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| Subject | Jordanian National Sentenced to Six Years for Destroying Energy Facility |
| Date | May 16, 2025 12:32 PM |
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Hashem Younis Hnaihen targeted Orlando businesses for their perceived support of Israel,
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The Extremism Roundup
*********************
*Focused on Evidence Instead of Narratives*
A weekly compilation of the most important developments in the struggle against radical ideologies
-------------------
A Word From the CEO
-------------------
Dear Reader,
The past two weeks have seen a spike in violent extremism and threats across the U.S., from hate crimes to school shootings. A New York man faces federal charges for antisemitic assaults, 10 Maryland students were sentenced for an anti-gay attack, and a Texas man was convicted for threatening a Nashville DA tied to antisemitic group actions. A Florida teen’s school shooting threats further highlight the need for heightened vigilance.
Foreign influence also looms large. A Jordanian in Florida was sentenced for attacking businesses over Israel ties, while Qatar’s $400 million jet gift to the Trump administration raises ethical concerns. China’s billion-dollar investments in the Bahamas near Florida spark fears of intelligence risks, underscoring the complex domestic and global threats demanding urgent action.
Sincerely,
-------------------
A Word From the CEO
-------------------
Dear Reader,
The past two weeks have seen a spike in violent extremism and threats across the U.S., from hate crimes to school shootings. A New York man faces federal charges for antisemitic assaults, 10 Maryland students were sentenced for an anti-gay attack, and a Texas man was convicted for threatening a Nashville DA tied to antisemitic group actions. A Florida teen’s school shooting threats further highlight the need for heightened vigilance.
Foreign influence also looms large. A Jordanian in Florida was sentenced for attacking businesses over Israel ties, while Qatar’s $400 million jet gift to the Trump administration raises ethical concerns. China’s billion-dollar investments in the Bahamas near Florida spark fears of intelligence risks, underscoring the complex domestic and global threats demanding urgent action.
Sincerely,
RIchard Green
CEO, Co-Founder
Clarionproject.org
------------------
Islamist Extremism
------------------
Hashem Younis Hashem Hnaihen - Orange County Sheriff's Office, via Times of Israel screenshot ( [link removed] 202505-15&utm_medium=email )
Hashem Younis Hashem Hnaihen - Orange County Sheriff's Office, via Times of Israel screenshot
*Jordanian National Sentenced to Six Years for Destroying Energy Facility*
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
*
Hashem Younis Hashem Hnaihen, a 44-year-old Jordanian national illegally residing in Orlando, was sentenced on April 30, 2025, to six years in federal prison for four counts of threatening to use explosives and one count of destruction of an energy facility, causing over $450,000 in damages.
*
Starting in June 2024, Hnaihen targeted Orlando businesses for their perceived support of Israel, smashing glass doors and leaving “Warning Letters” addressed to the U.S. government, demanding political changes and threatening to “destroy or explode everything in America.” He escalated by systematically destroying solar panel arrays at a Wedgefield, Fla., facility, causing significant damage. *Read More ( [link removed] 202505-15&utm_medium=email )*
*Man Sentenced in ISIS Crypto Financing Scheme*
-----------------------------------------------
*
Mohammed Azharuddin Chhipa, a 35-year-old from Springfield, Va., was sentenced to 364 months (over 30 years) in prison on May 7, 2025, for providing material support to ISIS, a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization. He was convicted in December 2024 of one count of conspiracy and four counts of providing or attempting to provide material support.
*
From October 2019 to October 2022, Chhipa collected over $185,000 through online fundraising on social media, converted it to cryptocurrency, and sent it to Turkey, where it was smuggled to female ISIS members in Syria to fund prison escapes and support ISIS fighters.
*
Chhipa collaborated with a Syria-based ISIS member focused on raising funds for terrorist activities. He received electronic transfers and traveled hundreds of miles to collect cash by hand before converting it to cryptocurrency. *Read More ( [link removed] 202505-15&utm_medium=email )*
*India Eliminates Key Figure Responsible for Kidnapping and Murder of Daniel Pearl*
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*
Abdul Rauf Azhar was killed during a missile strike conducted by India under Operation Sindoor, along with nine other members of his family.
