Mohamed is Shy

Voices: EB} Prosecutor Evan Bishop. Tidy, speaks into a computerizing microphone. LM} Public Defender Lisa Mason. Tough, smart Harvard lawyer. J} The Judge. Old, powerful, occasionally almost a Southern accent MT} FBI man Milton Trustes. Deadpan yet seething M} The defendant Mohamed. Quiet, shy. Talkative, dreamy, disjoined when stoned Y} Undercover agent Youssef. Domineering, educated, combatative, a natural sher of men. H} Undercover agent Hussein. Some street in him. Less convincing at this than Y. EC} FBI man Elvin Chin. Clean, polite, harmless ID} FBI man Ivan Devine. Suave JT} FBI man Jacob Todd. Squeezed, terse, trying to be MT GM} FBI electronics expert Galvin Marino. Techy OB} M's father Osama Barres. Strong Somali accent. Emotive. <J11> EB} On November 26, 2010: the day after thanksgiving, thousands of American families attended the Christmas Tree lighting ceremony at Portland's Pioneer Square. Little did they know that this defendant had been plotting and scheming for several months to murder them all. The government will present evidence showing that he was intent on violent Jihad long before the FBI became involved: he wrote un-American articles for the on-line zine Jihad Recollections, he felt justied in killing Americans, and he had selected Pioneer Square as his target. The FBI got involved when the defendant's father called to say his son was being brainwashed and heading for the war in Somalia. Given this warning the FBI got involved to assess the defendant: to see if he was all talk or a real threat. During their operation, the FBI kept giving the defendant a way out but he just kept completing tasks including mailing electronics across a state line, viewing a test explosion, and renting a storage unit. He mind was set on violent Jihad. The rst undercover contact was on July 30th, 2010 with FBI special agent Youssef, posing as an al Qaeda recruiter. At this very rst meeting the defendant already expressed his hatred for America and his long standing desire to make war on the West. And, he had already selected Pioneer Square as his target. On August 19th, 2010 the defendant met with FBI special agent Hussein who was posing as an al Qaeda explosives expert. At this very rst meeting the defendant had his plan to wage violent Jihad in Portland fully developed. He just needed a little help getting things together. On November 26th, 2010 FBI special agents picked up the defendant and took him to the van with the fake bomb. It was made by law enforcement ofcers to look real and capable of killing thousands of Americans. The defendant picked out the parking space near Pioneer Square, the defendant ipped the toggle switch on the bomb, the defendant dialed the cell phone detonator thinking that he was killing thousands of Americans. When it didn't work the rst time he dialed the cell phone a second time and then he was arrested. N} Public-defender Lisa Mason opened for the defense and set the scene a year before the alleged fake bomb scare. LM} On November 9, 2009, the defendant had just turned 18, he had taken no action, he had made no statements about violence or jihad. The defendant was using drugs, he was religiously confused, and he was alienated from his family. On this date, the FBI contacted this vulnerable youth and initiated their tried and true procedure for entrapment. You are going to see and hear the defendant expressing unpopular ideas, however, you must put emotions aside

and decide if the FBI entrapped a teenager. In August of 2009 the defendant's father did call the FBI because he has worried that his son was going to the wars in Somalia. The next day the father called back to say that he had found his son and that everything was OK. At this time the FBI started 24/7 surveillance. The defendant was just a regular kid. He was brought up in the US since he was three, he was involved in mainstream college culture, drinking, partying, and smoking pot. He was active on the inter net where he did express unpopular opinions, however, he was all talk and no action until the FBI got involved. In November of 2009, over a year before the fake bomb scare, an FBI agent posing as an al Qaeda recruiter 'Bill Smith' rst tried to entrap the defendant. Agent Smith was running an e-mail shing scheme out of Portland's JTTF ofce and tried to lure in the defendant. This FBI operative rst introduced the idea of taking action in when west when he wrote about how easy is would be to bring an American city to it's knees. This rst entrapment attempt did not result in any interest from the defendant. Smith did, however, le an FBI report describing the defendant as conicted, sad, and easily manipulable. Being a conicted and sad teenager is not predisposition to crimes of mass destruction. Yet the FBI persisted. Their second entrapment attempt involving several agents and, still, the defendant did not respond. He did not show any interest in taking action. He only wanted to proselytize and write his poetry. He was all talk and no action. Although this second FBI attempt also failed, agents did report that he was binge drinking, using marijuana daily, and involved in immodest partying - all inconsistent with his religion. On June 7th, 2010 FBI headquarters in Washington sent local agents the green light to target the defendant and to use everything they had on him. A week later, on June 14th the defendant was not allowed on an airplane to Alaska where he had a summer job lined up in the shing industry. This was the start of a full court press with FBI agents persistently putting ideas in his head, egged him on, and invoking his duty to Allah. It took the FBI more than nine months with relentless efforts by dozens of agents and use of the no-y list to get the defendant to even start talking about violence. This brings us to the critical rst face-to-face meeting between undercover agent Youssef and the defendant on July 30th, 2010. This agent may make claims about what the defendant said, however, this meeting was mysteriously not recorded and all of the original notes mysteriously destroyed. You have to be skeptical about this agent's claims, exercise reasonable doubt, and assume innocence where real evidence is lacking. During the course of this trial you will see and hear tapes of other meetings between the defendant and the two undercover FBI agents and, as bad as these tapes may seem, they are actual evidence for the defense. If you listen carefully you will hear the two older, more sophisticated men running the show. They use powerful physiological techniques including authority structure, praise, religious duty, and the assigning of tasks and giving rewards. You will see time and time again the two older more sophisticated men easily manipulate a naive kid. The government has a two stage process to prove that they did not entrap the teenager: they must prove that the defendant was predisposed to commit the crime that he is now charged with and the they must prove that the agents did not induce him to commit the crime. We will present evidence that, far from assessing the defendant, the FBI was following a tried and true script for conviction - that the undercover FBI agents guided the defendant through tasks in such detail as to leave no room for initiative or creative contribution. Entrapment is an important defense and this time the FBI simply went too far. J} Court adjourned until 9 AM.

<J14> N} The next morning started with legal wrangling about discovery of evidence. The judge seems to decide what is allowed based on whether it is more probative than prejudicial. This morning he ruled that the defendant's hard drive was allowed evidence because it showed predisposition. At 9:20 the jury was seated and sent the judge a note which he read out loud: J} Dear honorable judge the jury would like a written denition of entrapment so we can keep it in mind while we listen to the deliberations to help us determine the evidence. Let's proceed for now. Call your rst witness. EB} The government calls FBI Special Agent Milton Trustes to the stand. How long have you been with the FBI and in what capacity? MT} I've worked 12 years for the FBI. I've worked in cyber terrrorism, counter terrorism a variety of cases. EB} When did you get involved in this case? MT} The FBI started this investigation when the defendant's father contacted us in September of 2009. I got involved in the spring of 2010 when we found out that he was in contact with dangerous people overseas. EB} What was your role in the investigation? MT} I was in charge of undercover operations. I crafted e-mails, planned the face-to-face meetings, and participated in post meeting debriefs. EB} Who was the defendant's overseas contact? MT} He was in e-mail contact with Amro Al Ali who was wanted by the Saudi government on terrorist related charges. LM} Object: Hearsay J} Overruled EB} What does this e-mail mean to you. MT} It looks like is Al Ali is recruiting Mohamed for violent Jihad. LM} Object the witness is guessing J} Overruled, He said 'it looks like' MT} Al Ali is recruiting for al Qaeda in Yemen and Mohamed wrote back saying 'just tell me what you want me to do'. It also made me nervous that they didn't use normal e-mail but developed a sophisticated, covert way of communicating: they shared an e-mail account and exchanged messages in the unsent folder EB} Would you call this a drop box MT} Yeah, this was a drop box and shows that Mohamed was sophisticated in spy craft. LM} Object hearsay J} Overruled EB} In June of 2010 do you set up undercover operations? MT} Yes, Mohamed was trying to reach out to LM} Object, speculation J} Overruled MT} He was reaching out to dangerous people including Samir Kahn the publisher of Jihad recollections. Kahn was later killed in a US drone strike. LM} Object relevance J} Overruled MT} The goal of the undercover operation was to assess the defendant. We worked with our San Fransisco ofce because if their cyber investigation unit. EB} Did you have anything to do with the defendant being put on the no-y list MT} (R} this was the longest pause in the trial) ..no EB} How did you proceed? MT} The goal was to assess Mohamed and the rst action was to draft an e-mail. Agent Chin out of the San Fransisco ofce helped write the rst e-mail in the role of Youssef an al Qaeda recruiter.

