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A federal judge has ordered the immediate release of a computer hacker who was sentenced to 20 years in prison for helping the Islamic State

A federal judge has ordered the immediate release of a computer hacker who was sentenced to 20 years in prison for helping the Islamic State, and accused the Justice Department of trumping up charges against him to keep him in jail.

The feds are making clear they are going to crack down on what is dubbed the islamic state hacking division of the cyber caliphate. isis is used as a social media as well known. washington now trying to play catchup. it is very important. back to you. >> thank you. to steve rogers, former fbi jointer terrorist task force, scary stuff. >> we predicted this for quite some time. the aways of isis are global. they want to bring the batfield here and the way to do that is to recruit people like this ...

The u.s. is reluctant to get involved. i dont blame the american electorate for this. this is not a force that can be contained by dropping bombs from the sky. >> to that point, youve got the fight on the ground against isis but the influence abroad. we now have a group that calls itself the islamic state hacking division. it reported online a group of names and contacts for a thousands military government initial personnel. some are questioning the legitimacy of the list but some of these conta...

>> why does this keep happening? it seems this year more than any other year this is happening with kids being left in cars. >> thank goodness that person from the bar called in. we have a fox news alert. good morning to you. good morning, everyone. protests remaining mostly peaceful in ferguson, missouri. a smaller crowd gathering in the streets continuing to mark the one-year anniversary of the death of michael brown. police released this video, showing tyrone harris pulling a gun from his...

Army does this on behalf of bashar al-assad the revolutionary in iran was looking for people in d.c. to kind of cultivate. see we have to expect a group this sophisticated is going to have the capability. >> its interesting the technological ev lux we have seen here. i remember coming out and doing stories about al qaedas magazine inspire, answer their social media campaign. isis has taken it to another level it seems like. >> they are slick, certainly slick with their magazine. you never undere...

And phone numbers of commanders captains and major generals. in total, about 100 members of the u.s. military. many of those singled out are pilots including this man seen holding his baby we are bluring his face to protect his identity. it was posted by a group calling itself the islamic hacking community. they are calling on sympathizers to kill service members in their own land behead them in their own homes, stab them to death as they walk tear streets thinking they are safe. >> it could eas...

Members. >> there is no way that all of these people could receive a personal security detail. we have to do things like insure the security of their own homes perhaps in some extreme cases they may consider moving out of the home that is listed as their address. >> reporter: the pentagon tells cnn all the service members on the list are being notified though there is no evidence of an imminent threat of an attack. >> now, there have been other cases where isis reached out to service members and...

Ayman dean. >> i would say its a strong possibility they have infiltrated isis especially with the greater number of people able to approach isis. in fact i would say that the presence of doctors there within isis is a great opportunity to infiltrate, because at the end of the day, they cannot get rid of doctors easily. so i would say, basically that isis by calling upon doctors to come they might have opened a greater door for intelligence services to penetrate them. >> in the meantime u.s. law...

He is holding his hands and there is no party going on around him. there is no large group, no evidence of any social gathering. so there is these inconsistencies that really call into question whether anything occurred in that fraternity house that night and a party or anything else. >> and even the person whose the name you just said who she allegedly had gone out to dinner with. you havent been able to find any existence of that person. i know you even went to i think the pool where she worke...