*
Azhar was the head of the Pakistani terrorist group Jaish-e-Mohammad and was one of the masterminds behind the abduction and gruesome execution of American Journalist Daniel Pearl in 2002. *Read More ( [link removed] 202505-15&utm_medium=email )*
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Militant-Right and Militant-Left Extremism
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Nashville District Attorney Glenn Funk - via the Tennessean screenshot ( [link removed] 202505-15&utm_medium=email )
Nashville District Attorney Glenn Funk - via the Tennessean screenshot
*Texas Neo-Nazi Arrested for Making Lynching Threat Against Nashville District Attorney*
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
* David Aaron Bloyed, 60, of Frost, Texas, was convicted by a federal jury in Nashville of one count of communicating a threat in interstate commerce to lynch and kill Nashville District Attorney General Glenn Funk. He faces up to five years in prison at sentencing.
* Bloyed made the threats on July 14, 2024, following the arrest of a Goyim Defense League (GDL) member for assaulting a bar employee with a swastika-adorned flagpole during GDL’s antisemitic “Name the Nose Tour” protest in Nashville, which involved waving Nazi flags and disrupting public spaces. *Read More ( [link removed] 202505-15&utm_medium=email )*
*Far-Left Agitators Occupy University Building, Set Fires*
----------------------------------------------------------
* Antifa and anti-Israel protesters temporarily occupied a building at the University of Washington, setting small fires, including a dumpster fire, to protest the university’s partnership with Boeing, which they claim supports genocide in Palestine.
* Approximately 30 individuals, including a King County public defender and Antifa affiliates, were arrested for trespassing, property destruction, and disorderly conduct, with charges referred to the King County Prosecutor's Office. Some faced conspiracy charges, and 21 students were suspended and banned from campus.
* The occupation caused over $1 million in damage to engineering equipment and the building, with militants blocking first responders and law enforcement from extinguishing fires or entering. Seattle Police, Washington State Patrol, and UW Police cleared the building by 11 p.m., despite initial resistance from the mob. *Read More ( [link removed] 202505-15&utm_medium=email )*
*Arizona Man Indicted for Arson Attacks on Tesla Dealership*
* A federal grand jury in Phoenix indicted Ian William Moses, 35, of Mesa, Ariz., on five counts of maliciously damaging property and vehicles in interstate commerce by means of fire, following an arson attack on a Tesla dealership in Mesa on April 28, 2025.
* Moses was captured on video at the Tesla dealership, wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt, black mask, and carrying a red gas can. He placed fire starter logs next to the building, poured gasoline on them and three Tesla vehicles, and ignited a fire at 1:38 a.m., destroying a silver Tesla Cybertruck. Surveillance footage showed him fleeing on a bicycle.
* Mesa police arrested Moses around 3 a.m., a quarter-mile from the dealership, wearing the same clothes. Officers found a hand-drawn map in his pocket with a “T” marking the dealership’s location. *Read More ( [link removed] 202505-15&utm_medium=email )*
*Antifa Militants Distribute Guide to Destroying Infrastructure in Domestic Terror Attacks*
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Social media accounts associated with Antifa are circulating a guide that instructs members on how to create incendiary devices designed to destroy infrastructure cables. *Read More ( [link removed] 202505-15&utm_medium=email )*
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Hate Crime
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Ten Salisbury University students sentenced to hate crime - Salisbury Police Department via WBOC News screenshot ( [link removed] 202505-15&utm_medium=email )
Ten Salisbury University students sentenced to hate crime - Salisbury Police Department via WBOC News screenshot
*10 Students Sentenced in Connection With SU Hate Crime Investigation*
----------------------------------------------------------------------
*
Ten Salisbury University students have been sentenced in connection with an October 2024 off-campus hate crime and assault, where a victim was lured via Grindr, attacked by approximately 15 college-aged males using anti-gay slurs, and hospitalized with a broken rib.
