and convinced others to sign up as well. shelton thomas bell faces charges of conspireing to provide material support to terrorists. according to prosecutors, bell wanted to join al qaeda and engage in fighting. the 19-year-old allegedly flew to jordan last september where he began making plans to get into yemen. bell also allegedly made recruitment videos. currently he is in jail on an unrelated charge. the director of the nsa says he has proof that edward snowden's leaks have helped terrorists. he says terrorists are now changing their tactics based on things they have learned since the former nsa contract worker revealed secret surveillance programs. director keith alexander says that is going to, quote, make our job harder. others at a national security forum in colorado worry that the leaks have damaged relations with key european allies as well. snowden revealed the u.s. spied on them, too.