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Man gets 5½ years for lying to FBI in probe of Texas attack

By JACQUES BILLEAUD - Associated Press

FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Maricopa County Sheriff's Department shows Abdul Malik Abdul Kareem, a Phoenix man who was convicted of providing guns to two friends who launched a 2015 attack on a Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest in suburban Dallas. A court hearing Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019, in Phoenix is focusing on the FBI's failure to disclose surveillance video taken of the two friends of Kareem's on the day before they left Arizona to launch the attack in Garland. Kareem claims the video would have helped his defense. (Maricopa County Sheriff's Department via AP, File)

Hearing examines video that wasn’t disclosed in terror case

By JACQUES BILLEAUD - Associated Press

FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Maricopa County Sheriff's Department shows Abdul Malik Abdul Kareem, a Phoenix man who was convicted of providing guns to two friends who launched a 2015 attack on a Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest in suburban Dallas. The judge in Kareem's case will hold a hearing Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019, to examine the FBI's failure to turn over surveillance footage taken outside the attackers' Phoenix apartment until three years after Kareem was convicted. (Maricopa County Sheriff's Department via AP, File)

Judge to examine failure to disclose video in terror case

By JACQUES BILLEAUD - Associated Press

Feds say why undercover agent was at scene of 2015 attack

By JACQUES BILLEAUD - Associated Press

FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Maricopa County Sheriff's Department shows Abdul Malik Abdul Kareem. Kareem was convicted of providing guns to Elton Simpson and Nadir Soofi, two Islamic State followers who attacked a Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest nearly four years ago in Garland, Texas. Kareem's attorneys say the FBI had installed a surveillance camera outside Simpson and Soofi's apartment, but didn't reveal the existence of the camera until three years after their client's trial. (Maricopa County Sheriff's Department via AP, File)

Attorneys say FBI withheld evidence in Islamic State case

By JACQUES BILLEAUD - Associated Press

FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Maricopa County Sheriff's Department shows Abdul Malik Abdul Kareem. Kareem, convicted of helping to plot a 2015 attack on a Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest in suburban Dallas, is seeking a new trial. His lawyers argue prosecutors didn't reveal at trial that an undercover FBI agent who witnessed the shooting in Garland had communicated about the contest with an accused recruiter for the Islamic State. (Maricopa County Sheriff's Department via AP, File)

Arizona man convicted in 2015 Texas attack seeks new trial

By JACQUES BILLEAUD - Associated Press

Bloody Hand of ISIS in the Mideast Illustration by M Ryder

DANIEL PIPES: ISIS attacks on the West

By Daniel Pipes

FBI Director James B. Comey. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Islamic State could soon execute 9/11-scale attack in U.S.; FBI warns local cops

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Joseph Offutt, left, and Raheem Peters hold a sign and a U.S. flag across the street from the Curtis Culwell Center, Tuesday, May 5, 2015, in Garland, Texas. A man, whose social media presence was being scrutinized by federal authorities, was one of two suspects killed in the Sunday shooting at this location that hosted a cartoon contest featuring images of the Muslim Prophet Muhammad. The Islamic State group on Tuesday claimed responsibility for the attack. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Gunman’s Twitter hashtag hinted at Texas plot

By Julie Watson and Ryan Van Velzer - Associated Press

Illustration on the Islamic Sharia roots of the Garland Texas terrorists by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

CLARE LOPEZ: Connecting the dots to the Texas gunmen

By Clare M. Lopez

FBI crime scene investigators document the area around two deceased gunmen and their vehicle outside the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland, Texas, Monday, May 4, 2015. Police shot and killed the men after they opened fire on a security officer outside the suburban Dallas venue, which was hosting provocative contest for Prophet Muhammad cartoons Sunday night, authorities said. (AP Photo/Brandon Wade)

Islamic State group claims responsibility for Dallas assault

By JULIE WATSON and RYAN VAN VELZER - Associated Press

FBI crime scene investigators document the area around two deceased gunmen and their vehicle outside the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland, Texas, Monday, May 4, 2015. Police shot and killed the men after they opened fire on a security officer outside the suburban Dallas venue, which was hosting provocative contest for Prophet Muhammad cartoons Sunday night. (AP Photo/Brandon Wade)

Elton Simpson avoided no-fly list, received probation after judge threw out terrorism charge

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times