*
Initially, 15 students faced felony assault and hate crime charges, but most were reduced to misdemeanor false imprisonment or second-degree assault. Nine students pleaded guilty to these lesser charges by January 29, 2025, with sentences including jail time and 18 months of probation; only one student still faces a misdemeanor hate crime charge. *Read More ( [link removed] 202505-15&utm_medium=email )*
*New York Man Charged With Hate Crime for Assaulting Jews*
----------------------------------------------------------
* Tarek Bazrouk, a 20-year-old from New York City, was charged with three counts of federal hate crimes for assaulting Jewish individuals at protests related to the Israel-Gaza conflict between April 2024 and January 2025.
* Bazrouk allegedly attacked Jewish victims at three separate protests, targeting those visibly identifiable as Jewish by their clothing or symbols.
* A search of Bazrouk’s cellphone revealed antisemitic text messages, including self-identifying as a “Jew hater,” calling Jews “worthless,” and expressing joy over family members’ alleged Hamas affiliation. The phone also contained pro-Hamas and pro-Hezbollah propaganda, indicating his motivation for the assaults.
* Each count carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison. *Read More ( [link removed] 202505-15&utm_medium=email )*
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School Threats
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Screenshot of threatening Instagram story posted by a Florida middle school student - via WSVN News screenshot ( [link removed] 202505-15&utm_medium=email )
Screenshot of threatening Instagram story posted by a Florida middle school student - via WSVN News screenshot
*Florida Student Arrested for Threats Against Four Schools*
-----------------------------------------------------------
*
A student from Norland Middle School in Miami Gardens, Fla., was arrested for posting a threatening Instagram story targeting four Miami-Dade schools: Norland Middle, Carol City Middle, North Dade Middle, and JFK Middle.
*
The post included a tombstone emoji and stated, “We back. If y’all don’t wanna [tombstone emoji] tomorrow, don’t come to school. K1LLING ALL YALL KIDSSSSSSS at 2:00PM.” *Read More ( [link removed] 202505-15&utm_medium=email )*
*Teen Arrested for Shooting Threats*
------------------------------------
* A 16-year-old male from Coral Springs, Fla., was arrested for posting threats on Instagram targeting three schools: J.P. Taravella High School in Coral Springs, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, and Uvalde High School in Texas, prompting heightened security measures.
* The Coral Springs Police Department, in collaboration with the FBI and Broward Sheriff’s Office Threat Management Unit, traced the threatening social media post to the teen, who admitted to creating and sharing the threats, leading to his arrest. *Read More ( [link removed] 202505-15&utm_medium=email )*
----------------------------
Foreign Influence Operations
----------------------------
U.S. President Donald Trump boards Air Force One on May 12, 2025, at Joint Base Andrews, Md. - Win McNamee/Getty Images ( [link removed] 202505-15&utm_medium=email )
U.S. President Donald Trump boards Air Force One on May 12, 2025, at Joint Base Andrews, Md. - Win McNamee/Getty Images
*Qatar Gifting Luxury Plane to Trump Administration*
----------------------------------------------------
*
The Trump administration is set to accept a Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet, valued at approximately $400 million, from Qatar’s royal family to serve as a temporary Air Force One until new planes are delivered, with ownership transferring to the Trump presidential library foundation by January 2029.
*
White House and DOJ lawyers, including Attorney General Pam Bondi, concluded the gift is legal, arguing it does not violate bribery laws or the Constitution’s emoluments clause since it is donated to the Department of Defense, not Trump personally, and is not conditioned on any official act.
*
Attorney General Pam Bondi’s past role as a foreign lobbyist for Qatar, earning $115,000 monthly in 2020 and during the 2022 World Cup preparations, has drawn scrutiny amid the news of the gift. *Read More ( [link removed] 202505-15&utm_medium=email )*
*Warnings of Chinese Influence Near Florida Coast*
--------------------------------------------------
*
China has invested billions in Bahamian infrastructure, including $3 billion for the Baha Mar Resort, $3 billion for a Freeport port, $54 million for a highway, $40 million for a national stadium, and $40 million for the North Abaco Port and Little Abaco Bridge, raising concerns about geopolitical aims near Florida’s coast, just 50 miles away.
