Twenty-year-old Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari, who was identified by CNN as a Saudi national, was arrested today in Lubbock, Texas for “allegedly researching and acquiring materials to make explosives.” He was in the United States on a college scholarship with the goal of carrying out jihad, according to authorities. His target was the home of George W. and Laura Bush. He now faces a charge of attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction. [CNN]
