(Pittsburgh Tribune-Review) The FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force in Pittsburgh on Wednesday arrested a former University of Pittsburgh student — described as “mentally unstable and attracted to a violent Islamic ideology” — for allegedly threatening agents who were already investigating him.
Khaled Miah, 27, is charged with interstate threatening communications, influencing a federal officer by threat and destruction of records in a federal investigation.
He has a detention hearing scheduled for Friday.
A 30-page affidavit filed initially under seal by the FBI and unsealed Wednesday after Miah was taken into custody lays out a lengthy set of allegations — including claims that he praised the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks; conducted surveillance of an agent’s home repeatedly; talked about armed insurrection; and frequented a Pittsburgh-area shooting range throughout the summer.
