and became an american citizen. he joined the u.s. army. at the same time that he was a u.s. army sergeant and actually working at special forces headquarters in ft. bragg, north carolina, he was also intimately involved with al qaeda, training bin laden s bodyguards. ali mohammed had done what they call casing of the american embassy in nairobi in december of 1993. a five-year span between casing and operation. reporter: and listen to what ali mohammed said in a u.s. court. my surveillance files and photographs were reviewed by osama bin laden. bin laden looked at the picture of the american embassy and pointed to where a truck could go as a suicide bomber. reporter: shortly after the terrorist attacks on the two u.s. embassies, this man, abdul, approached bin laden with a new scheme.
in their holy war against the united states. the attacks were carefully planned. my name is ali mohammed. reporter: this man, ali mohammed, was no ordinary al qaeda operative. he married a californian in 1985 and became an american citizen. he joined the u.s. army. at the same time that he was a u.s. army sergeant and actually working at special forces headquarters in ft. bragg, north carolina, he was also intimately involved with al qaeda, training bin laden s bodyguards. ali mohammed had done what they call casing of the american embassy in nairobi in december of 1993. a five-year span between casing and operation. reporter: and listen to what ali mohammed said in a u.s. court. my surveillance files and photographs were reviewed by osama bin laden. bin laden looked at the picture
mohammed, was no ordinary al qaeda operative. he married a californian in 1985 and became an american citizen. he joined the u.s. army. at the same time that he was a u.s. army sergeant and actually working at special forces headquarters in ft. bragg, north carolina, he was also intimately involved with al qaeda, training bin laden s bodyguards. ali mohammed had done what they call casing of the american embassy in nairobi in december of 1993. a five-year span between casing and operation. reporter: and listen to what ali mohammed said in a u.s. court. my surveillance files and photographs were reviewed by osama bin laden. bin laden looked at the picture of the american embassy and pointed to where a truck could go as a suicide bomber. reporter: shortly after the terrorist attacks on the two u.s. embassies, this man, abdul,
my name is ali mohammed. reporter: this man, ali mohammed, was no ordinary al qaeda operative. he married a californian in 1985 and became an american citizen. he joined the u.s. army. at the same time that he was a u.s. army sergeant and actually working at special forces headquarters in ft. bragg, north carolina, he was also intimately involved with al qaeda, training bin laden s bodyguards. ali mohammed had done what they call casing of the american embassy in nairobi in december of 1993. a five-year span between casing and operation. reporter: and listen to what ali mohammed said in a u.s. court. my surveillance files and photographs were reviewed by osama bin laden. bin laden looked at the picture of the american embassy and pointed to where a truck could go as a suicide bomber.
his threat. his al qaeda terrorists had just struck their first direct blow in their holy war against the united states. the attacks were carefully planned. my name is ali mohammed. reporter: this man, ali mohammed, was no ordinary al qaeda operative. he married a californian in 1985 and became an american citizen. he joined the u.s. army. at the same time that he was a u.s. army sergeant and actually working at special forces headquarters in ft. bragg, north carolina, he was also intimately involved with al qaeda, training bin laden s bodyguards. ali mohammed had done what they call casing of the american embassy in nairobi in december of 1993. a five-year span between casing and operation. reporter: and listen to what ali mohammed said in a u.s. court. my surveillance files and photographs were reviewed by osama bin laden. bin laden looked at the picture