'Tear up Texas,' FBI agent told ISIS shooter before attack on school building in Garland
An undercover FBI agent claimed to be the Islamic State's "eyes" when they attacked Garland last year, and even goaded one of the shooters to "tear up Texas," according to federal court records.
The feds often infiltrate terror cells to thwart attacks in the United States, but many questions surround the FBI's links to the plot against an Islam-mocking cartoon contest in May 2015. The plot had to be put down by local police in a hail of bullets.
The undercover agent, never named in government documents released this week, gained the trust last spring of a North Carolina man accused of recruiting soldiers for the Islamic State.
Erick Jamal Hendricks claimed to sleep with an AK-47 rifle and have direct connections to the terror group's leaders overseas, according to a criminal complaint.
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