3 Accused in NY Terror Plot, ISIS Now in 50 States

Three Brooklyn, New York, residents are behind bars Thursday, charged with conspiring to support the Islamic State.

The suspects, two of whom appeared in court Wednesday, are accused of plotting to join the jihadist army and kill Americans, including President Barack Obama.

"This is real. This is the concern about the lone wolf inspired to act without ever going to the Mideast," NYC Police Commissioner William Bratton said.

Law enforcement arrested one of the men at JFK International Airport. Police and the FBI said he was about head to Syria.

Meanwhile, defense attorney Adam Perlmutter said everyone involved needs to take a step back.

"There's just a rush to prosecution, to arrest, to conviction. And I just remind everyone today that the presumption of innocence is still the law of the land in America," he cautioned.

The three men live in Brooklyn but are from Uzbekistan and Kazakstan. The FBI began their investigation after one of the suspects, 24-year-old Abdurasul Juraboev, allegedly posted a sinister message on an ISIS website in August.

"I am in USA now... But is it possible to commit ourselves as dedicated martyrs anyway while here? To shoot Obama and then get shot ourselves? Will it do?" Juraboev wrote in the post.

Investigators claim killing police, FBI agents, and bombing Coney Island were plans discussed by the suspects. The FBI believes their plans were very preliminary, but they say this backs up the growing concerns over the reach of the terror group.

"Thank God we will never know if they really were intent on committing acts of terror or were just talking," Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., said.

FBI Director James Comey said the agency has current investigations into homegrown radicals in every state.

"Those people exist in every state... Until a few weeks ago there was 49 states. Alaska had none, which I couldn't quite figure out. But Alaska has now joined the group so we have investigations of people in various stages of radicalizing in all 50 states," Comey said.

The FBI said more than 20 people in just the past year have been arrested trying to fly from the United States to join ISIS.

The arrests are just the latest examples of the growing dangers of "lone wolf" terrorists inspired by ISIS – and the possibility that more such terrorists could attempt attacks in the future.