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Washington, thanks. >> reporter: you're welcome. jenna: that's interesting to keep in mind. one of the groups tied to al-qaeda is the muslim brotherhood, and as we reported they're active in the united states for years. for example, the group funds mosques and schools, summer youth camps, campus groups. that's not a crime, but one of the questions that we ask as we take a look at this broad, broad group is where with else has the money gone? dennis rommel was the head of the agency's terrorist financing operations section. dennis, great to have you on "happening now." let's talk a little bit a...

Mohammed, his name, adnan shurkijumah. david lee miller is in the newsroom. what do we know about this guy, david? >> reporter: we know two things, shurkijumah is the head of operations for al-qaeda, that means he directs terrorist operations overseas, directly at the united states. number two, here in the united states, he's been here for as many as 15 years. during that time, he had in his possession a green card. that means he was able to leave the united states and return to the united states freely, although he was born in saudi arabia and he is a citizen of guyana, he most recently lived...

>> it has to do with military terrorist operations in the middle east because hezbollah is an iranian creation and it runs the organization but syria controls the territory. >> syria and through it iran are among the world's leadingporters and sponsors of terror. in november, 2008 when lebanese terrorist samer katar was released from an israeli prison assad awarded him syrian's medal of honor. he perpetrated one of the most brutal attacks murdering an israeli policeman in front of his 4-year-old daughter then crushing the little girl's skull. today, though, ear yaw is facing a new problem it's...

Easily than people who have travel patterns that are of concern to the united states. so they are inspired by him, and he knows how to speak to the americans, and he is an effective recruiter. >> as you point out, he probably does not have a whole lot of money in the united states or anywhere right now, and what is in my opinion what is much more significant is whether or not the u.s. government has put a formal hit out on him, to kill him? has he been targeted for assassination because he is involved in these terrorist operations? >> well, it has been reported that he has, but if you talk to ...

And to shahzad with the knowledge was part of the plot. thirdly and most importantly, there was one person arrested in pakistan who was a friend of shahzad, identified to us as mohammed rah hahn, a member of the pakistani taliban and he's believed to possibly be the link between shahzad and the pakistani taliban and the training shahzad said he had overseas in waziristan. so there are a lot of moving parts but what we can see is that there's almost sort of a rush in the investigation right now. a lot of arrests here in the united states and also simultaneously more arrests in pakistani. >> as ...