in this interrogation document cnn has obtained from european sources, bryant describes what happens next. within weeks, it seems like he s involved with military action, guerilla action out there. he joins the militants on a mission to attack u.s. bases in afghanistan. in his interrogation, bryant describes hauling weapons to a mountaintop, then aborting the mission as u.s. aircraft closed in. his trajectory, you know, he s shown his ability to sort of surprise us in terms of his, really, desire and eagerness to get into a fight overseas. according to what bryant later tells investigators, he is soon asked to become a suicide bomber and he accepts. he may have viewed it as potentially some type of test to vet him as to whether he was really serious about this. you re going to go through multiple paths, multiple doors, if you will, before someone says okay, we think we kind of, sort
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
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 come 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 describes what happens next. within weeks, it seems like he s involved with military action, guerilla action out there. he joins the militants on a mission to attack u.s. bases in afghanistan. in his interrogation, bryant describes hauling weapons to a mountaintop, then aborting the mission as u.s. aircraft closed in. his trajectory, you know, he s shown his act to sort of prize us in terms of his
that part of the world are suspicious who comes up into that camp. somebody 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 describes what happens next. within weeks it seems like he s involved with military action, guerrilla action out there. he joins the militants on a mission to attack u.s. bases in afghanistan. in his interrogation, bryant describes hauling weapons to a mountain top. then aborting the mission, as u.s. aircraft closed in. his trajectory, you know, he s shone his ability to sort of surprise us in terms of his it was really his desire and eagerness to get into the fight overseas. according to what bryant later tells investigators, he is soon asked to become a suicide bomber, and he accepts. he may have viewed it as
he is bryant neil venus and he is part of a frightening new trend, homegrown terrorists. radicalization is definitely on the rise in the united states. american citizens radicalizing, eager to kill their countrymen. venus is the terrorist next door. the american al qaeda. it s clear now the number of americans who have become radicalized and are willing to kill for al qaeda or some other terrorist group is on the rise. just this month right here in times square, a man by the name of faisal shahzad attempted to detonate a car bomb. he was born this pakistan, but this is a story about an american-born citizen, a man by the name of bryant neil venus. he grew up in suburbia, loved baseball, but he became a terrorist and worked with al qaeda to try to explode a bomb in new york. he s interviewed close friends of his, tracked down other extremists in the united states who influenced venus. this a.c. 360 special investigation is an intimate and chilling portrait of a homeg