Would-Be Terrorist Pleads Guilty in Brooklyn A Brooklyn man arrested last year as he was boarding an airplane destined for the Middle East admitted in court on Thursday that he had provided money to a terrorist group that he was traveling to join. The man, Agron Hasbajrami, an Albanian citizen who had been living legally in Brooklyn since 2008, was accused of sending more than $1,000 to a contact in Pakistan to finance terrorist activities before deciding to head overseas to become a member of a radical Islamist group. The group was not named in court documents. Mr. Hasbajrami, 27, pleaded guilty before Judge John Gleeson in Federal District Court in Brooklyn to one count of attempting to provide material support to terrorists. He faces a maximum of 15 years in prison when he is sentenced on Sept. He could have faced up to 60 years in prison if he had been convicted at a trial. Under a plea agreement, three other counts of providing material support to terrorists were dropped. Mr. Hasbajrami also agreed to be deported after he serves his prison term. During the hearing on Thursday, Mr. Hasbajrami, wearing a brown prison jumpsuit, spoke in halting English, occasionally with the help of an interpreter. He hesitated at first when Judge Gleeson asked him to admit to his crimes. Then he read from a prepared statement: I tried to help a group of people who I believed were engaged in fighting in Pakistan. I agreed with the group and attempted to help the group by providing money and myself, in support of their efforts. Mr. Hasbajrami was arrested on Sept. 6 after arriving at Kennedy International Airport with a one-way ticket to Istanbul, where he planned to meet with people who would help him join the fighting, according to court documents. He had already obtained an Iranian visa, according to court documents, and was carrying a tent, boots and cold-weather gear. Mr. Hasbajrami, according to the documents, had written in an e-mail to his contact that he wanted to "marry with the girls in paradise," a common reference to dying as a martyr fighting jihad.