On March 25, FBI special agents arrested 22-year-old Hasan Edmonds at Chicago Midway International Airport. According to a criminal complaint filed in the case, Edmonds was on his way to Egypt to join the Islamic State when the agents intercepted him. Authorities charged Edmonds, a supply specialist with the Illinois Army National Guard, and his cousin, Jonas Edmonds, with conspiring to provide material support for a terrorist organization in the form of personnel — themselves. Shortly after, special agents arrested Jonas, who was allegedly plotting to conduct an armed assault against a National Guard armory. This case highlights a number of developing jihadist trends we have been monitoring. Recruitment According to the criminal complaint, the FBI began investigating the Edmonds cousins in late 2014 after a confidential informant sent a friend request to Hasan, who maintained a Facebook account under the name "Hasan Rasheed" that espoused pro-Islamic State sentiments.