WASHINGTON — An apparent misconception caused a local man to face imprisonment and terrorism charges this week. Twenty-two year old Andrew Weber was arrested by police after allegedly attempting to join ISIS. Weber had reportedly been communicating with a known recruiter for the Middle Eastern terror organization.

Weber was reportedly shocked when the police showed up at his door, as if he had somehow remained unaware that attempting to join a terrorist network would invite that sort of thing. Upon being taken into custody, Weber appeared confused while being read his Miranda rights, and claimed complete ignorance as to the pretenses of his arrest.

Yes, due to an apparent lack of cable television or even a vague understanding of current events, Weber was under the impression that the ISIS he had been in contact with was not, in fact, the prominent terror group based in the Syrian city of Raqqa, but the spy agency featured in the popular animated television comedy, Archer.

“I thought it was those guys from Archer! Ya know, that spy TV show? The funny one! I thought it was some promo that the show was running, that you could be a spy, or something,” Weber said in a statement to the press. “It’s not the Archer agency?”

Prosecutors and law enforcement are a bit more skeptical of his story, though. “There is no way that anyone could actually be that out of touch with the state of the world today. It’s just not possible. I don’t buy it,” said federal prosecutor Miranda Havish, the lead attorney for the prosecution.

Weber is scheduled to stand trial at a yet undetermined date within the coming months. At press time, rumors were circulating that his defense attorney was advising a plea of insanity.