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. in this interrogation document cnn has obtained from european sources, bryant
how to get to pakistan, how to link up with jihadists. bryant neal vinas stands out as an individual who had no real connections to pakistan. so someone obviously had to vouch for bryant neal vinas in order for him to make those connections in pakistan. bryant finds out that someone in his new circle of radical friends ahmed kaiyum does have contacts in pakistan. he decides to start hiding his true intentions from his friends, telling them he wants to go to pakistan to attend a religious score, a madrassas. it s a perfect cover for someone who doesn t want to reveal their true intentions until the end. finally, it is time for good-byes. alex says he remains haunted by bryant s parting words.
just admitted to me that he lied to me earlier in the day when he told me that ahmed wasn t around. he admits now that his son was in fact inside the house. i am told ahmed refuses to meet me or answer any of my questions. but while i m searching for him, i stumble across someone who will talk. he is ahmed kaiyum, one-time devotee of the islamic thinkers society. i first reach him by phone. i m from cnn, yes. his number was given to me who believes that kaiyum is important to my investigation. i understand that you may know something about bryant neal vinas. are you on his side or are you against him just because he accepted islam? snool he. he admits he knows bryant and ahmed zarrini, but he s reluctant to go on camera. he s scared we may be fbi agents.
the targets up here? yes. yeah? oh, we probably shot a good 200 rounds. did he like it on the range? did he like being here and hearing the guns going off? yeah. he liked it very much. he felt free. but bryant has a problem how to get to pakistan, how to link up with jihadists. bryant neal vinas stands out as an individual who had no real connections to pakistan. so someone obviously had to vouch for bryant neal vinas in order for him to make those connections in pakistan. bryant finds out that someone in his new circle of radical friends ahmed kaiyum does have contacts in pakistan. he decides to start hiding his true intentions from his friends, telling them he wants to go to pakistan to attend a
he is ahmed kaiyum, one-time duo devotee of the islamic thinkers society. i first reach him by phone. i m from cnn, yes. his number was given to me by someone who believes that kaiyum is important to my investigation. i understand that you may know something about bryant neal vinas. are you on his side or are you against him just because he accepted islam? he admits that he knows bryant and ahmed zarrini but he s reluctant to go to camera. he s scared we may be fbi agents. 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 american evil empire s going to last too long now.