and that operative was mohammed hammoud. >> who gave you the tip? >> we can't disclose that. at this time it's still classified. with this information, i contacted the charlotte office and they initiated an investigation on this individual. they started coming across more individuals in charlotte working together that seemed to have some kind of group. as we got more intelligence from overseas, we started seeing that this could be a hezbollah cell. no one would be looking for them here. this is not new york. this is not los angeles. this is charlotte, north carolina, the heart of america. when the vacancy for the terrorism supervisor in north carolina opened up, i applied for a position and was selected. there is skepticism on the part of our headquarters and everyone kind of chuckled because terrorism was so far from the minds of the fbi.