EB} Can you read the defendant's e-mail response? MT} It says, I have been betrayed by my family and now I can't travel' EB} And what does that mean LM} Object: the e-mail speaks for itself. J} Overruled it is important to know the mindset of the agents. MT} It means that he will cut his ties with his family and wants to ght for the cause. That's why we go ahead with the investigation and send another e-mail from Youssef setting up a face-to-face meeting. EB} The government enters exhibit 56 into the record. What does this e-mail mean? MT} This is Mohamed's response. He wanted to meet at his Mosque. The FBI doesn't go into Mosques so we emailed back and moved the meeting to downtown Portland. EB} And how did the defendant respond. MT} He agreed to meet downtown and added that he was going to check me out to make sure I wasn't spy. EB} Did that make you nervous? MT} Yes, we thought that he must really be radicalized to be thinking of spies. EB} Were you involved in planning the rst meeting? MT} Yes EB} Was there a plan to give the defendant 5 options? MT} The options were designed to test his mind set. They ranged from praying to martyrdom. If he had chosen option 1 or 2 we would have stopped right away. EB} You didn't meet with the defendant yourself ? MT} Correct, we had two undercovers meet with him, rst Youssef and then Hussein. I met with them afterward for the debrief. In every meeting we give him a way out. His mind was already made up. He wouldn't stop. EB} In August 2010 did you provide the defendant with money and an apartment? MT} Yes, for the safety of our undercovers. EB} Did you ask him to buy a number of different bomb components? MT} Yes, we wanted him to know that this was the real thing we wanted to give him a reality check. EB} On November 26th, 2010 were you present? MT} Yes EB} Did you assist in the arrest? MT} Yes, we handcuffed him and put him in a vehicle. He was screaming and yelling and kicking. He kicked me in the head a couple of times. EB} That's all. N} The judge then called a 15 minute recess and when we got back he addressed the jury: J} I will give a denition of entrapment and will do so later. Ms Mason, your witness. LM} You have a BS degree in psychology? (Yes) In September 2009 you took an FBI course in Islamic Source Development? (Y) Learned techniques in cross cultural communication? (Yes) Tried and true practices of inuence derived from social science research? MT} What's that? LM} Did you receive training that it would be helpful to make someone feel special? MT} We learn how to talk to people. LM} Providing a meal might be helpful? MT} If they ask. LM} Would it move a relationship forward? MT} I was never taught that one. LM} On December 10, 2009 did you speak with an FBI source at the defendant's Mosque? (Yes) And your source was in a position of authority? (Y) You learned that the defendant was hungry and conicted? (Y) That there was discord in his family? (Y) That he was easily manipulated and that he was looking for guidance? (Y) The FBI was actively monitoring Samir Kahn, the publisher of Jihad Recollections? (Y) Mr Kahn was well-

known on the inter net? (Y) The defendant was 17 and a high school senior when he applied to write for Mr Kahn? (Y) The FBI did nothing to prevent contact between Mr Kahn and a US high school student ? MT} It is a free county LM} The rst article written by the defendant was 'Staying in Shape Without Weights' and this was basically a high school gym class? MT} It shows that he wanted to bring war to the west. LM} You testied that the defendant used an electronic 'drop box' to communicate? (Y) This was the same method that General Petraes used to communicate with his girl friend (Y) and it was ineffective since the FBI still intercepted all the communications? MT} OK LM} On June 7th, 2010 you received an e-mail from an FBI superior giving the green light to target the defendant? MT} We wanted to assess him. LM} The e-mail uses the word 'target' MT} If that is what is says. LM} In June of 2010 you worked on the plan to target the defendant with undercover support from the FBI ofce in San Francisco? (Y) Agent Chin was the handler for undercover agent Youssef? MT} He was the contact agent. LM} On June 14th the defendant was going to y to Alaska? (Y) At the airport he learned that he was on the noy list and was met by FBI agents. MT} We were worried that he would join up with al Qeada in Yemen. LM} FBI agents interviewed the defendant at the airport? (Y) And the Portland police had a SWAT team present for backup? (Y) After this meeting the FBI started 24-7 surveillance on the defendant? (Y) And the defendant only communicated with his friends, not the people you were expecting? (Y) On June 24th you sent an e-mail to agent Chin asking how to proceed? (Y) You decided to use religious language in e-mails? MT} We were trying to assess him. LM} The defendant responded negatively to your e-mail asking if he could still help the brothers. Basically, Don't call us we will call you? MT} What's that? LM} He wrote that he had other things to do? (Y) That he would be the one to get in touch? (Y) He did not seek continued contact at all? (OK) LM} He said 'No' and still the FBI persisted. MT} We thought he was dangerous and needed to assess his mindset. LM} You were familiar with the defendant's full FBI le. (Y) You knew that he was drinking, smoking marijuana, and involved in immodest partying all inconsistent with Islam. (Y) In your next e-mail on June 28th, 2010 you invoked the name of God and religious duty to get the defendant to meet and you knew he was a religiously conicted and vulnerable youth? MT} What was I supposed to say, that I was from the FBI? N} (That was this biggest laugh line of the trial) LM} And still the defendant did not respond. (Y) On June 29th you wrote Chin again and advised that he was shy around adults and you wrote, quote 'we are using everything we have on him'. MT} If that is what it says there. LM} On July 10th there was still no response and the FBI crafted another entrapment e-mail and nally on July 16th the defendant wrote back agreeing to meet at his Mosque. (Y) He suggested that they take front seats at the Mosque and pray together. (Y) The FBI crafted an enthusiastic, afrmative response and moved the meeting to downtown Portland. MT} We don't go into Mosques LM} You testied that the defendant's next e-mail on July 26th mentioning spies was a red ag and showed that he was already radicalized. (Y) However, you were the rst one to bring up this idea. (Huh)

LM} Here is your July 24th e-mail which reads, 'You have to be very careful to keep things secret, there are eyes and ears everywhere'. LM} Yeah, but I didn't say 'spies'. LM} It was your decision to have the defendant move off campus? (Y) On Aug 26, 2010 you wrote to Agent Chin that we have to isolate him in order to control his moves. MT} Yes Mam. LM} Your plan was to give him money for rent and have him stay there by himself. (Y) And that is what happened? (y) LM} When the defendant was arrested undercover agent Hussein was fake arrested and kept screaming Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar. (Y) The defendant was quiet and compliant during the rst part of the transport. (y) Then you said something to him in a foreign language to incite him and that didn't make it into any reports, and the reports were quite detailed. MT} I think I said `be quiet` and then he kicked me in the head a couple of times. LM} You just testied that he was quiet before you said something to him. What did you say to incite him? EB} Object, Asked and answered. J} Sustained, move on. LM} During the investigation you had recordings of all the defendant's phone calls, text message, all of his historic e-mails? (Y). You had access to his computer. MT} Huh? LM} Remember the judge's stipulation. MT} We had access to his computer. LM} And FBI reports from 24/7 surveillance? (Y) In all of this information gathering did the defendant show any interest in bomb making. (N) Did you nd any plans to use a weapon on mass destruction. (N). In fact, the defendant was only interested in writing. Kind of like, 'The pen is mightier than the sword'. MT} I never heard that one. LM} No further questions. R} The judge then cleared the courtroom of public and press to protect the identity of the government's next witness, the undercover FBI agent Youssef. We watched on closed circuit from another courtroom. Lead prosecutor Evan Bishop started with the agents background. EB} You've worked for the FBI since 2004 and were previously a software engineers? (Y) Did you receive any social science training or training in psychology? (N). What is the goal of undercover work? Y} To meet face-to-face and assess the threat. EB} What does 'target' mean? Y} The person we're investigating. EB} You started on this case in June of 2010? (Y) What information did you have about the defendant? Y} I only knew his age, that he was a college student and that he had travel restrictions because he was in contact with a known terrorist in Yemen. EB} Was there a time issue? Y} Yes, the person he was in contact with, Amro Al Ali, a dangerous terrorist. We thought he might do something at any time. EB} Why did you use religious language in your communications with the defendant? Y} It was language that he was comfortable with. EB} What was your undercover role. Y} I was posing as an al Qaeda recruiter. EB} Did the defendant send you an e-mail trying to set up a meeting at his Mosque? (Y) Why did you reject this plan? Y} FBI policy doesn't allow us to go into Mosques. EB} The rst face-to-face meeting took place on July 30th, 2010 at 11:30 am. What concerns did you have. Y} He was sophisticated and I was worried that he would see through my cover. EB} Did you have a recording device? (Y) When did you realized that it wasn't working?

