FBI confirmed ISIS-K was behind a recently foiled terrorist plot aimed at carrying out a mass shooting on Election Day.
The FBI arrested Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, 27, in Oklahoma last week on charges of planning to purchase two AK-47 rifles to carry out the attack. Officials say Tawhedi was in communication with a person he knew as “Malik,” who was affiliated with ISIS-K, the Afghan branch of ISIS.
Tawhedi had previously worked as a security guard for the CIA in Afghanistan, and Fox News reported that he did not undergo vetting by the State Department for special immigrant status (SIV).
Fox News reports:
The FBI says it tracked Tawhedi donating to an ISIS-connected charity and viewing ISIS propaganda online. A family member of Tawhedi was also arrested in Paris this week for planning a separate attack, according to the French Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor’s Office.
U.S. officials claimed last week that Tawhedi was vetted three times: first to work for the CIA in Afghanistan, then to come to the U.S. on Department of Homeland Security (DHS) humanitarian parole during the withdrawal and a third time when he was approved for SIV status after arriving in the U.S.
The Department of Homeland Security has repeatedly stated that no red flags were identified at any point in Tawhedi’s vetting, but three sources forcefully disputed DHS’ characterization of the vetting process as “thorough.”
If he blew his cover by donating to ISIS, then he was not a serious terrorist or a serious threat. Just another wannaby “martyr.”