she says they lost touch with bryant when he moved into this house to live with his father and his father s soon-to-be wife. but it was an uneasy arrangement. he said bryant couldn t come to terms with his father remarrying. unhappy with his father and no longer speaking to his mothering he was losing the stability of family, losing the sense of belonging, turning to new friends for emotional support, searching for a new identity. it was here that bryant would make a new friendship that would lead all the way to the al qaeda camps in pakistan. it was to be a long journey, and at the time neither he nor his new buddy had any idea what the relationship would lead to. i just never thought he would have done something like this. it would begin with bryant
she says they lost touch with bryant when he moved into this house to live with his father and his father s soon-to-be wife. but it was an uneasy arrangement. his father says bryant couldn t come to terms with his plan to remarry. unhappy living with his father, no longer speaking to his mother, bryant was losing the stability of family, losing the sense of belonging. turning to new friends for emotional support, searching for a new identity. it was here that bryant would make a new friendship that would lead all the way to the al qaeda camps in pakistan. it was to be a long journey, and at the time, neither he nor his new buddy had any idea what the relationship would lead to. i just never thought he would have done something like this. it would begin with bryant s seemingly insatiable curiosity.
discharged due to his asthma. we also ask his friends. what did he tell you about his experiences in the army? he said it was it was good at one point but boot camp sucked. he said it was too difficult on him. by now, bryant is in his early 20s, drifting. he doesn t have much money. and is eating breakfast cereal for lunch and dinner, trying to save money to go to cuba. and he does go, twice. in long island, bryant s getting into boxing. cuba s the perfect place to pursue that. over there, according to friends, he trains with a boxing instructor and for a while dates the trainer s daughter, a relationship that ended when bryant couldn t get back into cuba a third time. yeah, it hurt him. it s illegal for bryant to go to cuba but he gets away with it, both times. by re-entering the u.s. without revealing where he s been, claiming he lost his passport.
early 20s, drifting. he doesn t have much money. and is eating breakfast cereal for lunch and dinner, trying to save money to go to cuba. and he does go, twice. in long island, bryant s getting into boxing. cuba s the perfect place to pursue that. over there, according to friends, he trains with a boxing instructor and for a while dates the trainer s daughter, a rain that ended when bryant couldn t get back into cuba a third time. yeah, it hurt him. it hurt him a lot. it s illegal for bryant to go to cuba but he gets away with it, both times. by re-entering the u.s. without revealing where he s been, claiming he lost his passport. for mitch silber at the nypd, who would later become intricately involved in bryant s case, cuba is a glimpse of a new side of bryant. it s almost a challenge for him, sort of extreme travel.
the long island railroad, the terminals here in penn station and new york. they reacted swiftly, within several weeks of his arrest, stepping up security here in time for thanksgiving 2008. i don t doubt for a moment that since 9/11 al qaeda s desire and intention to attack new york city hasn t dropped one iota, that they still, really, it s the number one target for them in the united states. so having a new yorker show up on their doorstep who could tell them about the long island railroad and other specifics about new york city must have been for them, potentially, a great opportunity that they wanted to exploit. inside a u.s. prison, bryant is getting lonely. he s begun contacting some of his old friends, sending this letter to alex. i know by now you ve heard about me through the news. you ever see the movie