Y} I found out a few weeks later. EB} What did you ask him rst? Y} If he has being a good Muslim. And he responded that he had written for Jihad Recollections. EB} Did he ask you anything? Y} He asked how I knew Amro Al Ali and I avoided it. EB} What happened next? Y} I asked what he was willing to do for the cause. EB} And he said? Y} That he originally wanted to have Jihad in the States and then he discussed his dream of going to Afghanistan to lead an army. He said that he would do anything for the cause. EB} Then what happened? Y} I gave him ve options: 1) Pray ve times a day; 2) Get his engineering degree; 3) Raise money; 4) Become operational; and 5) Become a martyr. He responded right away with 'operational' EB} What did that mean to you Y} He meant get a car full of explosives and blow people up. He originally suggested doing it in Washington DC so I asked his if he knew DC. He said no, so I asked him if he knew Portland. Then I told him that I knew some brothers who can help get the explosives. EB} How long did the meeting last? Y} Thirty minutes, tops. EB} Did you do a post meeting debrief? Y} Yes, with agent Chin. He wrote up the report and I signed off on it before I even knew the recorder failed. EB} Why did you praise the defendant in your e-mails? Y} To make him feel comfortable. EB} Describe the next meeting. Y} On August 19th we got take out food and went back to the Embassy Suites to meet with Agent Hussein. He was posing as an al Qaeda bomb maker. J} It is 5 O'clock. Court is adjourned until tomorrow at 9AM. <J15> N} Tuesday opened with agent Youssef on the stand with the public and reporters watching via video feed from another courtroom. Prosecutor Evan Bishop started with a video of the August 19th, 2010 meeting between the defendant and the two undercover agents Youssef and Husein. They are in a hotel room in downtown Portland, the defendant is sitting on the oor surrounded by cartons of takeout food. The agents are standing above him. Mohamed is stoned. <audio.A19 M is stoned. H sprinkle liberally with Allahu Akbars and Insha'Allahs > M} My parents wouldn't let me go to Yemen. H} Really, how long you been thinking about this? M} Yeah, my dad called the FBI about brainwashing. It's hard to live in the west as a Muslim. Y} He is very inspirational. H} Yes, I love what I see and hear. Is he really capable? Y} I think so, you know Mohamed you can leave anytime you want, this isn't for everyone. H} Yeah, There is no shame in leaving. Not everyone can do this. So what do you wanna do? M} Did you know that I am on the no y list? H} Really? So what do ya wannna do? M} I'm a good writer. I won a poetry content in like 10th grade. I can be a rapper. I could learn more Arabic I could rap in Arabic I'd get a souped up rapper-truck and a gangta gun and I'd. Y} Hey, what are you doing! you look like you are eating ice cream. Look me in the eye! ... H} My son, I love your poetry it is so inspirational. The brothers will love your poetry. I've been doing this for like 30 years and I can tell you, you are an amazing eighteen year. I love you already. Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar Insha'Alla. So, what do ya wanna do? M} Last time me and a brother...

Y} What we discussed is private. YOU are the diamond in the rough just tell him what is in your heart. M} Do you see where Polish troops shoot Afghan women for fun? H} Yeah, just like dogs. Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar Insha'Alla. M} It is written that if they kill our women and children then we have the right to do the same. H} That's right: an eye for an eye. Insha'Alla. Y} Oh, we have found a diamond in the rough. H} So, my love, what do you wanna do? M} Did you see those Danish cartoon? Y} We can't let the infadels get away with that. H} Allahu Akbar Insha'Alla. My love, You have a duty to Allah. So, what do ya wanna do? M} I like Youssef's idea where.. Y} You are the diamond in the rough. Say what is in - your - heart. ... M} You know Pioneer Square? H} No M} So on November 26th they have this tree lighting ceremony. If we had a truck. H} You want a truck? Y} That would take like three trucks. This is in your heart! I'm bringing it to your heart. H} I love him already. Y} He is very inspirational. H} I love what you are saying. The brother will love your words. Y} This kind of work isn't for everyone, you can quit any time you want. H} Ha ha, I've experienced some things in my day! There is no shame in leaving. Not everyone can do this. Y} Can your write some poetry for the brothers? The brothers can really use some inspiration. M} I love to write. H} So, how long you been thinking about this? Y} I was always a good writer. Y} How long you been thinking about this? M} what? Y} Look me in the eye! How long have you been thinking about Pioneer Square? M} uh, since the last time (I saw you. We had a walk...) Y} Tell him what is in - your - heart. . H} Maybe the brothers can help. I really admire you, my son. But I have to ask the brothers. How do they know they can trust you? N} Then Prosecutor Bishop went over the video with Youssef on the stand. EB} Why did you say that he can leave anytime he wants. Y} We wanted him to know that be could leave anytime he wants. EB} Why did you ask what is in his heart? Y} Public safety became a concern. I needed to assess his state of mind. EB} Why did you stand over him and say that it looked like he was eating ice cream? Y} I was trying to scare him out of it. I wanted him to feel that this was real. EB} Why did you say that there was no shame in leaving? Y} We wanted him to know that there was no shame in leaving. EB} What happened next? Y} We set up another meeting to assess his mind set. EB} And this was on August 31st? (Y) N} Then government showed video of this meeting, this time at the Marriott Hotel in downtown Portland and, again, the defendant is again sitting on the oor surrounded by cartons of take out food. It starts with Hussein: <audio.A31 M is on a low - despondent>

H} The brothers can help. A lot of people died to get this money but we believe in you. Here is a list of electronics we are going to need. Can you do that? M} Where should I go? H} Radio-shack has all that. You need to mail these components to this address in California. OK? M} what's a toggle switch again? Y} Just go to The Shack they will set you up. When you mail the electronics put in a couple of other things so it doesn't look too suspicious. M} like what Y} It doesn't matter. You're going to need to move off campus. Can you get an apartment in Corvallis? OK, good. As soon as this is over we'll get you overseas. H} We can still get you out if you want to . It would take some work but we can get you out. Y} You also need to nd a place to park the van. It will be a big bomb so anywhere within two blocks is good. We only have two and a half months to plan this. You need to get those electronics to California soon. Can you do it? M} In the spring I'll be married and start a new life. I'll be a good Muslim and pray 5 times a day. Y} You can pray and write poetry and ride horses every day. I'm so inspired by your writing and I know the brothers will love it, too. The van is going to be packed with big barrels of explosives it will take out a few city blocks or more. H} Can you drive a big van, my love? M} Yeah, I'm a good driver. Will you be there? Y} You're going to get a call to pick up the van, park it, then I'll pick you up. The brothers will get you overseas and you will start your new life. You will be an honored poet. M} uh, you got anything to burn? H} By all means, please do. N} Mr. Bishop then went over the video with Youssef on the stand. EB} Why are you giving him detailed instructions? Y} We were afraid he would martyr himself so we wanted to keep him busy. EB} Was this the rst time you discussed how big the bomb was. Y} Yes, and he didn't react at all. EB} At this point you had two and a half months to go. Why didn't you just meet on November 26th? Y} We had to keep an eye on him, make sure he stayed on the reservation. EB} Why did you tell him that he could stop, that you could get him out? Y} We wanted him to know he could stop at any time. EB} What happened next. Y} On September 16th he mailed the bomb parts to California. On September 24th he wrote me e-mail saying that he found his keys. Those were code words he used to tell me that he found a parking space for the van. EB} What did his use of code words mean to you? Y} He was spy-craft sophisticated. Y} The next face-to-face meeting was on October 3rd in Corvallis? (Y) R} The government then showed video of this meeting. <audio.O3 M is not stoned> M} I found a 15 minute parking space in front of Ben Bridges. So if someone is parked there we can just drive around for 15 minutes until they leave. Y} How far is it from the square? M} It is right near there. Y} OK, now we need you to rent a storage space for the bomb. You also need to get four passport photos. Y} I couldn't nd a timer but I mailed the rest of that electronics stuff, like you said. H} That's OK, my love, I can get the timer.

