REUTERS/Stringer A fighter of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) holds an ISIL flag and a weapon on a street in the city of Mosul, June 23, 2014. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry held crisis talks with leaders of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region on Tuesday urging them to stand with Baghdad in the face of a Sunni insurgent onslaught that threatens to dismember the country. Picture taken June 23, 2014.
Federal prosecutors accuse Terrence J. McNeil of writing a Tumblr post on September 24 that reveals the names and addresses of 100 US military personnel and urges those loyal to ISIS to find and kill the soldiers.
According to an affidavit filed in the case, McNeil has professed his support to ISIS on social media outlets.
Special Agent in Charge Stephen D. Anthony of the FBI's Cleveland Division said in a release from the FBI that "While we aggressively defend First Amendment rights, the individual arrested went far beyond free speech by reposting names and addresses of 100 US service members, all with the intent to have them killed.
"We will remain vigilant in our efforts to stop those who wish to support these despicable acts," He continued.
The FBI alleges that McNeil reblogged a file with the title, "Islamic State Hacking Division," subtitled "Target: United States Military" and "Leak: Addresses of 100 US Military Personnel."
The file itself was a .gif, with a procession of ISIS propaganda images that first argued the US military was an enemy of the Islamic religion at large before urging the readers to, "Kill them in their own lands, behead them in their own homes, stab them to death as they walk their streets thinking that they are safe …"
The file then shows the images of dozens of purported US military personnel, along with their names, addresses, and the military branch in which they serve.
Sgt. Jennifer Pirante/US Marine Corps 100 members of the US military were allegedly targeted by McNeil's propaganda.
The case is being investigated by FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force in Cleveland and prosecuted by prosecuted by the US Attorney's Office of the Northern District of Ohio and the National Security Division's Counterterrorism Section.