Daniela Greene

Daniela Greene (born 1980) is an American translator and linguist. Born in Czechoslovakia, she was raised in Germany and became an American citizen after marrying a US Armed Services member. She earned her bachelor's degree in Oklahoma and a master's degree in history from Clemson University in 2008. In 2011, she joined the Federal Bureau of Investigation as a contract linguist with the help of her thesis supervisor, Alan Grubb. Greene was assigned to communicate with Denis Cuspert, an Islamic State member, during a covert FBI investigation in 2014. However, she secretly used an additional Skype account to communicate with Cuspert and traveled to ISIL-occupied Syria, where they married and she became a ISIL bride.

Within weeks of arriving in Syria, Greene came to regret her actions and managed to return to the US, where she was arrested and pleaded guilty. After cooperating with authorities, she received a lighter sentence than other similar cases and served two years in prison. Following her release, she moved to Syracuse, New York, and found employment at a hotel. In 2019, Greene was compared to Hoda Muthana, an Alabama widow who married a Jihadi fighter but was determined to have never had US citizenship.