A newly released booking photo shows the face of the Albany woman accused of pledging allegiance to ISIS and plotting to bomb the New York State Capitol in an attack she allegedly hoped would kill scores of people, including state senators.Jessica Bowie, 35, appears in the three-view booking image from the Schenectady County Correctional Facility, a stark contrast to surveillance images released by federal authorities that showed her dressed in a burka during the investigation.The new image comes as an FBI affidavit paints a fuller picture of Bowie’s alleged transformation from a social media user into an ISIS supporter, who authorities say spent weeks scouting the Capitol and taking steps toward an attack.FBI ARRESTS WOMAN WHO ALLEGEDLY PLOTTED ISIS-LINKED ATTACK ON NEW YORK STATE CAPITOL BUILDINGJessica Bowie, 35, was allegedly a convert to Islam and had pledged allegiance to ISIS.She hoped to kill state legislators, according to an FBI affidavit.
(Schenectady County Sheriff's Departments)AMERICAN YOUTH RADICALIZED ONLINE, BUSTED IN SUSPECTED TERROR PLOTS AFTER HATING COUNTRY ON SOCIAL MEDIABowie converted to Islam about five years ago and adopted the name "Aisha Saif," according to the affidavit.During her exchange with undercover agents, Bowie discussed her conversion to Islam, sharing that she had gone from "a little girl waving an American flag after 9/11" to having stickers depicting the falling towers, according to investigators.Investigators said she maintained more than a dozen social media profiles, many of which were repeatedly suspended for violating platform rules.By May, accounts linked to Bowie were sending messages that the FBI characterized as "support for terrorism."NAVY VETERAN AMONG TRIO WHO ALLEGEDLY WANTED TO BEHEAD SOLDIER AND FUND ISIS DRONE ATTACKS ON AMERICANS"Praise be to Allah for September 11th," Bowie allegedly wrote to another user in Arabic on May 28.In another message that month, she allegedly wrote: "When I can migrate, I will p...