R} And Mr Knight reviewed this evidence EB} Why are the tasks getting more specic? Y} We wanted to test his resolve. EB} Did the defendant hesitate. Y} No, he was determined to kill Americans. EB} How did you proceed? Y} We wanted to show him a real explosion so he could see how real it was. I really liked him and was hoping that he would get out. EB} What would you have done if he said he wanted out. Y} We would ended the investigation right away. EB} What happened next? Y} He was determined, so we set up a test explosion for November 4th. Local police picked out a site outside Corvallis. Hussein and I picked up the defendant at 8:45 in the morning near the Starbucks. N} The government then played audio from the car ride. <audio.N4car M is stoned: GPS navigator giving driving instructions in background > Y} So what do you want to do after this is all over and you go overseas. M} I'm gonna have a wife and a horse and I'm gonna write my Hey, see that river, That's a nice river. I was supposed to go shin there last year... Y} How do you see the war on the west going. M} Uh, maybe a bunch of Mumbai style attacks?..Do you think we could stop (real quick and...) H} My son, you are as close to me as my own head and eyes. So, what do you see happening next in the war on the west? M} ...Oh, I had a dream the other night about some more 9/11 stuff. Y} Very inspirational. We brought a video camera in case you want to make a video explaining why you are doing this. Of course, it is up to you. A lot of brothers want to do it. It is your choice, no pressure. A lot of brothers do it. You have to want it. N} Back in court. EB} Why talk about overseas? Y} We wanted to give him something to look forward to. We were afraid he would do something on him own martyr himself. EB} What did you think when the defendant started talking about 9-11? Y} That scared us. We were afraid he might try something like that. EB} Whose idea was it to make the good-bye video? Y} We brought it up and gave him the choice. He decided to do it. EB} What happened at the test site. Y} We wanted the defendant to see what a bomb would do, to give him a sense of realism. EB} The device was detonated? (Y) Then you drove back to Corvallis. Y} Yes, we got lost for like two hours each way so it was a very long day. EB} What happened next. Y} Mohamed decided to make the good bye video. N} The government then showed the video. It starts with the defendant in white robes. He says that he is ready. After a long pause he says, 'wait a sec', takes off the robes and has on military -style camouage shirt and pants. He starts in Arabic and switches to English: <audio.N4gb> M} <stoned> As your soldiers target our civilians we will do the same. How dare you attack a Muslim land?

Living in America is a sin. To my parents who held me back from Jihad I will ask you on judgment day about your living with the enemy. To my sister I say Fear God. To my brother I say, follow my lead. EB} No further questions, your honor. J} Court is in recess until 9:30 tomorrow morning. <J16> R} January 16, 2013, The morning starts with public-defender Lisa Mason cross-examing the undercover FBI agent Youssef: <Y belligerent, often breathing distractfully into his microphone.> LM} You were not the rst FBI agent to contact the defendant, were you? Y} I don't know. LM} Have you heard of agent Bill Smith? Y} I've heard of that. LM} You testied that you were trying to assess the defendant's mental state and that might have been inuenced by earlier FBI contact from agent Smith? Y} I don't know, sure, maybe. LM} The defendant was not uent in Arabic? (Y) So you and Hussein could talk behind his back. You knew that he strayed from his religion (Y) That he read extremist websites (Y) This he was familiar with the language of Jihad and used it with ease. Y} I though he was radicalized. LM} You knew he was conicted: he was Sala and yet drank, smoked marijuana, and fraternized with women all of which are not consistent with his religion. Y} OK. LM} You knew he was religiously conicted and provided him with guidance. Y} Not religious guidance. LM} Let me remind you of your e-mail. Can you read the highlighted section. Y} Allah has a good reason for you to stay where you are. LM} So you provided religious guidance. (Y) You knew he was poor. Y} Not that he was hungry. LM} You knew he wanted to go to Alaska to work? Y} He wanted to continue on to Yemen. LM} You knew he was working two jobs in Portland? (Y) You gave him cash (Y) You lectured him about not spending the money? Y} I though he would do something else with it. LM} According to the surveillance transcript on October 3rd you told the defendant that brothers had died for the money so don't waste it. (OK) You knew he was lonely (Y) Your partner, Hussein said, I love you, to the defendant on their rst meeting? (Y) He was just 18 when you met him? Y} He told me he was 19. LM} He was still living with his mother (Y) He had a curfew? (Huh?) He had to be home at a certain time (Y) You talked to him like a child. Y} I don't agree. LM} You were concerned that he wasn't focused (Y) You said, you look like you are eating ice cream (Y) that you are like a kid (yeah, ok). He was like a son to Hussein (Y). You knew he was easily manipulated. Y} No, I just learned that last week. LM} You often used praise with him (Y) You testied that you were worried that he would do something else, yet he was under massive 24/7 surveillance? Y} I didn't know exactly how much. LM} In August 2010 the FBI counter terrorism division wrote a memo stating that Mohamed was not a danger and that he would not take action on his own. Where you aware of this memo? Y} I never read that memo. LM} Let's see if we can agree what happened on July 30th. (OK) That was your rst face-to-face meeting with the defendant (y) It lasted about 30 minutes (y) You were wearing a concealed recording device (y) You specically asked for this type of device

Y} I don't recall. LM} Does this e-mail refresh your memory? J} Witness screen only Y} <reading...> OK LM} So you might have forgotten things from two and a half years ago. Y} Unless my memory is refreshed by documents LM} The recording device you specically requested somehow failed? Y} I'm not the electronics expert. LM} Your handler, Agent Chin, was in the hotel lobby for this rst meeting and he could hear you (Y) Agent Chin destroyed his notes (y) LM} It was the FBI's idea to create the good bye video (y) and this video has evidentiary value (y) So you helped create evidence with the eye to this trial. Y} He chose the topic, those were his words. LM} You cajoled him into making the video. You gave him some options with your nger on the scale. Y} I wanted him to make the video. LM} You have made videos in other cases. Y} Surveillance videos. LM} On the November 4th car ride to the test bomb site, the defendant decided not to do the video in the US (y) and to wait until he goes abroad (y) and you changed his mind (y) and it was easy. Y} Yes, but those were still his own words. LM} Let's take a closer look at that. R} She plays a clip of the November 4th car ride to the test bomb site: <audio.N4c> H} You are about to make history, my love. You know with your background as a poet you could write a lot for the brothers. Write something nice for your brothers. Y} You want to write about why you are doing this. It will be inspirational for the brothers. It is up to you what to write. H} Most people want to do it and they usually like to write something to their family. Y} You are a great poet. Write something for the brothers. I can't tell you what to write. H} You write so beautifully, my son. M} ok,...tell me about the horses LM} This is you and Hussein directing content of the good bye video (y) You assigned him the task of making the video (y) and you described the topics (y) LM} On the car ride back from the bomb site the defendant didn't have anything written? (y) he didn't know his audience and he asked you for guidance (y) When you said that you didn't have inuence on the video, that wasn't true (ok). In fact he wrote pages based on your suggestions (y) You told him to address the brothers (y) to write to his family (y) to address American indels (y) and he did all of these (y). LM} Let's have a look at some more evidence you helped create. It was the FBI's idea to have the defendant buy electronics? (y) and you wrote him a list (y) he didn't know what a toggle switch was (y) the FBI provided the money (y) there was nothing illegal on the list (y) nothing dangerous (y) The most difcult item was a timer and he couldn't get that. LM} He got most of it. LM} Why did you tell him to destroy your shopping list. Y} They were components for a bomb. LM} You expressed to the defendant a need for secrecy (y) and you gave him twenty eight hundred dollars to rent an apartment Y} Yes, for operational security. LM} The defendant had never rented an apartment before (y) and he asked you - an al Qaeda recruiter to cosign the lease (y) doesn't that show he is not too bright? LM} You tasked the defendant with renting a storage unit to build the bomb (y) but he didn't know what a storage unit was. Y} Not at rst.

