Kevin James (terrorist)

On 31 August 2005, Kevin James and three other men were indicted on terrorism charges related to the 2005 Los Angeles bomb plot, a conspiracy to attack military facilities in the Los Angeles area and of attempting to fund their campaign by robbing gas stations in Southern California over the previous three months. Kevin James, a Muslim convert, was accused of founding a radical Islamic group called J.I.S (Jam’iyyat Ul-Islam Is-Saheeh, Arabic for "Assembly of Authentic Islam") from his cell in Folsom Prison in California, and of recruiting fellow inmates to join his mission to kill infidels.

The announcement of the arrests was made by the Attorney-General Alberto Gonzales in the presence of the director of the FBI Robert Mueller in Washington D.C.

The terrorism case arose after police in Torrance arrested two of the men on 5 July in connection with armed robberies.

Robert Mueller mentioned the incident in a "Major Executive Speech" in June 2006 on the day that the Miami bomb plot to attack the Sears Tower was announced.

The suspects

• Kevin James, 29, Muslim convert, a U.S. national, allegedly founded J.I.S. (Jam’iyyat Ul-Islam Is-Saheeh) in 2004 while in prison, recruiting fellow......
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