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Kansas Muslim admits role in ISIS plot to bomb military base, says “nobody’s perfect”

Aug 25, 2016 8:20 am By Robert Spencer

He says he has a “genetic disorder.” You know, the jihad genetic disorder. He’s mentally ill, you see. That’s a new one!

Alexander Blair

“Kansas man faces sentencing for role in foiled bomb plot,” by Roxana Hegeman, Associated Press, August 24, 2016:

WICHITA, Kan. — Alexander Blair has admitted his role in a foiled terrorist attack: aiding a wannabe Islamic State jihadist’s plan to detonate what they thought was a bomb at a Kansas military post to kill or maim as many U.S. service members as possible. Blair says “nobody is perfect” and blames a genetic disorder for allowing others to take advantage of him.

U.S. District Judge Daniel Crabtree will weigh that and other factors Wednesday when he hears testimony and arguments as he calculates how much prison time, if any, the 29-year-old Topeka man should serve.

Blair pleaded guilty in May to a conspiracy count that carries up to five years’ imprisonment. He admitted loaning John T. Booker $100, knowing it would be used to pay for storage of the device, which was a fake bomb given to Booker by undercover FBI agents during a sting operation. Investigators say Booker planned to detonate it in April 2015 outside Fort Riley, about 60 miles west of Topeka.

Booker, of Topeka, was arrested outside the post as he was trying to arm what he thought was a 1,000-pound explosive device. He pleaded guilty in February to one count of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction and one count of attempting to destroy government property with an explosive device. His plea deal calls for him to serve 30 years in prison, but a sentencing hearing has not been set.

Prosecutors are seeking the maximum sentence for Blair, arguing that the government already considered his learning disability, known as Williams Syndrome, and his limited role in the plot when it charged him with a lesser crime than Booker. His defence attorney is asking for probation.

“I am not a Hardliner Jihadi, I am just a human being that made a big mistake,” Blair wrote in a letter to the judge. “Nobody is perfect, and we all make mistakes at some point in our lives. This was mine.”

Three months before his arrest, Blair began attending the Islamic Center of Topeka where Booker befriended him. Blair’s attorney, Christopher Joseph, argued in a court filing that his client’s “unique biological constitution made him particularly vulnerable and naive in his interactions with Booker.”

Joseph cited the findings of forensic psychiatrist Stephen E. Peterson, who reported that Blair has great difficulty keeping friends and has a bit of a “puppy syndrome.”…

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  1. Rob says

    Aug 25, 2016 at 8:24 am

    Q’ranosis.

    • f c king says

      Aug 26, 2016 at 2:44 am

      I think he converted for the 72 virgins.

    • J D S says

      Aug 26, 2016 at 10:36 pm

      Genetic disorder……Was his mommy and daddy stupid…
      Eventually these two will cry Foul they’ve been set up by the FBI…Sure hope there’s a lot of these agents out there who will catch many more of thse killers.

  2. Kay says

    Aug 25, 2016 at 8:36 am

    If he has Williams Syndrome this is real.
    I’ve had a student with that genetic disorder. In some ways it is like the more well-known Downs Syndrome. He would not have had the capacity to see beyond the proffered friendship. So sad.

    • Jay Boo says

      Aug 25, 2016 at 11:50 am

      I assumed at first that this was some made up legalistic hype but after I looked it up I agree that this may have some relevance. It could be that Obama is wanting to go after guys like this rather than the real hard core jihadis.

    • gravenimage says

      Aug 25, 2016 at 11:59 am

      Are we supposed to believe that every Jihadist is just suffering from Williams Syndrome? Oh, the humanity!

      Here’s the Williams Syndrome Association themselves:

      https://williams-syndrome.org/what-is-williams-syndrome

      While they mention sufferers typically being “overly friendly”, there is nothing to indicate that they would be so passive and unable to think for themselves as to happily go along with plots to slaughter large numbers of people if someone else suggested it.

      And the FBI didn’t just target Alexander Blair for sh*ts and giggles–he had to have had Jihad leanings to begin with, and to have made those leanings public–or they never would have set up a sting operation to begin with.

