WKYC-TV in Cleveland, Ohio is reporting tonight that Julio Pino, an associate professor of history at Kent State University, has been under investigation by the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security for alleged ties to ISIS.
JUST IN: Kent State professor being investigated for recruiting students to Isis. https://t.co/amDmg5s857 @wkyc #Isis
— Chris Tye (@TVTye) January 20, 2016
Kent State professor Julio Pino, under investigation by FBI for suspected ties to ISIS, is tenured & will continue to teach for now @WEWS
— Homa Bash (@HomaBashWEWS) January 20, 2016
The @FBI confirmed Tuesday it's investigating @KentState professor Julio Pino for ties to terrorists. Read more in Wednesday's @RecordPub
— Dave O'Brien (@DaveOBrienCT) January 20, 2016
A spokesman for Kent State said the university is fully cooperating with the FBI, which has assured the school there is no danger to the campus.
https://twitter.com/CJFlyer91/status/689620988363984896
FBI comment on their investigation of @KentState prof for allegedly trying to recruit students for #Isis. @WKYC pic.twitter.com/X9zl7GWMOm
— Chris Tye (@TVTye) January 20, 2016
Wife of @KentState professor tells @WKYC he has "no comment" on FBI investigation into whether he's recruiting for #Isis.
— Chris Tye (@TVTye) January 20, 2016
Professor at @KentState denies being aligned with #Isis in @TV2KSU interview. https://t.co/u7AyL8Vd3Q @wkyc pic.twitter.com/K2DcbmjPnt
— Chris Tye (@TVTye) January 20, 2016
Pino, a convert to Islam, includes on his CV the articles “Born in The Fist of the Revolution: A Cuban Professor’s Journey to Allah” and “How a Cuban Embraced Islam.”
Twitchy’s sister site Townhall.com attempted to contact Pino in 2007 about his “Global War” blog, which reportedly was self-described as “a jihadist news service” that provides “battle dispatches, training manuals, and jihad videos to our brothers worldwide.” Pamela Gellar, who recently sponsored the “Draw Muhammad” contest in Garland, Texas that attracted two unsuccessful assailants, published an extensive write-up of Pino in 2012, recounting an incident when he allegedly shouted “Death to Israel!” at a lecture by a former Israeli diplomat.
In a 2013 interview with the American Historical Association, Pino included among his interests “My family, here and in Cuba, Islam, freedom for the Palestinians, and 1970s classic rock.”
https://twitter.com/LilMissRightie/status/689619877120884736
Kent State prof and ISIS recruiter "Jihad" Julio Pino made honorable mention in my 2007 Top Ten list: https://t.co/fgVb2GcoqB
— Patrick Poole (@pspoole) January 20, 2016
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