few days, and he arrived in lahore a few days before me. kaiyum claims that bryant s told him he s only come to pakistan to attend a religious school, a madrassas, to become a better muslim. i think the frontier, you know, he wanted to go to a madrassas there. u.s. security officials tell us they believe that not only did kaiyum know about bryant s plans to attack u.s. troops, but also helps him hook up with contacts here in pakistan who can introduce him to militants on the border with afghanistan. the land of the taliban and al qaeda. kaiyum denies this. bryant knows without his help he would be putting himself in extreme danger. the people we see out in that part of the world are very suspicious of people who walk up to a camp. they want to see bona fides, someone who knows that person already. a facilitator from that person s home country, for example, who might say, trust this guy.
is helping the group with their plans to return home. those are your headlines this hour. i m don lemon. on september 10th, 2007, bryant neal vinas flew from here, new york, to lahore, pakistan. it had been five years since he d been a u.s. army recruit. a little less since he converted from catholic to muslim. now he was on his way to afghanistan to attack u.s. troops. bryant s never been to the region before. but one of his radical friends in new york, ahmed kaiyum, the acting student is from pakistan. they make arrangements to fly there around the same time. my flight got delayed for a few days and he arrived in lahore before me. kaiyum claims that bryant s
you can be fbi agent as well, right? trying to pose as an investigative reporter. the fbi, we re later told, is trying to track kaiyum down for questioning, but cnn gets there first. he eventually agrees to an on-camera interview in pakistan where he is living. i don t think that the american evil empire s going to last too long now. kaiyum was an acting student in new york. and lead the muslims to victory! before he drifted into radical circles with the islamic thinkers society. i mean, i like what they did, you know, and i joined them on a lot of occasions, spreading the word. you know, trying to get the truth out. and kaiyum is about to play a very significant role in setting bryant neal vinas on his path to al qaeda. zarrini, khattab, kaiyum, all belong to the islamic thinkers society.
least two bridges in the boston area and weather related issues snarled travel. those are your headline this hour. i m don lemon, keeping you informed. cnn, the most trusted name in news. on september 10th, 2007, bryant neal vinas flew from here, new york, to lahore, pakistan. it had been five years since he d been a u.s. army recruit. a little less since he converted from catholic to muslim. now he was on his way to afghanistan to attack u.s. troops. bryant s never been to the region before. but one of his radical friends in new york, ahmed kaiyum, the acting student, is from pakistan. they make arrangements to fly there around the same time. my flight got delayed for a
kaiyum was an acting student in new york. and lead the muslims to victory! before he drifted into radical circles with the islamic thinkers society. i mean, i like what they did, you know, and i joined them on a lot of occasions, spreading the word. you know, trying to get the truth out. and kaiyum is about to play a very significant role in setting bryant neal vinas on his path to al qaeda. zarrini, khattab, kaiyum, all belong to the islamic thinkers society. bryant begins to emulate his new friends, dress like them, flowing arabic-style robes. but his friends at the moderate selden mosque worry he is falling under the influence of