LM} After you told him what a storage unit was he still couldn't get one (y) Finally, you gave him the name of a facility. Y} Just as an example. LM} According to this transcript you pointed at a facility and said, 'just get that one'. (y) You had to prod him to get him to do this (y) it wasn't much of a task. Y) Not in this particular case. LM} By November he still hadn't got the storage shed. A whole month after you pointed one out to him (y). LM} Earlier the government argued that the defendant's use of code words 'I found my keys' to indicate that he located a parking space made him spy-craft sophisticated. But the FBI gave him those code words (y) throughout the operation you had to make sure he stayed on track (y) In fact there were dozens of agents involved in surveillance and at the face to face meetings the Portland Police department provided a full SWAT team (y). It must have been expensive. EB} Object relevance J} Sustained LM} No further questions. J} Mr Bishop, anything on redirect. EB} Just a few questions you honor. EB} Why was religious language used? Y} That's what he was comfortable with. EB} The defendant had plane tickets to Alaska. Did he want to travel on from there? Y} Yes, he wanted to go to Yemen and make war on the west. EB} Why did you have him get an apartment? Y} Operational security. He was dangerous, we needed to keep an eye on him. EB} Did he express interest in driving the van into a crowd a blowing himself up? Y} Yes, he did. EB} Why did you say, it looks like you are eating ice cream? Y} He talked so casually about killing so many Americans like he was eating ice cream. EB} Was the defendant manipulable? Y} No, he knew that he wanted to kill Americans before I met him. EB} Ms Mason implied that you suggested the video, but you didn't tell him exactly what to say? Y} Those were his own words. EB} Why did you tell him to burn the shopping list? Y} It was a recipe for a huge bomb. EB} Why didn't you just rent the storage unit yourself? Y} We needed to test his resolve, to give him a chance to get out. EB} What if the defendant wanted out. Y} We would have stopped right away. EB} No more questions. J}Ms Mason, recross? LM} No further questions. J} Call your next witness. EB} The government calls Hussein to the stand. EB} Hussein is not your true name. (Y) You are currently undercover (Y) You were a police ofcer in narcotics for 20 years (Y) and joined the JTTF in 2003 (y) You went to FBI undercover school (y) were born in an Arabic speaking country (y) and you are a Muslim (y) EB} How did you get involved in this case. H} Agent Chin called me in August of 2010. EB} What was your role? H} I was posing as an al Qaeda bomb maker. EB} What was the goal of your undercover operation. H} Our purpose was to assess the defendant. EB} How did you start? H} We found out that the recorder failed on the rst undercover meeting and we wanted to recapture that.

EB} Your rst meeting with the defendant was on August 19th (y) And you wore a body wire (y) What happened at this meeting? H} We started with small talk. It was important to get him to like me so that we could get all of the facts. Then the defendant came up with the target of Pioneer Square. EB} What did he tell you he wanted to do? H} He came up with the idea to get a truck full of explosives and blow people up at the tree lighting ceremony on November 26th. EB} Why did you ask him what was in his heart? H} Our goal was to assess, so his mind set was important. He said we have to do something about the attacks on Muslim countries he felt justied in killing Americans. EB} Why did you give the defendant positive feedback? H} I was playing my role. EB} Did you give the defendant options? (y) How many times did you say that he could just walks way and there would be no shame? H} I told him he could get out at least two or three times, no shame. EB} Why did you try to talk the defendant out of his plan to blow up Americans? H} We wanted to see how determined he was he never hesitated. EB} At your second meeting with the defendant you said again that he could stop at any time. H} He came up with the plan and he wanted to continue. EB} Why did you give the defendant the task of buying bomb components? H} I wanted to give him to touch and feel of the components, I wanted to give him a sense that this is real. EB} Were the tasks you gave him difcult? H} That increased over time. We did it to test his resolve and to give him a chance to stop. EB} Did he ever hesitate? H} (sigh) No, he just kept going. EB} What was the purpose of your meeting on October 3rd in Corvallis? H} We wanted to see his state of mind. EB} Why did you ask him at this meeting if he wanted to get out? H} We wanted him to know that he could get out. EB} And what if he said yes? H} We would have stopped right away, it would have been over. EB} Did you read his poetry and complement him? H} Yes, I was amazed at how good his poetry was. It was not false praise. EB} Why did you have him witness a real explosion? H} To make it real for him, to give him the sound and smell of a real explosion. EB} Did the defendant give you anything at the start of the trip? H} Yes, a USB drive with the Pioneer Square plan. He came up with a sophisticated plan, he picked out backup parking spaces and mapped out an escape route to I-5. He was really planning this for a long time. EB} No more questions. J} Court adjourned until 9 tomorrow morning. <J17> N} Thursday morning started with a discussion of admissible evidence before the jury was seated. LM} Your honor, our defense depends on the assertion that the agents were not acting to assess the defendant but rather to craft evidence leading to a conviction. In order to do this we need to attack the integrity of the investigation. Agent Bill Smith's intent was not deemed relevant and not admitted. Some evidence from Agent Trustes was similarly denied. As you know, after several of the undercover meetings the agents forgot to turn off their microphones and the jury needs to hear this. For example, after the August 19th meeting all of the agent are excited that 'the kid took the bait'. This is the opposite of what the agent is claiming on the stand that he sympathetic and that he was trying to dissuade him. J} I'm concerned that these outtakes would be more prejudicial than probative. If you want to impeach the witness, you have to lay the foundation. Ask him, 'were you excited' and if he says no then you can play the clip. LM} The outtakes are important in two ways: factually and the tone of the agent's voice is also telling it shows most clearly the agent true intent. J} The defense needs to ask factual questions and only if there is denial can you play the clip. LM} Your honor, you have allowed the prosecution to show the jury full issues of Jihad Recollections complete with images of Osama bin Laden and of the aming twin towers in the 9-11 attacks. These outtakes are certainly

less prejudicial and more probative. They are independently admissible. J} That is not clear. LM} Can I play the tapes if there is a contradiction with testimony? J} Only if there is a direct denial. LM} how... J} That is my decision. Call in the Jury. N} Public defender Lisa Mason then began her cross-examining of undercover FBI agent Hussein. Press and public are still sequestered to protect his ongoing cover. Ms Mason starts by going over the agents training. LM} You've worked as a police ofcer? H} Yes, for 20 years. LM} You've been full time with the FBI since 2004 (y) so you've received additional training with the FBI (y) taken classes in interpersonal skills (y) strategic Islamic source development (y) you have a BS is science (y) training in denial and deception (y) in psychology (n) LM} You've had training in establishing rapport (y) how to relate to other people (y) how to interrogate (y) and psychology has been a part of it H} Sure, if you say so LM} You've spent time working in narcotics (y) undercover operations (y) you are familiar with informants working their way up the drug chain (y) you have supplied targets with drugs (y) set them up for the big bust (y) and you are good at it. H} I don't know about that. LM} You've been undercover for the past six years (y) you know how to portray yourself as something you are not (y) your job is to get people to believe you when you are not telling the truth (y) and you've testied in front of a jury a fair amount. H} That's different LM} And you've testied in front of a jury a fair amount. (OK) LM} Sometimes you want someone as a defendant (y) sometimes as a source (y) you took an authoritative role with this defendant. H} I wouldn't say that. LM} You said that you had been doing this for thirty years H} That's ne. LM} As part of establishing rapport you showed that you liked him (y) showed him respect (y) got him to follow you (n) to listen to you (n) you praised his poetry H} I meant it. LM} You also took on the role of a religious gure H} No, my role was a bomb maker. LM} Prior you your rst meeting with the defendant on August 19th you had planning meetings with other agents (y) roles were planned out (y) part of the plan was for Youssef to say that you were a religious person H} I am a Muslim. LM} You also treated the defendant like a kid. H} No, he was an adult. LM} You asked if he had to be home at a certain time (y) you praised and attered him and called him an amazing eighteen year old. H} I was developing rapport. LM} You are aware that the recording devices were left on after this meeting (y) you don't use religious language then H} OK. LM} You testied that the defendant came up with the Pioneer Square plan on his own (y) LM} Let's listen to a clip from that meeting <audio.A19> H} My son, I love your poetry it is so inspirational. The brothers will love your poetry. I've been doing this for like 30 years and I can tell you, you are an amazing eighteen year. I love you already. Allah Akbar Allah Akbar . So, what do ya wanna do? D} at our last meeting a brother and I were (talking...) Y} Just tell him what you said last time what is in - your - heart

