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When does free speech cross the line into breaking U.S. anti-terrorism laws? Former federal officials say the FBI should open a criminal investigation into a New Jersey native who leads a pro-Hamas nonprofit group. Civil rights advocates say she’s engaged in political speech.

(NBC) Charlotte Kates, a New Jersey native and Rutgers Law School graduate who co-founded the pro-Hamas organization Samidoun, has become the focus of an ongoing legal debate: When does free speech cross the line into breaking federal anti-terrorism laws? Over the last […]

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Richardson man who called for slaughter of ‘infidels’ in name of ISIS gets 30 years in prison Said Rahim was arrested at an airport before he could board a plane for the Middle East, where prosecutors say he planned to join ISIS.

(Dallas Morning News) Said Azzam Mohamad Rahim lived a comfortable life in North Texas, where he operated his own convenience store. But he wanted more, prosecutors say: war, murder and jihad. As a result, the 43-year-old Richardson man will spend the next […]

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Richardson man convicted of using social media app to recruit for ISIS and lying about it Said Azzam Mohamad Rahim used a chat room on Zello to recruit ISIS fighters to kill nonbelievers wherever they lived, prosecutors said.

(Dallas Morning News) Said Azzam Mohamad Rahim led a double life. The 42-year-old Richardson man lived quietly and ran an Oak Cliff convenience store, seemingly blending into ordinary American existence. At the same time, he raged obsessively against “infidels” and other enemies […]