Ohio man accused of plotting US attacks asks for leniency

A man charged with plotting to kill military members in the U.S. after receiving overseas training is asking for leniency at sentencing, saying he abandoned his plans for the attack.In making his argument, Abdirahman Sheik Mohamud acknowledges that he became radicalized after traveling to Syria in the spring of 2014 and that he recruited others on his return home, according to a court filing this week.Back in the U.S., Mohamud "realized the immoral and illegal nature of terrorist ideology," his