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The suspect, Adel
Daoud of Hillside, Illinois, sincerely believes that his lawyers
are Freemasons, U.S. District Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman said.
Daoud, 22, also believes the judicial system "is controlled by
the Illuminati, a secret ruling class, who he repeatedly
describes as reptiles in disguise," she said.
"The government has not shown by a preponderance of the evidence
that the defendant is competent to stand trial," Coleman wrote
in her decision.
A lawyer for Daoud could not be reached for immediate comment.
Federal agents arrested Daoud in 2012 in a sting operation after
he placed what he thought was a bomb in a Jeep outside a
downtown Chicago bar. The explosives were inert and supplied by
undercover officers.
Since the suicide of his cellmate in January, Daoud has believed
that the U.S. government is likely to execute him regardless of
the outcome of a trial, Coleman said. Daoud also faces charges
of assaulting a fellow inmate.
She ordered him to undergo psychiatric treatment that may result
in him being found fit to stand trial as scheduled in February.
Daoud was a friend of Abdella Ahmed Tounisi, of Aurora,
Illinois, who pleaded guilty in August 2015 to a charge that he
traveled overseas to join an al Qaeda-linked group in Syria.
(Reporting by Ian Simpson; Editing by Tom Brown)
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