A U.S. Air Force veteran tried to join ISIS

(CNN)— A U.S. Air Force veteran tried to join ISIS
in Syria but was turned back by Turkish
authorities before he could get to the war-torn
country, U.S. authorities allege in a two-count
indictment announced Tuesday.
Tairod Nathan Webster Pugh, accused of making
the foiled attempt in January, was indicted by a
grand jury this week on charges of trying to give
material support to the terror group and
obstruction of justice, the U.S. Justice Department
said.
Among the evidence, prosecutors allege:
Investigators discovered on his laptop computer
recent Internet searches for information on
"borders controlled by Islamic state," and a chart
of crossing points between Turkey and Syria,
where ISIS controls some territory.
Pugh was arrested upon his return to the United
States in January and will be arraigned
Wednesday in a federal court in New York, the
Justice Department said.
"Pugh, an American citizen and former member of
our military, allegedly abandoned his allegiance to
the United States and sought to provide material
support to ISIL," Assistant U.S. Attorney General
John Carlin said, using an alternate acronym for
the Islamist terror group that controls territory in
parts of Iraq and Syria.
Pugh will plead not guilty, his attorney, Michael
Schneider, said.