authorities have tied his teachings to notorious terrorists, including one of the 9 11 plotters. the shoe bomber in 2001, the 2009 underwear bomber, and faisal shahzad, who planted a car bomb in times square in 2010 every time they were interviewed after their attack, and to our their arrest from a plant. it seems that his name kept coming up that they were a follower of sheikh faisal, and then it became very personal to us here in this city as he was trying to not just radicalized individuals, um, but facilitate their mobilization to join isis. so we realized that we really needed to do something to try. and arrest this individual that was in 2016. faisal was living in jamaica. the nypd intelligence bureau enlisted an undercover officer who gained faisal's trust through online communications lectures. he portrayed himself this strict, you know, she but when talking to him, everything was totally different. he was
who gained faisal's trust through online communications lectures. he portrayed himself this strict, you know, she, but when talking to him, everything was totally different. he was just straight, like flirting and kind of like acting like like a nonbeliever. authorities say faisal was a master networker. he told him in the connected the officer to an isis fighter in syria. give me your whatsapp. telegram and shoulder. and somebody from us. we'll contact you both men offering to help her gain entry into isis controlled territory. violating new york state terror laws put in place after 9 11. the nypd arrested faisal in jamaica in 2017. later extraditing him to new york. he's the first person to stand trial on charges under the state terrorism laws, his defense argued faisal's words and communications, although distasteful weren't a crime,