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HOW-TO VIDEOS ON MAKING BOMBS AND POISONS. TRACED THOSE VIDEOS TO THE FBI AGENTS -- FBI AGENTS TRACED THOSE VIDEOS TO THE CUDAHY HOME OF WAHEBA DAIS. ACCORDING TO HER PLEA DEAL, DAIS UNKNOWINGLY SUGGESTED TO AN UNDERCOVER AGENT POSSIBLE TARGETS FOR ATTACKS INCLUDING STREET FESTIVALS, SUMMER CELEBRATIONS AND CHURCHES. >> WITH REGARDS TO TARGET SELECTION, ANY INDICATION THAT ANY TARGETS WERE HERE IN WISCONSIN? >> I CAN’T COMMENT ON THAT. DERRICK: THE AGENT TOLD DAIS THEY HAD NO EXPERIENCE IN BOMB MAKING, AND RECORDS SHOW DAIS REPLIED, "NO PROBLEM, MAKING BOMBS IS EASY, AND YOU CAN ALSO START WITH POISONS." DAIS AND ANOTHER MILWAUKEE MAN PLEADED GUILTY IN UNRELATED ISIS CASES ON MONDAY. >> CAN YOU SAY WHETHER, WITH THESE PLEA AGREEMENTS, IF EITHER OF THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE COOPERATING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT NOW TO HELP YOU ALL DEVELOP NEW CASES? >> I CAN’T COMMENT ON THAT, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE JOINT TERRORISM TASK FORCE IS WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK TO FOLLOW UP ON LEADS AND DO WHATEVER IT CAN TO TRY TO KEEP THE COMMUNITY SAFE DERRICK: THE PLEA COMES ONE DAY AFTER A SERIES OF ATTACKS IN SRI LANKA. ALTHOUGH THERE’S BEEN NO CLAIM OF RESPONSIBILITY, IT’S THE SAME KIND OF VIOLENCE DAIS ENCOURAGED ISIS FOLLOWERS TO CARRY OUT. >> WE DO KNOW THAT IT WAS THE RESULT OF HATE, A PROPENSITY TOWARDS VIOLENCE, AND AN INTOLERANCE TOWARD THE BELIEF OF OTHERS. PATRICK: LET’S TALK ABOUT HER PUNISHMENT. WHAT KIND OF PRISON TIME IS SHE FACING? DERRICK: 20 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON AS WELL AS AS MUCH AS A $250,000 FINE. HER SENTENCING IS SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER. A MILWAUKEE MAN HAS PLEADED GUILTY TO FEDERAL CHARGES OF HELPING ANOTHER MILWAUKEE MAN TRY TO JOIN ISIS. THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SAYS YOSVANY PADILLA-CONDE AIDED AND ABETTED JASON LUDKE’S ATTEMPT TO PROVIDE MATERIAL SUPPORT FOR ISIS. THE TWO WERE ARRESTED IN TEXAS IN 2016. A JUDGE SENTENCED LUDKE TO SEVEN YEARS IN PRISON BACK IN OCTOBER. PADILLA-CONDE WILL BE SENTEN

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A Cudahy mother of seven has agreed to plead guilty to trying to plan terrorist attacks on behalf of the Islamic State by distributing information on making explosives and biological weapons.Federal prosecutors held a news conference Monday afternoon to discuss the case of Waheba Issa Dais. She initially pleaded not guilty to two counts of providing material support to terrorists.Her attorney previously said Dais was lonely and sought companionship online, but she never posed a real threat.Dais, 46, changed her plea last month in exchange for prosecutors dropping one of the counts.She was convicted on one count of attempting to provide material support to terrorists. Prosecutors said the woman tried to recruit people to carry out attacks for the Islamic State and provided them with information on how to make explosives and poisons.Court documents said she used hacked Facebook and Twitter accounts to discuss possible attacks with self-proclaimed members of the Islamic State.Facebook security tipped off the FBI.The FBI said Dais suggested using the deadly toxin ricin in a government building or a reservoir somewhere in the U.S. during one of her conversations with an informant.In another instance, she suggested street festivals and summer celebrations as possible targets, the FBI said.In one message, the FBI said Dais asked, "Remember Boston marathon bombing? It was very easy to make. All it needs is a pressure cooker, shrapnel and explosives. Join my channel and research."Authorities never connected her to any attack plots.She faces up to 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000.Her sentencing is scheduled for Sept. 12.In a separate case also announced Monday afternoon, federal prosecutors said Yosvany Padilla-Conde, of Milwaukee, pleaded guilty to aiding Jason Luedke's attempt to provide material support to ISIS.Padilla-Conde traveled from Wisconsin to Syria and Iraq through Mexico.Prosecutors said he also swore allegiance to ISIS.He also faces up to 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000.Padilla-Conde's sentencing is scheduled for Aug. 7.