Law enforcement began monitoring Abu Khalid Abdul-Latif, a.k.a. Joseph Anthony Davis and Walli Mujahidh a.k.a. Frederick Domingue in early June after someone notified them of being approached about participating in an attack and supplying firearms…

Abdul-Latif, of Seattle, and Mujahidh, of Los Angeles, were captured on video and on audio discussing the attack on the Military Entrance Processing Station on East Marginal Way, a building that houses many civilians, military employees, and a daycare. MEPS are where military branches screen and process enlistees…

“Driven by a violent, extreme ideology, these two young Americans are charged with plotting to murder men and women who were enlisting in the Armed Forces to serve and protect our country. This is one of a number of recent plots targeting our military here at home,” said Todd Hinnen, Acting Assistant Attorney General for National Security, in a news release. “The threat was averted by the combined efforts of the federal, state and local law enforcement officers that make up the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force.”