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trend, homegrown terrorists. >> radicalization is definitely on the rise in the united states. >> american citizens radicalizing eager to kill their countrymen. vinas is the terrorist next door, the american al qaeda. >> it's clear now the number of americans who have become radicalized and willing to kill for al qaeda or some other terrorist group is on the rise. times square a name by the name of faisal shahzad to detonate a car bomb. but this is a story about an american-born citizen. a name by the name of bryant neal vinas. he interview up in suburbia. he was an altar boy. he lov...

Tracking bryant. but what we do know is that in the fall of 2008 he left the safety of the al qaeda camps and territories here in pakistan and traveled to peshawar. he was detained and swiftly transported to the united states and then secretly taken into a brooklyn courthouse. he pleads guilty to three charges -- providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization, receiving military-type training from a foreign terrorist organization, and conspiracy to murder u.s. nationals. >> this potential information that he had given to al qaeda, that sort of concept had already been used, not...

Tracking bryant. but what we do know is that in the fall of 2008, he left the safety of the al qaeda camps and terrorists here in pakistan and traveled to peshawar, he was detained. and swiftly transported to the united states and then secretly taken into a brooklyn courthouse. he pleads guilty to three charges, providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization. receiving military-type training from a foreign terrorist organization. and conspiracy to murder u.s. nationals. >> this potential information that he'd given to al qaeda, that sort concept had already been used, not only ...

Certainly doesn't look like an arab or south asian. if you're al qaeda thinking you're looking to potentially get around customs or some type of security regimen in the west, here's an individual who has a lot of appeal to you, who's sort of shown up on your doorstep. >> ric >> reporter: somewhere on this timeline, they won't tell us where, u.s. intelligence agencies began tracking bryant. what we know is he left the safety of the al qaeda camps and territories and traveled out and was detained and swiftly transported to the united states and secretly taken to a brooklyn courthouse. bryant wou...

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 launch another. but al qaeda didn't want him just as any fighter, they had other special ideas. >> here's an individual, not only has he spent a lot of time in the west but has a u.s. passport and also from just physical appearance, he certainly doesn't look like an arab or south asian. if you're al qaeda thinking you're looking to potentially get around customs or some type of security regimen in the west, here's an individual who has a ...