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Sexting bust new Military: US ‘reasonably certain’ Jihadi John is dead
embarrassment
for Secret Service LOLITA C. BALDOR a Hellfire missile, struck the State leaders, adding that “His death does not bring
Associated Press vehicle. the U.S. has killed one mid- Jim back. If only so much
RANDALL CHASE WASHINGTON (AP) — Warren said that Emwazi to upper-level Islamic State effort had been given to
Associated Press The U.S. military is “reason- and one of his friends were leader every two days finding and rescuing Jim
DOVER, Delaware (AP) ably certain” its drone strike apparently killed, and since May. and the other hostages
— The arrest of a uni- in Syria killed the masked Is- there were no civilian ca- Among those beheaded who were subsequently
formed U.S. Secret Service lamic State militant known
officer on charges of trying as “Jihadi John,” who ap- Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron makes a statement about the possible death of Islamic
to solicit a teenage girl for peared in several videos
sex and sending obscene depicting the beheadings State militant Mohammed Emwazi, known as “Jihadi John”, at Downing Street in London,
images and texts online is of Western hostages.
the latest embarrassment But families of the hostages Friday, Nov. 13, 2015. A U.S. drone strike targeted a vehicle in Syria believed to be transporting
for the agency charged brutally killed last year said
with protecting the presi- his presumed death is little the masked Islamic State militant “Jihadi John” on Thursday, Nov. 12, according to American
dent and his family. solace.
Lee Robert Moore, 37, Army Col. Steve War- officials, but his death is not yet confirmed. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
waived his right to a prelimi- ren, U.S. military spokes-
nary hearing Friday without man in Baghdad, told re- sualties. Officials are using by Islamic State militants in murdered by ISIS, they
appearing in court in Dela- porters Friday that officials
ware on state charges of had been following Mo- a variety of human and videos posted online since might be alive today,”
sexual solicitation of a child hammed Emwazi, a Ku-
under 18 and providing ob- waiti-born British citizen, for signals intelligence, social August 2014 were U.S. jour- they said.
scene material to a person some time.
under 18. He is charged “The intelligence indicators media reports and other nalists Steven Sotloff and Likewise, Art and Shirley
separately in federal court that we had gave us great
with attempted transfer of confidence that this in- methods to confirm Em- James Foley, U.S. aid work- Sotloff said the develop-
obscene material to a mi- dividual was Jihadi John
nor. and when the opportunity wazi’s death. A Turkish of- er Abdul-Rahman Kassig, ment “doesn’t change
Defense attorney John Bar- presented itself — with the
ber declined to comment. opportunity for minimal ci- ficial says authorities there British aid workers David anything for us; it’s too little
Moore was released from vilian casualties — we took
state custody Tuesday af- the shot,” Warren said. “This have detained a man they Haines and Alan Henning, too late. Our son is never
ter posting $105,000 se- guy was a human animal,
cured bail, but he remains and killing him is probably suspect is linked to Emwazi. and Japanese journalist coming back.”
in custody on the federal making the world a little bit
charge. better place.” The man, who they strongly Kenji Goto. British Prime Minister David
Moore surrendered to au- Another U.S. official told The
thorities on Monday after Associated Press that three believe to be Aine Lesley Foley’s parents, John Cameron said the strike
being caught in an under- drones — two U.S. and one
cover online sex sting by British — targeted the ve- Davis, was detained in Is- and Diane Foley, of New had been a joint effort to
Delaware State Police. hicle in which Emwazi was
The federal agency has believed to be traveling in tanbul. Hampshire, issued a state- hit the British-accented
had a series of scandals Raqqa, the Islamic State’s
stretching back to 2012, self-proclaimed capital in Warren said the operation ment calling the purported militant, whom Cameron
when more than a dozen northern Syria. The official,
agents and officers were who was not authorized was one in a string of tar- death “a very small sol- called the group’s “lead
implicated in a South Amer- to speak publicly and re-
ican prostitution scandal. quested anonymity, said geted attacks on Islamic ace.” executioner.”q
Since then, multiple agents the U.S. drone, armed with
and officers have been ac-
cused of wrongdoing. For- Top military aide under investigation of misconduct
mer agency director Julia
Pierson was ousted last year LOLITA C. BALDOR eral. Carter was surprised ship between Lewis and the Senate for another pro-
after the disclosure of two Associated Press by the allegations and met Carter, and sent shock motion on June 23, after
security breaches, includ- WASHINGTON (AP) — De- with Lewis Thursday morn- waves across the Penta- he started in the new job.
ing an incident in which a fense Secretary Ash Carter ing, said the official, who gon. Lewis served as Cart- In his statement Thursday,
man with a knife climbed a suddenly fired his top mili- was not authorized to dis- er’s military aide earlier in Carter said that the Army
White House fence and ran tary aide this week citing cuss the matter publicly so his career, including when may take any appropriate
into the executive mansion. allegations of misconduct, spoke on condition of ano- Carter was the deputy action against Lewis once
According to a complaint and referred the matter to nymity. secretary of defense. And the investigation by the in-
unsealed in federal court the department’s inspec- “’’I expect the highest pos- when Carter was tapped spector general is finished.
Thursday, Moore often en- tor general. sible standards of conduct to become defense sec- Defense officials said they
gaged in online chats while Defense officials would from the men and women retary earlier this year, he could not even broadly
on duty at the White House, not provide any details in this department particu- chose Lewis, then an Army characterize the allega-
once asking an undercov- about why Army Lt. Gen. larly from those serving in one-star brigadier general, tions or say whether they
er officer who he thought Ron Lewis was removed the most senior positions,” to move into the three-star involve any criminal ac-
was a 14-year-old girl to from his job. A senior de- said Carter in a statement aide job. tivities, because of privacy
send him something “excit- fense official said Carter released Thursday. “There Lewis had been slated for law. The defense official
ing” on a day when he was learned of the allegations is no exception.” promotion to major gen- said Lewis was not arrested
checking IDs for a building Tuesday night and later in- The firing severs a long, eral — with two-stars — but and no other investigating
entrance and complained formed the inspector gen- close professional relation- was quickly confirmed by authorities are involved.q
that “work sucks today.”q
