Department of Justice authorities have arrested a man who was planning a massive Christmas Day terrorist attack in the name of ISIS:
JUST IN: DOJ arrests man accused of plotting Christmas Day attack in support of ISIS, @PaulaReidCBS reports; Everitt Aaron Jameson charged with material support for terrorism.
— CBS News (@CBSNews) December 22, 2017
Here’s more…
KRON – Authorities have stopped a possible terror attack in San Francisco that was planned for Christmas day.
The FBI arrested Everitt Aaron Jameson, of Modesto, who was allegedly planning an attack targeting Pier 39, according to FBI documents.
The 26-year-old specially named Pier 39 as his target because “he has been there before and knew that it was a heavily crowded area,” the documents said.
The FBI says he wanted to use explosives to “funnel” people into a location where he could inflict casualties.
Jameson described his attack plan to an undercover FBI agent who he believed was a senior leader of ISIS, according to the FBI.
Jameson also allegedly stated that Christmas was the perfect day to commit the attack and that he did not need an escape plan because he was ready to die.
The documents say Jameson had embraced “radical jihadi beliefs” and wrote social media posts that support terrorism.
His Facebook account was flagged as suspicious when he began “liking” and “loving” posts that were pro-ISIS and pro-terrorism.
Wow this could have been devastating even if he didn’t want to use explosives and planned on trying to mow people down. Judging from Google Maps, it’s definitely a very crowded area.
UPDATE:
I believe I found Jameson’s facebook account. Here’s a photo in case you were wondering:
He lives in Merced, CA which is very close to San Francisco, so I’m pretty sure this is the guy. Also he has on his Facebook page: “☝Slave of Allah the most High. Giver of Dawah and lover of all mankind.”
And the last time he updated his page was December 15, to oppose Trump and declare that Jerusalem is the capital of Palestine.