Four in California Charged With International Terror Plot Aimed for "Violent Jihad," According to Complaint

The feds' confidential source in the case got paid $250,000 and got unspecified "immigration benefits"

California men charged with plotting to join Al Qaeda and the Taliban  discussed "committing violent jihad," according to the criminal complaint in the terrorist case released Monday.

In all, four men with Southern California ties were charged in the international terrorist plot that authorities say stretched from the Inland Empire to Afghanistan.