offshoot. he was apparently hit while driving in a vehicle near the syrian border. amazing, right? joining us to talk about this and more is the co-author of isis inside the army of terror. michael weiss. welcome. >> thank you for having me. >> this guy's death a big blow? >> it is. he was sent to infiltrate syria and be the one plotting external operations so counter terrorism officials said he was looking to create a t-shirt bomb that could dead nate detonate on an airliner. up until 2013 he was in iran. the iranians say under house arrest. whatever that means. so how did he get from iran into northern syria? the other interesting thing is cnn reported at the time when we hear about the group his body guard had been arrested by the