      • Kay says

        Aug 25, 2016 at 12:36 pm

        I doubt that the man who asked for the money told him it would be used to slaughter people. But of course I don’t know that for sure.
        I do know that there are people who can’t hold 2 thoughts in their heads at the same time
        ( e.g. ‘My friend needs help.’ and ‘This guy intends to hurt someone.’)
        My point in naming the Mennonites as salt of the earth is that
        it is likely this simple-minded man had not experienced being taken advantage of in this way. It’s clear that Mohammedens are taking advantage of weaknesses far more than has happened before in our society. And those who look after him may not have needed to make a rule like “Don’t give people money.”

        Actually I think “Everyone makes mistakes.” accompanied by acknowledging his guilt is refreshingly western. By contrast the Mohammedens are expert at justification and blame throwing.

        But I do understand the mistrust of media, which I share. We seldom get the whole story or even essential elements. And I might be wrong in my assessment, but it is my take on things given my experiences and what is written in the post above.

        • gravenimage says

          Aug 25, 2016 at 12:45 pm

          Kay wrote:

          I doubt that the man who asked for the money told him it would be used to slaughter people. But of course I don’t know that for sure.
          ……………………..

          Kay–with all respect–it says this right in the article:

          “Blair pleaded guilty in May to a conspiracy count that carries up to five years’ imprisonment. He admitted loaning John T. Booker $100, *knowing it would be used to pay for storage of the device, which was a fake bomb* given to Booker by undercover FBI agents during a sting operation…” (emphasis mine–GI)

          He did indeed know what the money would be used for.

        • gravenimage says

          Aug 25, 2016 at 12:52 pm

          One more thing: Topeka is a fairly big city, with a population of 127,679. The city only has two Mennonite congregations–each church has about 120 people for Sunday services on average.

          Of course, there are lots of good people in Topeka. But the chances that Alexander Blair had only ever interacted with Mennonites prior to this is slim to none.

        • Kay says

          Aug 25, 2016 at 8:43 pm

          Well, I guess I missed that Blair was also targeted in the sting. I read that it was Booker that was targeted.

          And I agree that there are too many false justifications for Mohammedens: lovelorn, ignorant and most especially mentally ill. It’s possible that this is simply another excuse. It’s also possible that Blair doesn’t even have Williams Syndrome (though my guess is that would be easy to definitively prove one way or another.)

          I’m not an expert on Williams Syndrome in any case; nor do I know Blair’s individual capacity. However from my own experience, I see another possibility. The same year I had the student, “William,”
          I had a very bright, charming student who was also manipulative, “Charming.”
          It would have been possible for Charming, with a big smile and his arm around William to ask for something and also say he would be using the money to store a dangerous item, but William would respond only to the friendly emotions and not even register the words– and so be easily manipulated.

          Like I said, maybe this is a lame excuse as happens way too often. But I think it’s also possible that Blair was simply manipulated.
          When we can’t talk publicly about the dangers of Mohammedism and involvement in mosques, other easily manipulated people will also fall into danger of being so used to put others’ lives in danger.
          We don’t let children play with knives or guns. We also shouldn’t have to allow children (or otherwise vulnerable people) to experiment with Mohammedism. It’s dangerous to body and soul, and the bodies of others also.

    • Kathy Brown, Esq. says

      Aug 25, 2016 at 12:16 pm

      Omigosh! I live in Topeka!

      But Kay: My step-daughter has Williams, and it certainly does NOT extend to storing bombs for islamic terrorists! Also this man doesn’t have the facial cast which is characteristic of Williams.

      • gravenimage says

        Aug 25, 2016 at 12:42 pm

        *Thank you*, Kathy.

    • Pere LaChaise says

      Aug 26, 2016 at 3:45 pm

      The FBI are just picking low hanging fruit by luring pathetic fools like this one. We are no safer for this “intervention” and I doubt this poor fool would ever have committed any jihadi crimes if not led by the Jose by the likes for sleazy FBI agents fishing them.

    • Shane says

      Aug 26, 2016 at 4:01 pm

      Yes, let’s feel sorry for the guy who had no real friends so partnered with a couple of Jihadis to kill a bunch of innocent infidels. On second thought, let’s punish these JIhadi wannabees with the most severe punishment available.

  3. Dan says

    Aug 25, 2016 at 8:51 am

    Here’s the freaking deal about “We all make mistakes.” that everybody seems to have forgotten.

    When you make a mistake YOU PAY THE CONSEQUENCES.

    And the bigger the mistake, the higher the consequences.

    If you total my car, but replace it at your expense and make sure I’m not inconvenienced while that’s being done, then fine, you can borrow my car again.

