The cable referred to the father's statement that his son had fallen under "the influence of religious extremists based in Yemen," an American official said.
There is speculation among some Muslims in the city that he had fallen under the influence of "Grand Ali", an extremist imam of mythical status in the region.
She said her husband had fallen under the influence of radical imams, adding, "How these people could have turned him and poisoned his mind is dreadful".
In the East, Valens, who was incapable and suspicious, had fallen under the influence of legists, such as the praetorian prefect Modestus.
In April, after Trump ordered an attack on a Syrian airfield, Gabbard accused him of behaving "recklessly," and suggested that he had fallen under the influence of "war hawks".
In Mr. Netanyahu's narrative, the president has fallen under the influence of top aides — in this case Rahm Emanuel and David Axelrod — whom the prime minister has called "self-hating Jews".
