the site described the u.s. as a terrorist state that was attacking islam. and the abolishment of america s war against islam. reporter: revolution muslim, by khattab s own account was a bug light for muslim misfits. now he is saying it was all wrong. people were scared of you guys. they truly were. and they should be. it was an idiotic thing, looking back at things now. reporter: by cnn s count in just the last 18 months, eight of the 27 reported cases of home grown terrorism saw u.s. terror suspects frequenting, blogging on or directly linked to revolution muslim and another extremist new york group khattab played a role in. do i regret the part that they were on there? honestly, i regret anybody that would hurt an american civilian. that i regret. i think that s disgusting and i think that was never the message. reporter: though law enforcement are encouraged by
grown terrorism saw u.s. terror suspects frequenting, blogging on or directly linked to revolution muslim and another extremist new york group khattab played a role in. do i regret the part that they were on there? honestly, i regret anybody that would hurt an american civilian. that i regret. i think that s disgusting and i think that was never the message. reporter: though law enforcement are encouraged by this transformation and the demise of the revolution muslim website, they are cautious about khattab. the american-born jew turned radical muslim was a rock star in the world of militant islam. just last year, khattab himself was praising a man he seemed to hold in reverence. i love osama bin laden. i love him, i can t begin to tell you, because i haven t seen he s really done anything wrong from the sharia. i love him more than i love myself.