28 Responses to “Escambia Man Charged In Federal ISIS Investigation”

1. john on August 1st, 2016 9:01 am

   @jackie blevins

   They said when Adolph Hitler was born, he was a very beautiful baby, so what is your point?

2. mike on July 31st, 2016 12:33 pm

   @jackie blevins: his freedom of speech is not being violated. he made false statements to the law. as far as i know this at least obstruction. still, aligning yrself with terrorists in this time, with all the death & destruction associated with them, is not a very smart thing to do. u can’t just claim u were joking.

3. jackie blevins on July 30th, 2016 4:41 pm

   He is a father a husband and a good guy this arrest is wrong you are free to search and believe what ever u want hints land of the free I understand him being fired for doing it from his work computers but out in jail for a min. Of five years …it’s not right not at all our freedoms are being taken and I’m coming in town to protest this not because I know him and know he’s a good person but because I want to stand up for our rights and for the rights of our next generation. In sorry to the people who support this but read between the lines don’t fall in to the media stand up for your rights…..it doesn’t matter what his beliefs where he didn’t and wasn’t planning to harm anyone and doesn’t deserve this.

4. mike on July 30th, 2016 1:11 am

   hmm…same 1 finger sign obama has been pictured flashing while visiting the middle east. it is funny the contrasting pics 1 all hard n sinister the other like wo oh shaggy!

5. Carl Childers on July 29th, 2016 11:04 pm

   I went to tate with him 01-04. He was a really genuine nice guy for a couple years…then he got quiet and dark…im honestly not at all surprised to read this article.

6. James Spradling on July 29th, 2016 6:50 pm

   I have known this guy for some time, he is a big 31 yr old kid, he switches religions every couple of years, he is a attention seeker, I know ppl hear this alot but I have never met anyone with a bigger heart

7. molinoman on July 29th, 2016 6:17 pm

   Okay, I get it. If you’re rich and lie to the feds you can still run for president. If you’re poor you go to jail. Simply being an ISIS sympathizer and speaking out about it shouldn’t land you in jail. Don’t get me wrong all ISIS should be executed. This goes one step further and is a violation of free speech. Unless they have emails where he’s plotting with ISIS.

   If we are at war then okay he belongs in jail. If we’re at war then we shouldn’t allow any Muslims into the country and all current Muslims in the country should be put in interment camps like during WW2 with the Japanese.

8. FredS on July 29th, 2016 1:55 pm

   “arrested on a charge of making materially false statements in a federal investigation”
   I was under the impression it wasn’t illegal to lie to the FBI. Oh wait, just change your name to Clinton and your golden.

9. Rodney on July 29th, 2016 12:15 pm

   If you don’t like this country there are roads that lead out, planes that fly out and boats that sail out. Chose an option and leave.

10. No Excuses on July 29th, 2016 10:53 am

    Also, he hasn’t landed 5 years in federal prison. The guidelines allow for that much. He could get nothing, up to five years for what he is accused of doing. The feds will have to prove it (no problem with the employer testimony and Facebook records), then the judge will decide how much time he gets, if any.

11. No Excuses on July 29th, 2016 10:49 am

    “Robert Blake Jackson, 31, made an initial appearance Thursday in federal court after being arrested morning on a charge of making materially false statements in a federal investigation.”

    @ Molinoman: He’s arrested for lying, not for wanting to be in ISIS. The investigation just happens to be about his desire to be a terrorist. He was foolish enough to make very public statements about it on his FB account, and to use his employer’s computers at work to look at their trash. Then, dumb enough to lie to the feds about it.

    We’ll see what else shakes out of the “cyber” trees when they get finished with him. If you don’t want people to know, don’t put it on social media!

12. Charges on July 29th, 2016 10:46 am

    Let me just clarify, He should spend his time in prison for making false statements during a federal investigation. Maybe during that time he can get straight.

13. Charges on July 29th, 2016 10:41 am

    According to the article he is being charged with making false statements in a federal investigation. He basically lied in an investigation. He can’t be charged for what he said on Facebook, and what he was looking up on the internet. He can be investigated for that, and he was. I do not support him or his beliefs at all, but I do support freedom of speech. This is still America right?

14. Shannon on July 29th, 2016 9:53 am

    What a pitiful excuse of an american! Lock him up, send him away, deny his american citizenship! Dont these sick people here on our soil!

15. bewildered on July 29th, 2016 9:52 am

    I agree with molinoman. And before attack comments start popping up – no, I don’t agree with this guy and don’t favor ISIS, It simply does not make sense to let terrorists into this country, but get on a soap box complaining about a possibly- in -the- making home grown terrorist’s actions. As far as facebook account surveillance for 200+ millions Americans goes – use this technology instead to scramble or delete ISIS propaganda before anybody is tempted to look at it. The same goes for child pornography sites.

16. AC on July 29th, 2016 9:25 am

    He looks a lot less sinister in his mugshot photo on the right compared to the photo on the left.

17. captain willard on July 29th, 2016 9:13 am

    Those Europeans prior to WWII had good reasons to keep Islam out of Europe. Of course you will not learn about accurate unrevised history by going to a Federally funded school.

18. SLIM JIM on July 29th, 2016 8:24 am

    I THINK HE NEEDS TO BE SENT TO GITMO ALONG WITH ALL THE OTHERS THAT HAS BEEN CAUGHT TRADE THEM FOR OUR PRISONERS THAT ARE
    BEING HELD AND IF THEY GET KILLED OVER THERE THEY WOULD NOT
    BE ALLOWED TO BE BROUGHT BACK TO THE UNITED STATES TO BE
    BURIED.

19. anne on July 29th, 2016 8:23 am

    One person? Where are his buddies, I hear they never work alone. Or maybe he is a wannabee.

20. Tom on July 29th, 2016 8:19 am

    Revoke his U S citizenship, put him on a plane to the Middle East and never allow him back in the USA. See how he likes that

21. molinoman on July 29th, 2016 8:10 am

    So let me get this straight. Just saying you want to help ISIS and looking at an ISIL website lands you 5 years in federal? That makes total sense. While we are letting Muslims into our country and letting them try to change the moral Christian majority to Sharia law. Yeah makes total sense. This country is going down the toilet.

22. JJ on July 29th, 2016 7:20 am

    What a loser. Probably had no friends and this was his only social “outlet”. Out of work telemarketer that turned against his very own country.

23. Bob C. on July 29th, 2016 6:52 am

    Have heard our prisons are recruiting grounds for these Muslim Extremists Terrorists.

24. paul on July 29th, 2016 6:46 am

    It’s kinda funny how the look on his face changed.

25. Bryan on July 29th, 2016 6:38 am

    Should have let him go. This is darwinism. Let these idiots go and live with the savages they proclaim to support. Im tired of wasting tax dollars feeding, housing, and taking care of people like this.

26. 429SCJ on July 29th, 2016 6:15 am

    @Matthew, a wonderful idea.

    I was thinking more along the lines of burning him at the stake.

27. Justwondering on July 29th, 2016 6:10 am

    An alleged crime of betraying your country to possibly kill hundreds of fellow Americans only holds five years, just enough time to make a bigger and better plan?

28. Matthew Leon Willis on July 29th, 2016 2:59 am

    Hand him over to a firing squad for betraying us.