re: NYT's ISIS expert: ISIS likely behind LV attack.

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But I'm also wondering if it's possible that he decided he wanted to commit this act, and decided to research in preparation. Well if he wanted to commit an act that is usually committed by Islamic terrorists, then it seems logical to reseach the methods of those terrorists.

But without the belief system, and/or doing it for that cause, then even if used ISIS for his research, it still wouldn't be Islamic Terrorism.

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The issue for me is that ISIS claimed him as a "soldier of the Islamic state",not just that he was Muslim.

If he converted and committed the act, that doesn't mean he is an ISIS agent. If they had no direct link with him, then their claim is only partially true: he converted to Islam.

Allowing them to claim him as an agent without proof is directly beneficial to them. There is no honest reason to do this.