*
Retired Rear Adm. Peter Brown warned that China’s dual-use infrastructure projects, like the Chinese-controlled British Colonial Hotel across from the U.S. Embassy in Nassau, could enable intelligence gathering and monitoring of U.S. military activities, including sensitive submarine testing at the U.S. Navy’s AUTEC facility.
*
The Bahamas’ proximity to U.S. space launch paths and its role as a potential springboard for illegal immigration heighten risks. Brown noted China’s projects could be used to “monitor, exploit, and perhaps even do worse” to U.S. interests, with fears of a Chinese naval base emerging from facilities like the Freeport port. *Read More ( [link removed] 202505-15&utm_medium=email )*
*Investigation Uncovers Widespread Chinese Espionage at Stanford University*
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
*
An investigation by the Stanford Review has discovered that the CCP is orchestrating a widespread intelligence-gathering campaign at Stanford University.
*
The investigators interviewed students, professors, and researchers with firsthand experiences of Chinese espionage.
*
They reported that the Chinese espionage operation is focused on extracting the know-how behind American innovation, including conclusions from Stanford research projects, methodologies, software, lab workflows, collaborative structures, and even communication channels.
*
Stanford has 1,129 Chinese International students on campus, and China’s 2017 National Intelligence Law mandates that all Chinese citizens support and cooperate with state intelligence work regardless of location. *Read More ( [link removed] 202505-15&utm_medium=email )*
QUOTABLE
“We the People of the United States, in Order to, 1)form a more perfect Union, 2)establish Justice, 3)insure domestic Tranquility, 4)provide for the common defence, 5)promote the general Welfare, and 6)secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”
-- Preamble to the U.S. Constitution 1789
NOTE TO OUR READERS: We have pulled out the salient points of the articles in this newsletter to keep you informed and focused on the most relevant, important and timely news in national security and extremism. While our national security experts stand behind the summary bullets and deem them trustworthy, Clarion Project does not endorse all the views expressed in the articles linked.
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*********************
The Extremism Roundup
*********************
*Focused on Evidence Instead of Narratives*
A weekly compilation of the most important developments in the struggle against radical ideologies
-------------------
A Word From the CEO
-------------------
Dear Reader,
The past two weeks have seen a spike in violent extremism and threats across the U.S., from hate crimes to school shootings. A New York man faces federal charges for antisemitic assaults, 10 Maryland students were sentenced for an anti-gay attack, and a Texas man was convicted for threatening a Nashville DA tied to antisemitic group actions. A Florida teen’s school shooting threats further highlight the need for heightened vigilance.
Foreign influence also looms large. A Jordanian in Florida was sentenced for attacking businesses over Israel ties, while Qatar’s $400 million jet gift to the Trump administration raises ethical concerns. China’s billion-dollar investments in the Bahamas near Florida spark fears of intelligence risks, underscoring the complex domestic and global threats demanding urgent action.
Sincerely,
-------------------
A Word From the CEO
-------------------
Dear Reader,
The past two weeks have seen a spike in violent extremism and threats across the U.S., from hate crimes to school shootings. A New York man faces federal charges for antisemitic assaults, 10 Maryland students were sentenced for an anti-gay attack, and a Texas man was convicted for threatening a Nashville DA tied to antisemitic group actions. A Florida teen’s school shooting threats further highlight the need for heightened vigilance.
Foreign influence also looms large. A Jordanian in Florida was sentenced for attacking businesses over Israel ties, while Qatar’s $400 million jet gift to the Trump administration raises ethical concerns. China’s billion-dollar investments in the Bahamas near Florida spark fears of intelligence risks, underscoring the complex domestic and global threats demanding urgent action.
Sincerely,
RIchard Green
CEO, Co-Founder
Clarionproject.org
------------------
Islamist Extremism
------------------
Hashem Younis Hashem Hnaihen - Orange County Sheriff's Office, via Times of Israel screenshot ( [link removed] 202505-15&utm_medium=email )
Hashem Younis Hashem Hnaihen - Orange County Sheriff's Office, via Times of Israel screenshot
*Jordanian National Sentenced to Six Years for Destroying Energy Facility*
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
*
Hashem Younis Hashem Hnaihen, a 44-year-old Jordanian national illegally residing in Orlando, was sentenced on April 30, 2025, to six years in federal prison for four counts of threatening to use explosives and one count of destruction of an energy facility, causing over $450,000 in damages.