N} back in court. LM} Did Youssef direct the defendant to answer about Pioneer Square H} I wouldn't say that. LM} If Youssef hadn't inturupted him he might have said something else? PK} Object - asking the witness to speculate. J} Sustained LM} You and Youssef were part of a very large team of agents present that day? PK} Object relevance J} Sustained LM} There were support agents working on electronics (y) at planning meetings (y) and debriengs (y) you testied that you knew almost nothing about the defendant before your rst meeting on August 19th (y) So you were unaware that the FBI was e-mailing the defendant since November 2009 - --- that FBI agent Bill Smith rst suggested taking action in the west --- that the defendant had been under surveillance for a year. H} I don't know about any of that. LM} You WERE aware of the July 30th meeting (y) as far as you know this was the rst face-to-face meeting between the defendant and the FBI (y) and the recorder didn't work. H} I didn't see that report. LM} did you have access to FBI e-mails sent in August, September and October describing the defendant as easily manipulable --- religiously conicted --- in search of guidance and describing to you in detail what you were supposed to do and say? H} I never saw those e-mails. LM} Did you have ACCESS to FBI e-mails describing in detail what you were supposed to do and say and weren't these instructions based on the defendants psychological prole? H} I was cc'ed but I never opened those e-mails. LM} When the tape recorder is left on you are out of role (y) you talked about what occurred (y) you talked about next steps (y) After the August 19th meeting you talked about having the defendant do things in a way that would look sexy. H} If that's what it says there. LM} On September 7th the tapes were left on again (y) and you asked 'is everything off' (y) so you were speaking freely (y) and you said 'we have enough evidence' (y) you didn't even want to debrief you said I'm done here, he's cooked. H} If you say so SW) Is that what YOU said. LM} Object - asked and answered J} Sustained LM} The outtakes show the truth H} I am out of role LM} When talking with the other agents you are talking in a truthful manner (y) and the talk is about gathering evidence not about assessment (OK) LM} On September 19 you left your recorder on again (y) you are talking about evidence (y) you are talking about the trial (y) about how things would look in front of a jury (y) LM} The outtakes show that you wanted it to seem like you were giving him options EB} I object to 'seem' - he is asking the witness to speculate. J} Sustained LM} When purporting to give an out, the other agent would break in with a task. You and your partner would double team the defendant, give him the old 1 2 H} I disagree LM} Did you not say.. J} We have covered this, next line of questioning Mr. Wax. LM} Your honor .. J} Next line of questioning. LM} Your rst meeting with the defendant was August 19th (y) You asked him 'when did you rst think of this'

8 or 9 times (y) The defendant was talking about religion rather than terror and your partner brings the conversation to Mujahadeen (y) and the defendant says 'I don't know about that' (y) and continues to speak about religion (y) your partner brings up Mujahadeen a second time (y) and then a third time (y). LM} What is a hadith? H} That refers to the prophet's quotes and religious stories. LM} The defendant liked to talk about stories (y) some stories are about how to live (y) how to respect your elders (y) how to prepare food (y) some stories are about ghting (y) and these are stories from the old and new testiment? (y) LM} You called the defenant 'my son' and said that he was as close to you as your head and eyes H} I was playing my role J} How much longer with this witness Mr Wax LM} Several more hours, your honor. J} <irritated, bored> proceed LM} Do you recall discussing the humiliation of Muslim's around the world. (y) and you reinforce him when he speaks of violence. H} I don't remember. LM} Let's refresh your memory. This is from your rst meeting with the defendant. <audio.A19> MM} Do you see where polish troops are killing Afghan women for fun? H} Yeah, just like dogs, Allahu Akbar. Allahu Akbar, InshaAllah LM} Where you reinforcing him when he spoke of violence H} I was just playing my role. LM} Let's play the tape a little further. <audio.A19> H} I love him already. Y} He is very inspirational. H} I love what you are saying. The brother will love your words. Y} This kind of work isn't for everyone, you can quit any time you want. H} Ha ha, I've experienced some things in my day! There is no shame in leaving. Not everyone can do this. Y} Can your write some poetry for the brothers? The brothers can really use some inspiration. LM} Is this an example of you and your partner giving him an out? H} We gave him an way out at every meeting. He was determined to kill Americans. LM} In the exchange we just heard, you do not even engage the defendant, do you? H} I disagree LM} In fact, he doesn't say a word. H} If he said stop, we would have stopped right away. LM} You don't give him a chance to respond. You state that there was no shame and then ask about a task. H} I wouldn't describe it that way. LM} Would it sound that way to the defendant? H} that's ne LM} The 5th time you ask, 'So, how long you been thinking about this', the defendant nally answers (y) and he said, since I was 15, since the Mumbia attacks (y) But the defendant was 17 in 2008 when the Mumbia attacks occurred. (True) Did you get the sense that he was living in a fantasy world? (n) Do you recall the defendant talking about being a rapper (y) gettin a gansta gun (y) wouldn't you call that a teenage fantasy? H} He sounded dangerous. LM} Did you promise him a souped up rapper-truck when it was all over (y) LM} The 6th time you asked, 'So how long you been thinking about Jihad', he talked about religion (y) and started babbling about riding horses (y) Do you remember your partner asking for a 7th time, 'So how long you been thinking about this', H} I don't remember

LM} Let's play that tape then of the 7th and 8th time the defendant was prompted with , 'So how long you been thinking about this': <audio.A19> Y} How long you been thinking about this? M} what? Y} Look me in the eye! How long have you been thinking about Pioneer Square? M} uh, since the last time I saw (you. We had a walk...) Y} Just tell him what is in - your - heart. LM} Why did you and your partner ask him 8 or 9 times 'how long you been thinkin bout this'? Wasn't this part of the FBI's tried and true method of crafting evidence? H} I didn't open that e-mail. He was dangerous. We needed to assess his mindset. LM} Another tried and true method is giving the defendant false outs and you and your partner were so good at this. Let's listen to the tape of the November 4th car ride to the FBI's test bomb site for another so called out. <audio.N4c> H} We are still going to have to bring this before the Council. How do we know we can trust you, my love? Ms} <barely resposed> hmm? H} (trying another prompt) What would you do if you didn't meet us, my love? M} I'd go to Yemen and learn Arabic. It is hard to live here. When I fast my friends are all eating. Arabic is a beautiful language for poetry. I don't remember much from before. I'll be a good student and give up all this... spend my days writing poetry, riding horses, I'll get a wife, everyone will like my poetry H} Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar insha'Allah, I don't know if that is going to be enough. My love, you are such a diamond in the rough. Y} What would you do if you never met us. MM} I've got a brother at the Embassy there and another brother at the university. Once I learn Arabic I can write my poetry for the brothers. LM} The prompt ' What would you do if you didn't meet us, my love' is part of the FBI's tried and true path to conviction. H} I didn't open any of those e-mail. My job was to assess a terrorist threat LM} His rst answer was to study Arabic in Yemen? (y) His second answer is to study Arabic in Yemen and write poetry for the brothers (y) On the forth or fth 'what would you have done if you didn't meet us' prompt he nally says something about weapons (y) LM} Let's play a clip of another so called out J} <irritated> How much longer with this witness LM} A few more questions, you honor. <audio.N4c> H} (trying another prompt) There is no shame if you want to stop. Y} We want you to know that you always have a choice, it is up to you. H} We will be disappointed, you can always MM} <presumably gestures> Y} See how smart he his! LM} This is you and your partner going through a series of prompts until you get something that looks good enough for this jury H} I wanted him to know that he could stop at any time. <17.21> LM} Let's go back to some of the out takes where you neglected to turn the recording device off and see how that relates to your persona on the witness stand. You testied that you were assessing the defendant (y) and here in court you expresses dismay, sadness to the jury. H} I liked him a lot. LM} The outtakes tell a different story. After the August 19th meeting you stated that you had 'hooked the kid' (y) and you were happy about this (y) and used graphic, sexual language to express yourself (y) there were congratulations all around (y) you said that agent Marino must be your good luck charm (y) (y) there was no

