A man who pleaded guilty to charges that he recruited terrorists while he was a top student at the University of Texas has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Rahatul Ashikim Khan is a Bagladesh-born U.S. citizen and the son of a U.S. Army psychiatrist. He told a federal judge Friday that he's not anti-American. He earlier pleaded guilty to material support of terrorism. He's among those the FBI says are a growing number of "homegrown terrorists" across the U.S.
The 24-year-old said he got caught up with people who showed him suffering in the world. His attorneys say he was an impressionable college student who was affected by heavy marijuana use.
Prosecutors call Khan a "violent jihadist" and say he nearly helped a Houston-born suspect fly to Syria.
