Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20100512:05:42:00
Didn't stop there. here's our cnn correspondent, nic robertson. >> reporter: it took months, suspicious militants nearly killed him but by extreme perseverance, the young man from long island made his way to a mud wall building in the parched hills of pakistan's lawless border region, where he was at last welcomed by al qaeda leaders. bryant neal vinas spent a year in pakistan. he was 25 when he joined other al qaeda fighters to launch a rocket attack on u.s. troops in afghanistan. we know from court documents bryant was disappointed because they failed. one rocket fell short and they did not ...