    In this case, the only way way I’d ever, ever, ever trust this guy again, is if he does all his jail time, and not only renounces radical Islam, but does it so often, and publicly, that he places himself in the same danger as his intended targets.

    If he’d survives multiple assaults and assassination attempts, and still keeps denouncing Islamists, then I’d say, yeah, he’s sorry.

    Until then, throw him in a hole.

    • Kay says

      Aug 25, 2016 at 9:01 am

      This guy’s crime was to give someone else $100.
      I don’t think he knew what he was doing.
      He really doesn’t have the capacity to ‘not trust’ someone.

      Besides having a genetic disorder, he’s fortunate to live in Kansas with the Mennonites. It’s worth a visit there to be surrounded by these upstanding people, the salt of the earth.

      • gravenimage says

        Aug 25, 2016 at 12:03 pm

        Those salt of the earth people are not, as a rule, plotting to bomb military bases…

        • Kay says

          Aug 25, 2016 at 7:00 pm

          No, they aren’t. And they had to protest that Gitmo prisoners were not relocated to their state.

  4. Paul N Silas says

    Aug 25, 2016 at 8:57 am

    At times I come to this site and weep for these poor deluded folks. I want to encourage my fellow readers to keep pointing out the evil of Islam and how it is a tool of The left, but to also pray for these “Useful Idiots” that are bringing the Kingdom of Darkness down upon the whole world.

    The Cold war never ended, it just morphed into new enemies, Islam being one!

    • gravenimage says

      Aug 25, 2016 at 12:08 pm

      Paul, would you also weep for the people murdered at the military base if this had been a real bomb?

  5. WorkingClassPost says

    Aug 25, 2016 at 9:27 am

    …has bit of a “puppy syndrome”…

    Wow, he got out just in time!

    • Kay says

      Aug 25, 2016 at 9:56 am

      My puppy is sweet . . . but she doesn’t have good boundaries.

  6. Angemon says

    Aug 25, 2016 at 11:31 am

    “Nobody is perfect, and we all make mistakes at some point in our lives. This was mine.”

    Of course – buying a time-share, supporting the bombing of a military base – what difference does it make? Everyone makes mistakes, so let’s not get on our high horse and throw rocks when we have a glass roof.

    • Jay Boo says

      Aug 25, 2016 at 11:59 am

      He loaned $100 dollars to his Muslim friend.
      Nobody’s perfect is what we expect a typical Muslim to say out of callous disregard for their actions, but this guy appears to have a legitimate mental deficiency that Muslims exploited.

  7. gravenimage says

    Aug 25, 2016 at 11:47 am

    Kansas Muslim admits role in ISIS plot to bomb military base, says “nobody’s perfect”
    ……………………………….

    OK, as grim as this is, I have to admit I laughed out loud over “nobody’s perfect”.

    Of course, most American’s flaws include things like being late for appointments, giving in to those donuts in the break room, or binge-watching TV on the weekends–not *plotting to bomb a military base*.

    I wonder what this “Kansas man’s” Muslim name is? I doubt very much he is using “Alexander Blair” any more.

    More:

    “I am not a Hardliner Jihadi, I am just a human being that made a big mistake,” Blair wrote in a letter to the judge. “Nobody is perfect, and we all make mistakes at some point in our lives. This was mine.”
    ……………………………….

    Uh huh. How many people would want to slaughter people at a military base, whether they thought they could get away with it or not–who wasn’t Muslim, that is?

    More:

    Joseph cited the findings of forensic psychiatrist Stephen E. Peterson, who reported that Blair has great difficulty keeping friends and has a bit of a “puppy syndrome.”…
    ……………………………….

    Only if that “puppy” is a rabid pit bull…

  8. Guest says

    Aug 25, 2016 at 5:19 pm

    Take responsibility instead of hiding behind a false disease and religion

  9. Kumi Ho says

    Aug 26, 2016 at 1:57 am

    Taqqiya.

  10. scherado says

    Aug 26, 2016 at 7:11 am

    Nobody’s perfect, it is what it is and it’s all good!

    Did I miss anything?

  11. 762x51FMJ says

    Aug 26, 2016 at 3:03 pm

    Islam is most dangerous when applied literally and intentionally but is has always preyed on strong men who have little intelligence,

    If this guy is like “Lenny” in “Of Mice and Men”, he could easily confuse blowing up a balloon, with blowing up a building.

    In a short period the weaker mind can be radicalized. Mohammed knew this, His warriors were not scholars.

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