The Question of Treason in the Case of Another American Terrorist
By Dan Cadman on July 25, 2018
Media are reporting that an American citizen captured fighting in Syria for ISIS is now back in the United States and will be prosecuted for his participation in terrorist activities (see here and here).
The individual is named as Ibraheem Musaibli, 28 years of age. He is not the only American caught on the battlefield in Syria, as the cited articles explain.
Musaibli is variously describe as "from" and "a native of" Dearborn, Mich. The difference between the two descriptions is one of degree; the former is often used to describe one born abroad who settles in the United States and later naturalizes. The latter is unambiguously a native-born United States citizen, although depending on where his parents hailed from, he may also be a dual national, as is the case with one of his cohorts caught on the battlefield, so far identified only as "John Doe" in legal documents.
https://cis.org/Cadman/Question-Treason-Case-Another-American-Terrorist