*
Starting in June 2024, Hnaihen targeted Orlando businesses for their perceived support of Israel, smashing glass doors and leaving “Warning Letters” addressed to the U.S. government, demanding political changes and threatening to “destroy or explode everything in America.” He escalated by systematically destroying solar panel arrays at a Wedgefield, Fla., facility, causing significant damage. *Read More ( [link removed] 202505-15&utm_medium=email )*
*Man Sentenced in ISIS Crypto Financing Scheme*
-----------------------------------------------
*
Mohammed Azharuddin Chhipa, a 35-year-old from Springfield, Va., was sentenced to 364 months (over 30 years) in prison on May 7, 2025, for providing material support to ISIS, a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization. He was convicted in December 2024 of one count of conspiracy and four counts of providing or attempting to provide material support.
*
From October 2019 to October 2022, Chhipa collected over $185,000 through online fundraising on social media, converted it to cryptocurrency, and sent it to Turkey, where it was smuggled to female ISIS members in Syria to fund prison escapes and support ISIS fighters.
*
Chhipa collaborated with a Syria-based ISIS member focused on raising funds for terrorist activities. He received electronic transfers and traveled hundreds of miles to collect cash by hand before converting it to cryptocurrency. *Read More ( [link removed] 202505-15&utm_medium=email )*
*India Eliminates Key Figure Responsible for Kidnapping and Murder of Daniel Pearl*
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*
Abdul Rauf Azhar was killed during a missile strike conducted by India under Operation Sindoor, along with nine other members of his family.
*
Azhar was the head of the Pakistani terrorist group Jaish-e-Mohammad and was one of the masterminds behind the abduction and gruesome execution of American Journalist Daniel Pearl in 2002. *Read More ( [link removed] 202505-15&utm_medium=email )*
------------------------------------------
Militant-Right and Militant-Left Extremism
------------------------------------------
Nashville District Attorney Glenn Funk - via the Tennessean screenshot ( [link removed] 202505-15&utm_medium=email )
Nashville District Attorney Glenn Funk - via the Tennessean screenshot
*Texas Neo-Nazi Arrested for Making Lynching Threat Against Nashville District Attorney*
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
* David Aaron Bloyed, 60, of Frost, Texas, was convicted by a federal jury in Nashville of one count of communicating a threat in interstate commerce to lynch and kill Nashville District Attorney General Glenn Funk. He faces up to five years in prison at sentencing.
* Bloyed made the threats on July 14, 2024, following the arrest of a Goyim Defense League (GDL) member for assaulting a bar employee with a swastika-adorned flagpole during GDL’s antisemitic “Name the Nose Tour” protest in Nashville, which involved waving Nazi flags and disrupting public spaces. *Read More ( [link removed] 202505-15&utm_medium=email )*
*Far-Left Agitators Occupy University Building, Set Fires*
----------------------------------------------------------
* Antifa and anti-Israel protesters temporarily occupied a building at the University of Washington, setting small fires, including a dumpster fire, to protest the university’s partnership with Boeing, which they claim supports genocide in Palestine.
* Approximately 30 individuals, including a King County public defender and Antifa affiliates, were arrested for trespassing, property destruction, and disorderly conduct, with charges referred to the King County Prosecutor's Office. Some faced conspiracy charges, and 21 students were suspended and banned from campus.
* The occupation caused over $1 million in damage to engineering equipment and the building, with militants blocking first responders and law enforcement from extinguishing fires or entering. Seattle Police, Washington State Patrol, and UW Police cleared the building by 11 p.m., despite initial resistance from the mob. *Read More ( [link removed] 202505-15&utm_medium=email )*
*Arizona Man Indicted for Arson Attacks on Tesla Dealership*
* A federal grand jury in Phoenix indicted Ian William Moses, 35, of Mesa, Ariz., on five counts of maliciously damaging property and vehicles in interstate commerce by means of fire, following an arson attack on a Tesla dealership in Mesa on April 28, 2025.
