In or about May 2016 the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) informed the Arizona Attorney General’s
Office of the following:

 On or about April 16, 2016, MAHIN KHAN made telephone contact with
During the conversation, KHAN asked if
had ever been to the Mission Bay, California
area, believing
was located in California. KHAN told
, “that’s a pretty good target right
there. There’s a lot of people there.”
asked KHAN if he had chosen a target closer to where he
(KHAN) lived. KHAN asked
to supply him two (2) assault rifles and one (1) pistol. KHAN told
that he would send
photographs and detailed information for his (KHAN) target and made
mention to an Air Force recruitment center in Tucson.
During the same conversation, KHAN informed
that he had reached out to a TTP member asking
for a pressure cooker bomb recipe. TTP, Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan, is a designated Foreign Terrorist
Organization under Section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act and a Specially Designated
Global Terrorist under Executive Order 13224.
On or about April 28, 2016, KHAN sent
e-mail account. While in the account, the

a text message instructing
to access his (KHAN)
noticed several communications with

Upon review of the e-mail communications in the account, the
noted several communications with
Abid Manoor at
. On or about January 16, 2016, KHAN asked Mansoor, “Are
u in TTP? Can u provide weapons?” On or about February 18, 2016, Mansoor responded, “Yes we can
provide you any weapan who r u?” On or about February 22, 2016, KHAN responded, “American
Jihadist who supports IS…”and “I’m a ISIL and TTP supporter looking to perform a MO ( likely referring to
martyrdom operation). I am not a Murtad (apostate). I live in the US I’ll send you a pic. I am 17 u in
Packistan. Need AK and pistols can u do that wanna take out marines and jews. No jok. I support
hakimullah (referring to TTP Commander who died on or about November 1, 2013) u got trust me.”
KHAN attached a photograph of himself wearing sunglasses.
On or about February 22, 2016, KHAN, while communicating with Mansoor, via e-mail, asked Mansoor if
he was a “TTP fighter spokesman” and requested “cookie recipes” (likely referring to an improvised
explosive device (IED) construction instructions). On or about February 24, 2016, Mansoor responded to
KHAN’s February 22, 2016 e-mail questions. Mansoor asked KHAN what type of weapons KHAN wanted
and who he intended to use them against. Mansoor also noted that weapons were not free and that
KHAN would have to make arrangements to pay for them.
On or about February 27, 2016, KHAN responded to Mansoor’s February 24, 2016 message. KHAN
responded, “Ak” (likely referring to AK 47 weapon) and then “Nevermind. Pressure cookie?” On March
16, 2016, Mansoor replied, “Yes avaialbel.” On March 26, 2016, KHAN wrote, “Send me pressure cookie
revepir[.]” (likely referring to a pressure cooker improvised explosive device construction instructions).
Based on the above information, your Affiant believes probable cause exits that MAHIN KHAN
committed;

 A.R.S. 13-2308.01 Terrorism-by preparing or planning for an act of terrorism by seeking assistance in
obtaining weapons, a recipe for an improvised explosive device and identifying potential targets to
commit a terrorist attack against.
A.R.S. 13-1003 Conspiracy to Commit Terrorism-by conspiring with
to obtain two (2) assault rifles and one (1) pistol and identifying an Air Force recruitment center in
Tucson as a potential target of a terrorist attack.