Michael Todd Wolfe , a.k.a . `` Faruq , '' pleads guilty to attempted material support to terrorists . That contact turned out to be an FBI official . He was planned to `` engage in violent jihad in Syria , '' a federal prosecutor says . The government will recommend that he be sentenced to life imprisonment without parole for his role in the plot and other charges against him. A second Austin-area man is being held on separate terror support charges .
Michael Todd Wolfe , a.k.a . `` Faruq , '' pleads guilty to attempted material support to terrorists . He was planned to `` engage in violent jihad in Syria , '' a federal prosecutor says . The government will recommend that he be sentenced to life imprisonment without parole for his role in the plot and other charges against him. A second Austin-area man is being held on separate terror support charges .