I believe the FBI on this one. He seemed more like a naive terrorist sympathizer than a source the FBI could rely on, especially after pursing a woman romantically who wanted to go to Syria (and after the FBI told him to leave her alone.)
It's likely true they never told him to go to Russia, content on having him simply report what he sees in online chatrooms from the comfort of his parents homes. He was moderately useful but not someone they could really trust for anything more than basic "internet chatroom" work.
It's likely true they never told him to go to Russia, content on having him simply report what he sees in online chatrooms from the comfort of his parents homes. He was moderately useful but not someone they could really trust for anything more than basic "internet chatroom" work.