm

        Kepha, Maybe your right about the C&U but guns are under such scrutiny that it maybe more PC to use surgery. I suggest a compromise and perform the lobotomy with a sledge hammer.

  2. Truth Seeker says

    Feb 8, 2016 at 10:06 pm

    ‘I do really wanna kill agents,’ the affidavit said.

    Where’s Darren Wilson when you need him? Serious question… Instead of wasting time wasting suisidal shoplifters, cops should be wasting these fools…

  3. Stephen says

    Feb 8, 2016 at 10:37 pm

    These extremists like him are brainwashed by all the Liars of Islamic groups

  4. Timothius says

    Feb 8, 2016 at 10:44 pm

    Let’s hope these people aren’t breeding. I don’t think this guy has 2 brain cells to rub together. This insanity is getting worse every time we read something. Is it in the water? WTF!!

  5. mortimer says

    Feb 8, 2016 at 11:27 pm

    Robert Spencer is correct about assembling a profile of what turns converts onto Islam! What mosques? What verses from the Koran and hadiths? What elements of dress and deportment? Really find out how it happens and then find out how to debunk Islam so these jihadists can be deprogrammed right out of Islam.

    Because Islam was invented by the caliphs on heretical Jewish and Christians texts that they did not understand, it is easy for scholars to show the falsity of Islam to jihadists and then explain Islamic history as a long series of atrocities and crimes against humanity. By the completion of such deprogramming, the ‘subject’ will be unable to commit jihad because his eyes are open to the absurdity and falsity of Islam.

    (I can dream.)

    • Ned says

      Feb 9, 2016 at 1:39 am

      I’d bet the FBI has a profile on this kind of person but are NOT allowed to use it. A guy at DHS was ORDERED to “purge” information linking Muslims HERE to terrorism. Our police have been forced to REMOVE and DESTROY anything negative about Islam. Our military has been FORCED to ELIMINATE anything negative about Islam and things to look for in people. Obama wants us to be totally vulnerable, clueless, brainwashed, bankrupt and paralyzed by political correctness. Meanwhile he TAUNTS us by going to a mosque being watched by the FBI, rewriting history, praising Islam and telling THEM to be careful about folks that don’t like Islam. Keep your powder dry! Obama is toying with us …..don’t take the bait! He will be out of office SOON. Oh, how I wish is was months ago …

  6. Ned says

    Feb 9, 2016 at 1:39 am

    I’d bet the FBI has a profile on this kind of person but are NOT allowed to use it. A guy at DHS was ORDERED to “purge” information linking Muslims HERE to terrorism. Our police have been forced to REMOVE and DESTROY anything negative about Islam. Our military has been FORCED to ELIMINATE anything negative about Islam and things to look for in people. Obama wants us to be totally vulnerable, clueless, brainwashed, bankrupt and paralyzed by political correctness. Meanwhile he TAUNTS us by going to a mosque being watched by the FBI, rewriting history, praising Islam and telling THEM to be careful about folks that don’t like Islam. Keep your powder dry! Obama is toying with us …..don’t take the bait! He will be out of office SOON. Oh, how I wish is was months ago …

  7. Jack Diamond says

    Feb 9, 2016 at 2:19 am

    Speaking of mosques, the Franey District Court complaint recounts a trip Franey made with the undercover FBI agent (UCI) to Ellensberg, WA, supposedly to deal black market guns.

    “As they drove back Franey mentioned a mosque “that was loaded with soldiers, loaded with the best brothers, and where he was not suspicious of the “feds” being in there. Franey described it as “a beast, a lion of a mosque.” Franey said there were a lot of people at this mosque who “wanted to go fight” and would say “put us on a plane, put us in the game.” Later in the conversation, Franey tells UCI, “If, say, a year from now we still hang out, if I ever got stuff (firearms) from you, I can get it direct and I can take it to these people.” The name and location of this “lion of a mosque” is not identified. Franey lived in Montesano and worked sometimes as a commercial fisherman in Westport.

    Franey also says “I’m an ISIS soldier, I’m as much an ISIS soldier as the brothers over there” and “Islam is ISIS, ISIS is Islam.” He says his family is Muslim and that he named his daughter “Dawla Islamiyya” (Islamic State). He occasionally speaks phrases in Arabic and expresses admiration for Anwar al-Awlaki. Because he feels he will never be allowed to leave America to join the Islamic State
    he is inspired by the recent example of the Chattanooga shooter Abdulazeez, to wage jihad on U.S. soldiers here, in this case at Fort Lewis.

    “Are investigators looking into where he converted to Islam, and what is taught at any mosque he may have attended? If not, why not?” –Robert Spencer

  8. Jay Boo says

    Feb 9, 2016 at 4:29 am

    Off Topic

    Is David Letterman a Muslim?

    David Letterman has grown a creepy beard just like the convert above.
    Has he converted to Islam or is he sending a Leftist signal of solidarity with Koran Krazy bearded Muslims. Photo below.

    http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/12/david-letterman-beard-retirement-creepy

    • PRCS says

      Feb 9, 2016 at 8:02 pm

      “And I know, it’s not a good-looking beard,” he continues. “ I just don’t care.”

      As mine looks much the same as his, my sentiment–exactly.

  9. Jay Boo says

    Feb 9, 2016 at 4:38 am

    Let’s not forget this other army deserter.
    Obama and Parents of US Soldier Bowe Bergdahl Speak

  10. mortimer says

    Feb 9, 2016 at 5:00 am

    Jihadists take all of the foundational writings of Islam to be divine in origin and then they close off their ability of critical thought.

    Lacking any sound, rational judgment, they prepare to cause bodily harm to humans who are not Muslims. Many Muslims support them since they share the same beliefs, but not the courage to carry it through.

    Muslims who are not active in terrorism lack the faith needed to put themselves in danger. Most Muslims are cafeteria Muslims, half-hearted Muslims. They do not imitate Mohammed whom they realize is not a role model of ethics. By not imitating Mohammed, most Muslims actually show they believe Islam is false.

  11. Matthieu Baudin says

    Feb 9, 2016 at 7:20 am

    Islamic Beliefs can sow some seeds of madness and induce circular thinking. I hope this guy can one day climb out of the mental cage that has entrapped him.

  12. Manual Paleologos says

    Feb 9, 2016 at 8:35 am

    He is a deserter who now cleaves to the enemy. Execute him.

  13. wtd says

    Feb 9, 2016 at 11:38 am

    ABCNews provides a better photo of this savage wannabe ISIS circus.

  14. Dave Falanga says

    Feb 9, 2016 at 2:31 pm

    All need what this video is about.

    This Was Your Life by Chick Publications

  15. Mark A says

    Feb 9, 2016 at 2:55 pm

    Let’s hope treason charges are forthcoming.

  16. bridgette barrow says

    Feb 9, 2016 at 4:13 pm

    “He wanted to kill people” after he became a moslem. So when will they ask where he got that idea that just because he became a moslem he should kill. They know. It’s we that are supposed to be kept in the dark until our governments have completely overrun our countries with the satan followers and they’ve established a one world government for all except by then, no Christian or Jew will exist.

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