Christopher Lee Cornell, 20, of Green Township, is accused of using cyberspace to plot to assassinate Congressional employees and attack the U.S. Capitol for his personal
jihad. He was charged with attempted killing of U.S. government officers and possession of firearms in furtherance of an attempted crime of violence. The Oak Hills Local School District released a statement on Thursday morning regarding Cornell, who graduated from Oak Hills High School in 2012, describing Cornell as a "typical student."
"Christopher was not a disruption or a discipline problem in the school," said Oak Hills Principal John Stoddard in the release. "His teachers were shocked at the news of his involvement in this situation."
The United States and Europe are currently facing threats from militant Islamic groups like Isis that can no longer be ignored as just a 'Middle Eastern' problem. Public beheadings like those of American journalists
Steven Joel Sotloff and
James Foley and the recent attack against
Charlie Hebdo in France are part of ISIS' sophisticated video and social media strategy meant to sow terror in the Western world.
Passed in preparation for an anticipated war with France in 1798, the
Alien and Sedition Acts tightened restrictions on foreign-born Americans and limited speech critical of the Government. The Acts made it a crime for American citizens to "print, utter, or publish . . . any false, scandalous, and malicious writing" about the Government. While the Acts were eventually repealed, the controversies surrounding them provided for some of the first testings of the limits of freedom of speech and press.
Should our Government be able to limit freedom of speech during wartime?
Why not just block ISIS websites?
1) Why does he want to join?
2) Was he raised Muslim? When did he become 'radicalized?'
3) How should the United States punish Don Morgan? Is he guilty of sedition? Treason?
4) How do we prevent more Americans from joining? Should we?
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