[{"command":"openDialog","selector":"#drupal-modal","settings":null,"data":"\u003Cdiv class=\u0022m-person m-person__popup node node--type-people node--view-mode-extremist-convert-card ds-1col clearfix\u0022\u003E\n\n  \n\n  \n\u003Cdiv  class=\u0022m-person__image\u0022\u003E\n        \n      \u003Cdiv class=\u0022m-person__headshot\u0022\u003E  \u003Cimg loading=\u0022lazy\u0022 src=\u0022\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/awlaki_grids\/public\/default_images\/default_person_4.jpg?itok=tn1jrqhV\u0022 width=\u0022186\u0022 height=\u0022186\u0022 alt=\u0022\u0022 typeof=\u0022foaf:Image\u0022 class=\u0022image-style-awlaki-grids\u0022 \/\u003E\n\n\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n      \n  \n\n\n  \u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv  class=\u0022m-person__meta\u0022\u003E\n    \n                \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E\n  Michael Finton\n\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n          \n      \n                \u003Cdiv class=\u0022clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-extremists-convert-descrip field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E  \u003Cp\u003EAttempted domestic terrorist, Illinois: Arrested in September 2009, during a sting operation in which FBI agents posed as al-Qaeda members. Finton attempted to blow up the federal courthouse in Springfield, Illinois, according to the FBI. He pled guilty in 2011 to attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction against property owned by the United States, and was sentenced to 28 years in prison.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n          \n              \u003Ch3  class=\u0022a-header--5 field-label-above\u0022\u003EConverted to Islam\u003C\/h3\u003E\n  \n              \u003Cp\u003EConverted and reportedly radicalized while serving a 2001-2006 prison sentence for aggravated robbery and aggravated battery. Later known as Talib Islam, Finton wrote on his MySpace page that he \u201chated\u201d himself before his conversion. He reportedly posted quotes by AQAP propagandist Anwar al-Awlaki on his MySpace page and spoke to co-workers about his desire to move to Saudi Arabia because America isn\u2019t \u201cstrict enough.\u201d\u003Cbr\u003E\n(Estimated age of conversion: 20-26)\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n      \n  \n\n\n  \u003Cdiv class=\u0022clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-extremist-converts-sources field--type-text-long field--label-inline\u0022\u003E\n    \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field__label\u0022\u003ESources\u003C\/div\u003E\n                  \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field__item\u0022\u003E  \u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/illinois-man-admits-plotting-bomb-federal-courthouse-and-sentenced-28-years-prison\u0022\u003EU.S. Department of Justice\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/usa-security-illinois-idUSN2447383520090924\u0022\u003EReuters\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2011\/POLITICS\/06\/15\/house.radicalization.hearing\/\u0022\u003ECNN\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/id\/44735709\/ns\/world_news-mideast_n_africa\/t\/radical-cleric-influenced-many-plots-us-says\/\u0022\u003ENBC News\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/09\/28\/us\/28springfield.html\u0022\u003ENew York Times\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n              \u003C\/div\u003E\n\n  \u003C\/div\u003E\n\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n","dialogOptions":{"closeOnEscape":true,"minWidth":850,"resizable":true,"modal":true,"title":"Michael Finton"}},{"command":"doFootnotes"}]