DC Metro police officer arrested for allegedly aiding ISIS

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A veteran D.C. Metro Transit Police Officer was arrested for trying to assist ISIS operatives find more ways to communicate in secret, ABC News reports.

The officer, Nicholas Young, allegedly purchased technology-related items to send to the ISIS operatives so they could evade authorities when contacting each other. Instead of engaging with true ISIS associates, however, Young was actually in touch with FBI informants and agents from the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force in Washington, which has been conducting a long undercover investigation in the case. For the full story, click here.