sadness (y) You said that this was too good to be true (y) You also state in the outtakes that this is something he could never do on his own (y) and this is consistent with internal FBI reports. H} I don't know. I never opened any of those e-mails. LM} Were you aware of the January FBI e-mails from Bill Smith telling the defendant how easy it would be to bring any western city to its knees (n) were you aware of the e-mails from Youssef leading up to your rst faceto-face (n) You were not present at the July 30th unrecorded meeting between Youssef and the defendant? (true) you don't know what instructions or coaching Youssef might have given the defendant at that meeting? (true) Were you aware of internal FBI reports labeling the defendant as easily manipulable? Religiously conicted? Looking for guidance? Shy around adults? H}I never opened any e-mail. I didn't know any of that. I like to go in cold. LM} Your perception was the the defendant came to the August 19th meeting with a plan? (y) Let's have a listen <audio.A19> M} Did you see those Danish cartoon? Y} We can't let them get away with that. H} You have a duty to Allah. So, what do ya wanna do? M} I like Youssef's idea where.. Y} You are the diamond in the rough. Say what is in - your - heart. LM} Does that sound like someone with a master plan? H} He was the rst one to mention Pioneer Square. LM} You instructed him to nd a place to park (y) you decided what kind of vehicle to use (y) you told him what electronic to buy (y) and the tasks are very specic and leave no room for initiative. H} He said he wanted a bomb. LM} You wrote a shopping list for the 'bomb parts'. (y) you told him where to buy them (y) nothing on the list was illegal or dangerous (y) you gave him money to buy the parts (y). You said to him, 'the less you know the better' (y) You gave specic instruction about the parking spaces (y) about making the google map (y) The FBI presented the defendant with the plan, a plan that had been in the works for years. H} He was the rst one to mention Pioneer Square to me. It was his idea. LM} On October 3rd, you and your partner bring up the idea for a test bomb (y) <17.25> LM} Each of the steps of this plan is presented by you and Youssef (y) LM} The November 4th test bomb was completely orchestrated by the FBI (y) the defendant had nothing to do with the plan (true) You say again to the defendant 'the less you know the better' (y) You were at the site the day before with several other agent (y) the FBI constructed the test bomb (y) you instructed the defendant to dial the phone (y) he messed up a couple of time and you had to tell him the numbers two or three time (y). LM} On the car ride back you get lost for two hours. H} Yeah, we got lost for like two hours on the way there and the way back. LM} You had been to the site the day before (y) and you didn't get lost then (true) you had a GPS navigation system in the car (y) and that was working (y) LM} Let's nish up with audio from the car ride back. <audio.N4> H} Do you know anything about explosives, my love. MM} No, except for Piccolo Pete. You know the one you put in a Gator Aid bottle? LM} <incredulous> Piccolo Pete - the one you put in a Gator Aid bottle? He is telling a al Qaeda bomb maker about Piccolo Pete? Did this make you think he wasn't too bright? H} We needed to assess his mind set. LM} No more questions. J} Mr Bishop, anything on redirect? EB} Thank you, your honor. EB} On the very rst meeting with the defendant, who said 'explosive' rst. H} The defendant did.

EB} How long into that rst meeting did he start talking about explosives? H} Is was about 10 minutes into the very rst meeting. EB} All you asked him is, 'what do you want' (y) EB} Why didn't you have any information going into that rst meeting? H} I like to go in cold. EB} In addition to assessing, was you job also to collect evidence. H} Of course. EB} <bored> Why do you keep giving him ways out? H} We wanted him to know that he could stop at anytime, that there would be no shame, I really liked him. EB} Why do you keep asking him how long have you been thinking about this? H} We were interested in his mindset. EB} No more questions, you honor. <17.27> J} Ms Mason, recross? LM} You only had to say, 'what do you want' (y) Do you remember that Youssef then interrupting the defendant (y) instructed the defendant to relate what they talked about at the unrecorded July 30th meeting? H} I don't see it like that. LM} No more questions. J} Next witness, Mr Bishop. EB} The government calls Youssef back to the stand. EB} Leading up to November 26th bomb attempt at Pioneer Square, did the defendant ever hesitate? (n) What was his demeanor? Y} He was excited. EB} Can you go over the chronology on November 26th? Y} I picked up the defendant in Beaverton, we went to the Home Depot, we met Hussein at the hotel, we went to take a look at the van, and then went back to the hotel for a meal. EB} What did the defendant do the night before. Y} He told me he went shopping. He was happy. EB} Why were you nervous. Y} For Mohamed consequences, we had built a relationship. EB} When is the last time you saw him. H} After arming the bomb at Pioneer Square, they dropped me off at the train station. The defendant seemed at peace. EB} No more questions, you honor. J} Ms Mason? LM} You are trained in covert operations (y) you take on different roles (y) you are trained to fool people (y) and you are good at it (I don't know about that) You were trained by the FBI to testify (N) <she is surprised by this and continues> You are trained by the FBI as to what has evidentiary value (y) you testied that this was all the defendant's plan (y) that it was his idea to pick Pioneer Square (y) his idea to use a van (y) but the FBI decided the size of the van (y) the size and components of the fake bomb (y) it was the FBI's idea to use nails in the fake bomb (y) the FBI designed the fake bomb (y) LM} Do you remember the phone call between you and the defendant on November 21 just a few days before the FBI fake bomb scare? Y} Vaguely, that was a while ago. LM} And there is no recording of this call Y) I forgot to start the device. LM} It was about a 10 minute call (y) you debriefed with your handler, Elvin Chin after the call? (y) LM} And Agent Chin's report does not include this call Y} I just learned about that last week. LM} What did you talk about Y} I think it was just small talk. I don't remember any facts.

