article_snippet: has been charged with attempting to travel to Syria to join ISIS after watching their online propaganda videos, the Department of Justice announced today.
article_snippet: FBI agents allegedly found Webster Pugh had been using Webster Pugh laptop to watch ISIS propaganda videos online and to search for such phrases including 'borders controlled by Islamic state'.
article_snippet: FBI agents also found a chart on the computer showing crossing points between Turkey and Syria indicating areas on the Syrian side of the border controlled by ISIS.
article_snippet: There were also online searches for 'Flames of War', a 55-minute propaganda video, and other footage, including one of ISIS members executing prisoners.
article_snippet: From there a member was deported to the U.S.
article_snippet: We will continue to vigorously prosecute extremists, whether based here or abroad, to stop extremists before extremists are able to threaten the United States and the United States allies.'
article_snippet: Assistant Director in Charge Diego G. Rodriguez of the FBI's New York Field Office added: 'U.S. citizens who offer support to terrorist organizations pose a grave threat to our national security and will face serious consequences for U.S. citizens who offer support to terrorist organizations actions.'
highlights_snippet: The U.S. citizen 'tried to join the Islamic State earlier this year after being fired from The U.S. citizen ' job as an airplane mechanic in Kuwait'
  
highlights_snippet: In January, 'The U.S. citizen ' attempted to enter Syria but was denied entry and was sent back to Egypt, where The U.S. citizen ' was found to be carrying suspicious items'
  After The U.S. citizen ' was deported  to the U.S., the FBI 'discovered The U.S. citizen ' had searched online for how to cross into Syria and had watched propaganda videos'
  The U.S. citizen ' was arrested in New Jersey in January and has been in custody since .