A man who was planning to blow up the White House with an anti-tank rocket in a suicide attack has been arrested, the FBI has said.
Suspected attacker Hasher Jallal Taheb, 21, was detained in a sting after trying to buy explosives from undercover FBI agents.
He was charged with attempting to damage or destroy a building owned by the US using fire or an explosive following his arrest on Wednesday.
Taheb planned to use an improved explosive device and an anti-tank rocket, and he wanted to die in the attack, an FBI agent said in statement.
Local law enforcement contacted the intelligence service in March following a tip off that Taheb had been radicalized.
It wasn't immediately clear whether Taheb, who was arrested by authorities in Georgia, had an attorney who could comment.
