bryant begins to emulate his new friends, dress like them, flowing arabic-style robes. but his friends at the moderate sellden mosque worry he is falling under the influence of these radical friends and that they are preying on his vulnerability. i think he is depressed, you know, because the relationship with his family. plus he get laid off, no job, you know, no money. that would lead you to be depressed. they took advantage of that. yes, of course, they took advantage of that, you know. and set him off in the right path. yeah, which is easy to do with someone who is depressed. but it is bryant s next step that really begins to shock his old friends at the sden mosque. he tells them that he wants to join muslims fighting u.s. troops in afghanistan. i told him, do not go. but bryant is determined to wage jihad on america. i want a home run.
resless teenager. he was angry with his parents for separating, uncomfortable living with his father and new stepmother. did he happen to talk about his times, how that relationship was? it was sour, so the relationship between him and his family, they just crumbled. they shattered in pieces. and he started a new life with his friends. alex would become bryant s closest friend. he sits down with me for his first-ever interview about his best buddy. so is, tell me how you first met with bryant? where did you meet him? i met him at the high school. he was lonely, you could tell. so as times went on, i eve eventually tapped him on the shoulders. it was the beginning of a
to hell with america! the leading light of the group, according to counterterrorism officials, was this man, yousef al kahtab. i love osama bin laden. i love him whoa, like i can t begin to tell you. he recently told cnn s drew griffin that he met bryant. how closely did you know bryant neal vinas? i met him one time. one time? that s it. i just knew that he was a good muslim brother and that was it. and you are an enemy of islam! you are an enemy of islam. but law enforcement officials tell us that kahtab met bryant on several occasions. khattab has since left the united states. so we tried to locate ahmed zarrini, the islamic thinkers society member, who we ve been told first introduced bryant to the radical group. khattab has told us that ahmed zarrini was considered an extremist even within the islamic thinkers society.
special. he meets this man. one of al qaeda s founders. believed to be his current military chief. bryant neal vinas. here s an individual, not only has he spent a lot of time in the west, but he s got a u.s. passport. and also just from physical appearance, he certainly doesn t look like he s an arab or south asian. so if you re al qaeda thinking that you re looking to potentially get around customs or some type of security regiment many the west, here s an individual who has a lot of appeal to you, who s just sort of shown up on your door step. could he become al qaeda s secret weapon in a deadly plot to strike its primary target, inside the usa? host: could switching to geico really save you fifteen percent
i happen to understand united states law and constitution and these things and i exercise my rights. counterterrorism officials say that it is through the islamic thinkers society that bryant begins to develop his ideas about jihad and wanting to fight u.s. troops. in a sense they re almost bug lights for aspiring jihadists, they ve got an anti-western, anti-democratic, anti-u.s., pro-al qaeda message. to hell with america! and the leading light of the group, according to counterterrorism officials, was this man, yousef al kahtab. i love osama bin laden. i love him whoa, like i can t begin to tell you. he recently told cnn s drew griffin that he met bryant. how closely did you know bryant neal vinas? i met him one time. one time? that s it. i just knew that he was a good muslim brother, and that was it. and you are an enemy of islam! you are an enemy of islam. but law enforcement officials tell us that kahtab met bryant on several occasions. khattab has sinc