(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/121210-courtroom-sketch-hmed-730a.photoblog600.jpg)Colleen LaRose, known by the self-proclaimed alias 'Jihad Jane,'stands before Magistrate Judge Lynne A. Sitarski, left,, flanked by public defenders Mark Wilson and Ross Thompson, standing at right, is shown being arraigned on federal terrorism charges in Philadelphia, in a March 18, 2010 courtroom sketch. By John ShiffmanReutersWhen the flight from London landed in Philadelphia on Oct. 15, 2009, the pilot asked everyone to stay seated. A passenger was ill, he explained, and paramedics needed the aisles clear. Fourth in a four-part seriesIt didn't take long for passengers to realize the ruse. Federal agents entered the plane and made straight for the short woman in a full burka.
Colleen LaRose, the woman who called herself Jihad Jane, didn't resist when they handcuffed her.
FBI agents drove her to their offices two blocks from Independence Hall. When she complained of a headache, they gave her three Tylenol and a Sprite. Then they asked her to tell her story.
LaRose, a former teenage prostitute with a heavy history of drug abuse, mangled some facts. But mostly, she told the truth:
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