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Ohio Men Convicted in ISIS Plots | Columbus News
Fourteen Ohio men, including seven from Columbus, were convicted post-9/11 for ISIS-linked plots — one even helped al-Qaida target the Brooklyn Bridge. Today, online radicalization remains a top threat, as seen in cases like Laith Alebbini (15 years) and Naser Almadaoji (10 years), both caught at airports before leaving the U.S. Christopher Cornell, sentenced to 30 years, plotted to attack the Capitol during Obama’s State of the Union. U.S. Attorney Dominick Gerace warns current sentences may be too lenient and urges public vigilance — a mother’s tip recently foiled a potential drone-sniper…
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