California man charged with trying to join ISIS
A 21-year-old man previously charged with lying on a passport application so he could fly to Syria to join ISIS was indicted Wednesday on a charge of trying to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization.
Adam Dandach was also charged in the superseding indictment with obstructing justice by trying to destroy records of his online activity to thwart investigators.
Dandach was stopped in July in the Orange County airport while trying to board a flight to Turkey with an expedited replacement passport he got after he said he accidentally threw his old one away. Prosecutors said he knew that wasn't true and that his mother had confiscated the passport when she heard about his plan to go overseas.
The FBI said Dandach told agents he planned to pledge allegiance and offer to help ISIS in Syria any way he could. He told agents he believed the killings of American soldiers were justified.
