Daniel Patrick Boyd is being charged with conspiring to support terrorism and traveling overseas to participate in a 'violent jihad,' according to the indictments. (Photo by City County Bureau of Identification in Wake County via Getty Images)
New York Times reporter Campbell Robertson joins The Takeaway from North Carolina, where he is watching the story of alleged homegrown terrorists who were arrested by federal agents. Daniel Boyd, a 39-year old Muslim drywaller, two of his grown children and four others were indicted on charges of conspiring to advance terror abroad. The men are charged with stockpiling automatic weapons and traveling overseas to participate in jihadist movements.
For more, read Campbell Robertson's article, Arrests in Terror Case Bewilder Associates, in the New York Times.
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