to it, but the other member of this group is now overseas, he is trying to start a new website. it s the same was that the guy you talked to, the guy reporter: that s right. so he s now gone overseas? reporter: by our account he s in morocco. we believe he s in morocco now, and trying to start again, start anew. these two men have had a falling apart, khattab is trying to stay in the united states, trying to get his act together and i believe trying to get off the fbi radar because he s afraid he s going to end up being arrested like the one arrested today. authorities wouldn t comment, but if they re proselytizing like this in new york city, clearly the police department was clearly watching them and aware of their activities. but fascinating development. i mean, did this did this surprise you, drew, when you got this call, that you heard it, this guy had allegedly had a change of heart? reporter: what surprised me is he was willing to go on camera and say this.
the site described the u.s. as a terrorist state that was attacking islam. and the abolishment of america s war against islam. reporter: revolution muslim, by khattab s own account was a bug light for muslim misfits. now he is saying it was all wrong. people were scared of you guys. they truly were. and they should be. it was an idiotic thing, looking back at things now. reporter: by cnn s count in just the last 18 months, eight of the 27 reported cases of home grown terrorism saw u.s. terror suspects frequenting, blogging on or directly linked to revolution muslim and another extremist new york group khattab played a role in. do i regret the part that they were on there? honestly, i regret anybody that would hurt an american civilian. that i regret. i think that s disgusting and i think that was never the message. reporter: though law enforcement are encouraged by
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nonmuslims. we re commanded to terrorize the disbelievers and this is a religion. reporter: you re commanded to terrorize the disbelievers? the koran says very clearly in the arabic language, this means terrorize them. it s a command from allah. last year we met another member of this group, a man who called himself yousef al khattab who said he loved osama bin laden and the september 11th attacks were justified. now, however, tonight he s changing his story. this born and raised american, a jew who once lived in israel and converted to islam now says all those things he said back then he says he didn t mean. so how did that happen? drew griffin tonight, keeping them honest. reporter: by all accounts, yousef al khattab was pivotal in creating a wave of home grown american jihadists over the past three years. the website he ran, revolution muslim, an online messages inspired several would-be radicals. one plotted an attack in new york.