A Georgia man was arrested Wednesday and charged with a terrorist plot to attack the White House, as well as the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial. Hasher Jallal Taheb had been on the FBI’s radar since March, when a member of member of Taheb’s Atlanta-area community reported to local authorities that he had “become radicalized, changed his name and made plans to travel abroad,” according to court documents.
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