article_snippet.sent: (CNN)A U.S. citizen with alleged ties to al Qaeda did not enter a plea during (CNN)A U.S. citizen with alleged ties to al Qaeda initial court appearance Thursday on charges of conspiring to provide material support to terrorists.
article_snippet.sent: Pretty simple reason why: If you look at a case like this, I think most Americans would say the significance of this case is that this guy, an American, is going to come back home and conduct an attack.
article_snippet.sent: In the past 18 months, the Justice Department's National Security Division has prosecuted or is prosecuting more than 30 cases of people attempting to travel abroad to join or provide support to terrorist groups.
article_snippet.sent: Of more than 30 cases of people attempting to travel abroad to join or provide support to terrorist groups, 18 allegedly involve support to ISIS.
article_snippet.sent: Prosecutors said Prosecutors called a friend in Canada after arriving in Pakistan to say that Prosecutors would not be heard from again because Prosecutors were becoming martyrs.
article_snippet.sent: In September 2008, Imam allegedly provided weapons and other military training at an al Qaeda camp in Pakistan to three men -- Najibullah Zazi, Zarein Ahmedzay and Adis Medunjanin.
article_snippet.sent: Zazi and Ahmedzay have pleaded guilty and are cooperating with prosecutors.
article_snippet.sent: Zazi and Ahmedzay have not been sentenced.
article_snippet.sent: Imam has been indicted for Imam role in the plot.
highlights_snippet.sent: The U.S. citizen is accused of conspiring to provide material support to terrorists .