“I believe we should meet up and make our own group in alliance with the Islamic State here and plan operations ourselves.”“Criminal Complaint,” United States District Court, Southern District of Ohio, January 14, 2015, http://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/opa/press-releases/attachments/2015/01/15/cornell_complaint.pdf.

“…we already got a thumbs up from the Brothers over there and Anwar al Awlaki before his martyrdom and many others.”“Criminal Complaint,” United States District Court, Southern District of Ohio, January 14, 2015, http://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/opa/press-releases/attachments/2015/01/15/cornell_complaint.pdf.

“I believe that we should just wage jihad under our own orders and plan attacks and everything.”“Criminal Complaint,” United States District Court, Southern District of Ohio, January 14, 2015, http://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/opa/press-releases/attachments/2015/01/15/cornell_complaint.pdf.

In an interview with ABC News:

“I would not classify myself as a radical, but by western definition I would be classified as a radical. I just consider myself to be a practicing Muslim.”Lee Ferran, “American Wannabe ISIS Fighter Donald Morgan Gets 20 Years in Prison,” ABC News, May 13, 2015, http://abcnews.go.com/International/american-wannabe-isis-fighter-donald-morgan-20-years/story?id=31009777.

In an interview with ABC News:

“[ISIS has] proven time and time again to put Islamic law as the priority and the establishment of an Islamic state as the goal.”Lee Ferran, “American Wannabe ISIS Fighter Donald Morgan Gets 20 Years in Prison,” ABC News, May 13, 2015, http://abcnews.go.com/International/american-wannabe-isis-fighter-donald-morgan-20-years/story?id=31009777.

Message to an alleged co-conspirator, a radical Islamic cleric in Jamaica:

“Deactivated my Twitter till i leave for sham [greater Syria]…. don’t want to draw attention of the kuffar [non-believers] and it mess my plans and they take my pass port and i get stuck here.”“Criminal Complaint,” United States District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, April 3, 2015, http://media.philly.com/documents/KeonnaThomasComplaint.pdf.

“If we truly knew the realities … we all would be rushing to join our brothers in the front lines pray ALLAH accept us as shuhada [martyrs].”(Tweet)“Criminal Complaint,” United States District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, April 3, 2015, http://media.philly.com/documents/KeonnaThomasComplaint.pdf.

“May Allah Ta Ala [God] give victory to the Muj [violent kihadi fighters] & destroy the kuffar&munabfiqeen [infidels & hypocrites] Ameen.”(Tweet)“Criminal Complaint,” United States District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, April 3, 2015, http://media.philly.com/documents/KeonnaThomasComplaint.pdf.

“When you’re a mujahid [violent jihadi fighter] your death becomes a wedding. #HoorAlAyn [pleasures in paradise].”(Tweet)“Criminal Complaint,” United States District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, April 3, 2015, http://media.philly.com/documents/KeonnaThomasComplaint.pdf.

“Only thing I’m jealous of is when I see the smiles of shuhadaa [martyrs].”(Tweet)“Criminal Complaint,” United States District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, April 3, 2015, http://media.philly.com/documents/KeonnaThomasComplaint.pdf.