Adam Scott Hastings, 25, resigned from the National Guard as the federal government probes him for allegedly trying to sell weapons to Al-Qaeda, a terrorist group, according to a complaint that the U.S. Department of Justice unsealed on Wednesday.
Hastings, who had national security clearance, worked as an aircraft powertrain repairer and failed to report travel outside the United States, as required by law, while employed at the National Guard, according to the Justice Department.
According to the department, Hastings offered to provide U.S. Army manuals “related to tactics and the manufacture of weapons” to others and “discussed the advantages of using tunnels to protect armed militants, consistent with news reports about Hamas’s use of tunnels in Gaza.”
He is also accused of offering to sell 3-D printed guns to an undercover official whom he thought was part of Al-Qaeda.
“Hastings claimed that he had previously been detained and interrogated by law enforcement and explained how to avoid law enforcement,” the department alleges. He “further alleged that he made a firearm” and “was interested in creating a nuclear weapon,” the department said.
On June 6, Hastings discharged voluntarily from the National Guard amid the investigation.
