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Former Chicago area college student convicted after helping ISIS

By Luke Gentile
Published October 18, 2021 9:06pm ET
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Former Chicago area college student convicted after helping ISIS
More than eight in 10 (83 percent) said it is important President Obama to discuss the Islamic State, with 62 percent saying it is "very important" and 21 percent saying "somewhat important." (AP Photo) | STR

A former college student from the Chicago area was convicted Monday on charges relating to the student’s attempt to provide material assistance to ISIS, authorities said.

Thomas Osadzinski, a 22-year-old former student at DePaul University, was arrested in 2019 after developing computer code that would allow ISIS to skirt software blocking it from spreading propaganda, prosecutors said.

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