* Moses was captured on video at the Tesla dealership, wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt, black mask, and carrying a red gas can. He placed fire starter logs next to the building, poured gasoline on them and three Tesla vehicles, and ignited a fire at 1:38 a.m., destroying a silver Tesla Cybertruck. Surveillance footage showed him fleeing on a bicycle.
* Mesa police arrested Moses around 3 a.m., a quarter-mile from the dealership, wearing the same clothes. Officers found a hand-drawn map in his pocket with a “T” marking the dealership’s location. *Read More ( [link removed] 202505-15&utm_medium=email )*
*Antifa Militants Distribute Guide to Destroying Infrastructure in Domestic Terror Attacks*
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Social media accounts associated with Antifa are circulating a guide that instructs members on how to create incendiary devices designed to destroy infrastructure cables. *Read More ( [link removed] 202505-15&utm_medium=email )*
----------
Hate Crime
----------
Ten Salisbury University students sentenced to hate crime - Salisbury Police Department via WBOC News screenshot ( [link removed] 202505-15&utm_medium=email )
Ten Salisbury University students sentenced to hate crime - Salisbury Police Department via WBOC News screenshot
*10 Students Sentenced in Connection With SU Hate Crime Investigation*
----------------------------------------------------------------------
*
Ten Salisbury University students have been sentenced in connection with an October 2024 off-campus hate crime and assault, where a victim was lured via Grindr, attacked by approximately 15 college-aged males using anti-gay slurs, and hospitalized with a broken rib.
*
Initially, 15 students faced felony assault and hate crime charges, but most were reduced to misdemeanor false imprisonment or second-degree assault. Nine students pleaded guilty to these lesser charges by January 29, 2025, with sentences including jail time and 18 months of probation; only one student still faces a misdemeanor hate crime charge. *Read More ( [link removed] 202505-15&utm_medium=email )*
*New York Man Charged With Hate Crime for Assaulting Jews*
----------------------------------------------------------
* Tarek Bazrouk, a 20-year-old from New York City, was charged with three counts of federal hate crimes for assaulting Jewish individuals at protests related to the Israel-Gaza conflict between April 2024 and January 2025.
* Bazrouk allegedly attacked Jewish victims at three separate protests, targeting those visibly identifiable as Jewish by their clothing or symbols.
* A search of Bazrouk’s cellphone revealed antisemitic text messages, including self-identifying as a “Jew hater,” calling Jews “worthless,” and expressing joy over family members’ alleged Hamas affiliation. The phone also contained pro-Hamas and pro-Hezbollah propaganda, indicating his motivation for the assaults.
* Each count carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison. *Read More ( [link removed] 202505-15&utm_medium=email )*
--------------
School Threats
--------------
Screenshot of threatening Instagram story posted by a Florida middle school student - via WSVN News screenshot ( [link removed] 202505-15&utm_medium=email )
Screenshot of threatening Instagram story posted by a Florida middle school student - via WSVN News screenshot
*Florida Student Arrested for Threats Against Four Schools*
-----------------------------------------------------------
*
A student from Norland Middle School in Miami Gardens, Fla., was arrested for posting a threatening Instagram story targeting four Miami-Dade schools: Norland Middle, Carol City Middle, North Dade Middle, and JFK Middle.
*
The post included a tombstone emoji and stated, “We back. If y’all don’t wanna [tombstone emoji] tomorrow, don’t come to school. K1LLING ALL YALL KIDSSSSSSS at 2:00PM.” *Read More ( [link removed] 202505-15&utm_medium=email )*
*Teen Arrested for Shooting Threats*
------------------------------------
* A 16-year-old male from Coral Springs, Fla., was arrested for posting threats on Instagram targeting three schools: J.P. Taravella High School in Coral Springs, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, and Uvalde High School in Texas, prompting heightened security measures.
