TERROR ARREST IN U.S. – AT 2:33 P.M. ET:  Apparently the warnings about New Year's Eve weren't exaggerated.  From CNN:

Washington (CNN) Justice Department officials announced Thursday they had thwarted a Rochester man's plans to kill New Year's Eve participants in the name of ISIS at an upstate New York bar and restaurant.

Emanuel Lutchman, 25, was charged with attempting to provide material support to ISIS, which carries up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

"This New Year's Eve prosecution underscores the threat of ISIL even in upstate New York but demonstrates our determination to immediately stop any who would cause harm in its name," said William Hochul Jr., the U.S. attorney for the Western District of New York.

Lutchman allegedly received direction from an ISIS member overseas and planned to attack revellers in order to join ISIS. He appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Marian Payson of the Western District of New York on Thursday morning.

COMMENT:  Inevitably, he'll be described as a "lone wolf."  There's really no such thing.  These "lone wolves" are radicalized and directed by others.  They are not alone.  A certain number of these people will go undetected and do very bad things.

December 31, 2015