Conflict · ISIS-inspired plotFBI Says It Foiled ISIS-Inspired Nail Bomb Plot to Kill Senators at NY CapitolAired August 21, 2026 at 4:16 PM UTCWritten September 7, 2026 at 9:22 PM UTCRead the write-upThis storyTranscript · LOADING0:00The FBI says it's stopped a plan to0:02detonate a nail bomb inside the New York0:03State Capitol in Albany intended to kill0:05senators while they were meeting0:07arresting a 35-year-old Albany resident0:09on August 19th, 2026 after an undercover0:12exchange. The person arrested is0:14identified as 35-year-old [music]0:16Jessica Bowie who also uses the name0:18Aisha Siff. The federal record describes0:20the plot as Isis inspired0:22>> [music]0:22>> beginning in July 2026 with an online0:24pledge of allegiance to Isis and an0:26intent to kill public officials, destroy0:28documents [music] and then flee to0:29Syria. Investigators allege Bowie0:32surveilled the capital to map its layout0:34and timing and bought materials to build0:35a nail bomb including nail materials0:37from a hardware store on August 5th,0:39[music] 2026. A nail bomb is designed to0:41drive metal fragments through a crowded0:43enclosed space which makes a legislative0:45chamber during a meeting a high casualty0:46environment [music] for senators, staff0:48and security inside. The arrest followed0:50an undercover operation. FBI agents0:53posed [music] as builders who could0:54assemble the device, pretended to build0:56it, conducted an undercover exchange and0:59provided an inert, non-functional1:01explosive device with instructions.1:03The device was then interdicted through1:05a transport [music] plan centered on a1:06DoorDash bag intended to conceal, carry1:09and deliver it into the capital. The1:11federal charge is attempting to provide1:13material support to the designated1:14foreign terrorist organization Isis1:17cited in the Justice Department record1:18as 18 USC section 2339B and summarized1:22in early web reports as section 2340A.1:26The charge carries a maximum penalty of1:2820 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.1:31Bowie was arrested on August 19th, 20261:34after that exchange including a meeting1:35with FBI informants who provided the1:37inert device. The account comes from NBC1:40News broadcast published August 20th,1:412021 drawing on FBI statements and a1:43Justice Department record and federal1:45complaint. That coverage includes a new1:47mugshot and surveillance images taken1:49before the arrest documenting presence1:50near the capital and during preparatory1:52steps. Investigators say providing an1:54inert device ensured no real explosive1:56was ever completed or placed,1:58interrupting a plan that would have put1:59a full meeting of senators [music] at2:01immediate lethal risk and struck the2:03central building of state governance.2:04The use of undercover builders and a2:06food [music] delivery bag as concealment2:07shows the method the alleged plan relied2:09on to move an explosive past security.2:11[music]2:11Several central questions have not been2:13disclosed. The exact date and time of2:15the senators [music] meeting referenced2:16as the intended moment has not been2:18detailed, nor has the full complaint2:20beyond the material [music] support2:21count or the resolution of the2:22conflicting statute citations. The2:24record does not yet establish where and2:26how the arrest [music] was physically2:28carried out. The current detention and2:29legal representation status, the2:31detailed evidence for the ISIS2:32characterization beyond the online2:34pledge, whether investigators allege2:36Bowie acted alone or with others, how2:38the DoorDash bag was to be [music]2:39carried inside the Capitol and what2:40screening it would face, whether any2:42functional explosive ever existed beyond2:44[music] the purchased materials and the2:45inert device, or the schedule for2:47initial appearance, plea, and2:49preliminary hearings.2:50Like and follow for more stories that2:52matter.Explore with HeyDexThe shortThe short ↗