* The Coral Springs Police Department, in collaboration with the FBI and Broward Sheriff’s Office Threat Management Unit, traced the threatening social media post to the teen, who admitted to creating and sharing the threats, leading to his arrest. *Read More ( [link removed] 202505-15&utm_medium=email )*
----------------------------
Foreign Influence Operations
----------------------------
U.S. President Donald Trump boards Air Force One on May 12, 2025, at Joint Base Andrews, Md. - Win McNamee/Getty Images ( [link removed] 202505-15&utm_medium=email )
U.S. President Donald Trump boards Air Force One on May 12, 2025, at Joint Base Andrews, Md. - Win McNamee/Getty Images
*Qatar Gifting Luxury Plane to Trump Administration*
----------------------------------------------------
*
The Trump administration is set to accept a Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet, valued at approximately $400 million, from Qatar’s royal family to serve as a temporary Air Force One until new planes are delivered, with ownership transferring to the Trump presidential library foundation by January 2029.
*
White House and DOJ lawyers, including Attorney General Pam Bondi, concluded the gift is legal, arguing it does not violate bribery laws or the Constitution’s emoluments clause since it is donated to the Department of Defense, not Trump personally, and is not conditioned on any official act.
*
Attorney General Pam Bondi’s past role as a foreign lobbyist for Qatar, earning $115,000 monthly in 2020 and during the 2022 World Cup preparations, has drawn scrutiny amid the news of the gift. *Read More ( [link removed] 202505-15&utm_medium=email )*
*Warnings of Chinese Influence Near Florida Coast*
--------------------------------------------------
*
China has invested billions in Bahamian infrastructure, including $3 billion for the Baha Mar Resort, $3 billion for a Freeport port, $54 million for a highway, $40 million for a national stadium, and $40 million for the North Abaco Port and Little Abaco Bridge, raising concerns about geopolitical aims near Florida’s coast, just 50 miles away.
*
Retired Rear Adm. Peter Brown warned that China’s dual-use infrastructure projects, like the Chinese-controlled British Colonial Hotel across from the U.S. Embassy in Nassau, could enable intelligence gathering and monitoring of U.S. military activities, including sensitive submarine testing at the U.S. Navy’s AUTEC facility.
*
The Bahamas’ proximity to U.S. space launch paths and its role as a potential springboard for illegal immigration heighten risks. Brown noted China’s projects could be used to “monitor, exploit, and perhaps even do worse” to U.S. interests, with fears of a Chinese naval base emerging from facilities like the Freeport port. *Read More ( [link removed] 202505-15&utm_medium=email )*
*Investigation Uncovers Widespread Chinese Espionage at Stanford University*
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
*
An investigation by the Stanford Review has discovered that the CCP is orchestrating a widespread intelligence-gathering campaign at Stanford University.
*
The investigators interviewed students, professors, and researchers with firsthand experiences of Chinese espionage.
*
They reported that the Chinese espionage operation is focused on extracting the know-how behind American innovation, including conclusions from Stanford research projects, methodologies, software, lab workflows, collaborative structures, and even communication channels.
*
Stanford has 1,129 Chinese International students on campus, and China’s 2017 National Intelligence Law mandates that all Chinese citizens support and cooperate with state intelligence work regardless of location. *Read More ( [link removed] 202505-15&utm_medium=email )*
QUOTABLE
“We the People of the United States, in Order to, 1)form a more perfect Union, 2)establish Justice, 3)insure domestic Tranquility, 4)provide for the common defence, 5)promote the general Welfare, and 6)secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”
-- Preamble to the U.S. Constitution 1789
NOTE TO OUR READERS: We have pulled out the salient points of the articles in this newsletter to keep you informed and focused on the most relevant, important and timely news in national security and extremism. While our national security experts stand behind the summary bullets and deem them trustworthy, Clarion Project does not endorse all the views expressed in the articles linked.
*SUPPORT CLARION PROJECT’S VITAL WORK*
Help us create a world unafraid. Make a donation to help us expose extremists who threaten our safety and security. The Clarion Project is a registered 501(c)(3), donations are tax deductible.
DONATE NOW ( [link removed] 202505-15&utm_medium=email )
*RECEIVED THIS EMAIL FROM A FRIEND?*
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