LM} Hussein testied that the defendant came up with the idea of getting 3 parking spaces (y) and characterized this as the defendant taking initiative? (y) In fact you told him explicitly to nd 3 parking space (ok) LM} You and your partner made mistakes during the undercover operation (y) you got out of role (y) and you said in an outtake, 'how could he possibly not know?' (y) You said to the defendant that you were as excited as a kid before Christmas (y) and you were posing as a Muslim (y) and the defendant did not catch on (y) On another occasion, when talking about Starbucks, you said 'I don't want to support those Palestinians' and then said, 'oh, I mean those Israelis' (y) and still the defendant did not catch on (y) another agent said, 'I thought he would have smelled a rat a few innings ago' (y) You thought he was not to bright. Y} I thought he wanted to kill Americans LM} On August 28th you had a 10 minute phone call with the defendant that was also not recorded Y} I don't remember that one. J} It is getting late. Court adjouned until 9 tomorrow morning. <J18> R} The morning started as usual with a discussion of discovery of evidence. At 9:10 he jury sits, press and public are still sequestered in another courtroom. Ms Mason picks up her cross-examination of the undercover FBI operative going as Youssef. LM} This whole plan was unbelievable. Y} I disagree LM} You told the defendant that the plan was going on for 4 years and that is was funded by the brothers. Y} huh? LM} You were going to supply the van (y) the fake bomb (y) the test site (y) the test bomb (y) and you needed the defendant to nd a parking space? (y) you knew that he didn't have a drivers license (huh?) LM} Let's listen to the audio from November 2nd. You are talking about plans for the 26th. <audio.N2> Y} I'll pick you up at the hotel and drop you off at the van. MM} Uh, you know I don't have my license? Y} What! Wait, that could be a problem. MM} I have my permit. I can drive with a parent in the front seat. Maybe Husein can say he is my Dad. Y} <tired> You're gonna have to at least park the van. MM} Sorry to be so much trouble Y} Listen, you are easy, I got these two brothers back (East...) don't worry about it kid, you're easy. LM} The original plan was for the defendant to drive to the site? (y) In fact, Hussein drove to the site (y) and parked the van (y) it didn't matter one way or the other. Overall the defendant's role was small, insignicant. Y} We tasked him often he was busy. LM} He wasn't able to get the timer (true) and you said that it didn't matter, that Hussein would take care of it (y) LM} You testied that the November 4th test bomb was use to show the defendant the gravity of the situation (y) but you didn't express this, you said that he would be so excited. Y} I was playing my role. LM} The test bomb site was not at all somber it was boisterous (true). LM} Here is an audio clip from November 4, showing the detonation of the FBI bomb. <audio.N4> Y} Are you ready, this is for the brothers. H} Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar<continuing in background> Y} Here is the phone are you excited? Now dial 503 M} Haha Youssef, I didn't know you had so much white hair already. How old are you? You don't look that old. Why didn't I notice it before? You really have a lot of gray on the sides especially haha.. Y} This is real. You are making this real. You are excited. Now dial 503 555 1234 M} 5 0 5 Y} No, 5 0 3 5 (5 5..) M} <repeating> 503 5, I can't believe you have that much white hair. My dad doesn't have that much white hair. You know, I had a friend in high school..

Y} Mohamed! One - step - at - a .... M} time Y} let's do this... <with MM repeating> 5 0 3 5 5 5 1 2 3 4 <BOOM> LM} Did the defendant grab your head playfully and kind of babble about your white hair while you tried to get him to dial the phone (y) He was more interested in your hair than any bomb. Y} I wouldn't say that. LM} No, you wouldn't. On the car ride back you got lost for two hours. Y} yeah, we got lost both ways. LM} For two hours each way (y). In the background of the tapes we here a talking navigation system giving directions (y) and that was working (y) and you got lost for two hours each way? EB} Object, asked and answered. J} Sustained. Move on, Ms Mason. LM} On to the car ride back you made up a story of your own troubled youth (y) and how the brothers took you in (y) how you saw exciting things (y) and these were violent things (y) you became a training camp instructor (y) you had your own horse (y) a wife (y) nice clothes (y) good food (y) <aside incredulous> you had your own horse <not waiting> you created a fantasy world for a teenager. Y} I couldn't just say I was from the FBI. LM} As part of your role you showed the defendant an al Qaeda training video (y) and this was also made by the FBI (y) it showed excitement..(y) camaraderie..<waiting for answer>, the FBI recruitment video showed camaraderie (y) and this would appeal to a troubled kid Y} depends on the kid LM} The FBI's video ends with a young man dialing a cell phone to detonate a bomb. (y) and it is exciting, glamorous. Y} That depends on the kid. He liked it and that made us nervous. LM} There is some confusion as to what the defendant wanted to do in Yemen, isn't it true that he wanted to study, learn Arabic, and become a writer? Y} He wanted to go to Yemen to join the ght against the West. LM} In your e-mail exchanges with the defendant, he writes that he wants to study. Y} I don't recall. LM} Judge, may I present the e-mail J} Only on the witness screen. Jury these e-mails are not evidence for you to consider they are only presented to the witness to help refresh old memories. Proceed. LM} Does the defendant express the wish to study in Yemen? Y}<reading>uhhhh, ok LM} does he say anything about joining the 'ght against the West'? Y} <scanning the document>mmm, I don't see that here. LM} Does he make any reference at all to violence (n) Did your target have a visa to Yemen (n) did your target have a plane ticket to Yemen Y} He was looking into it. LM} You repeatedly asked the target, 'what would you do if you never met us' Y} I don't recall. LM} Let's listen in <audio.N4> H} What would you do if you didn't meet us, my love? MM} I'd go overseas and learn Arabic. It is hard to live here. When I fast my friends are all eating. Arabic it is such a beautiful language. <back in court> Y} That was Hussein LM} Oh, I'm sorry your honor, continue with the tape, please. H} My love, you are such a diamond in the rough.

Y} What would you do if you never met us. MM} I've got a brother at the Embassy there and another brother at the university so once I learn Arabic I can write my poetry for the brothers in Arabic. <18.07> Y} <on stand> I was assessing him mind set. LM} You and your partner could use a similar voice and this would confuse the defendant. <not waiting> Let's review the time line of events: July 30th was your rst face-to-face meeting (y) and the recording device failed (y) August 18th you made a 1 minute call to the defendant and that was also not recorded Y} if that is what is says there LM} August 19th was the rst meeting with your partner... August 28th you has a 10 minute call with the defendant and that was also not recorded <prompting> and that was also not recorded (y) On August 31th the three of you met and you gave the defendant a shopping list of electronics (y) On October 3rd you met and gave him more instructions. (y) On November 4th the FBI set up the trial explosion (y) on November 18th you three walked to Pioneer square and on November 23 you brought the defendant to the storage shed to view the van. (that's right) LM} What did you talk about on that 1 minute call with the defendant just before he met your partner? Y} I was just checking in, it was a quick call. LM} How about the 10 minute unrecorded call the following week? Y} Just a check in, small talk. LM} Why did you and your partner create and reinforce a fantasy world for the defendant? Y} We wanted to give him something to look forward to. I was afraid that he would try something like 9-11. LM} You know about the FBI internal assessment that he would never do anything by himself? That he was so immature that he would jeopardize any action that he was part of? Y} I just learned about that last week. LM} He couldn't go overseas by himself (huh?) You told him that you get a fake passport (y) and get him to Mexico (y) you told him what his life would be like, that he would have a wife and be a respected poet (y) you created a fantasy world for him and you held the keys. Y} I don't think of it like that. LM} Let's listen to a piece from that September 7 meeting: <audio.S7> Y} The brothers can get you a passport and I can get you as far as Mexico. M} Um, sounds cool. You know, I've been thinking about it and there isn't going to be any parking. That whole area is going to be like packed, we're not going to get a parking space, so maybe... Y} You will become a great leader overseas we just need to take this one step at a M} time Y} Your writing is so inspirational and people need to know how to be a good Muslim. We want you to go overseas. H} You can do two maybe three things.... Y} November 24th is still going to happen. LM} You meant that November 26th is still going to happen (y) what were the three things he could do before getting to his fantasy world? Y} He wanted to martyr himself. LM} On your rst face to face meeting you claimed to give him 5 options. Y} I did LM} The last three were: raise money, become operational, and martyrdom Y} He choose operational right away, he wanted to kill Americans LM} Wouldn't a big drug deal be a (way to...) EB} Object, asking the witness to speculate. J} Sustained. Move on, Ms Mason. LM} you told him what he needed to do here before starting his new life overseas (y) he just want to go overseas and you told him that God was testing him here rst. Y} We always give him a choice. LM} Yeah, and each 'choice' involved an operation here. You didn't give him the choice to just go overseas (true). The FBI plan was for him to choose parking the van and you kept saying 'you have the option, it's your choice' .

These words sometimes don't mean anything. Y} I disagree LM} Tone is also important (OK) LM} You testied that it was easy for you to get the defendant to make the good-bye video (y) On July 30th you claim to have offered the defendant 5 options (I did) there was no recording so we have to rely on written words. We can't hear your tone we can't see you actions, we can't tell if you were neutral. It wouldn't be proper for you to create evidence (by..) EB} Object J} Sustained, next line of questioning. . LM} Let's look at the cover story for Mexico. The government presented this as evidence that the defendant was sophisticated and yet you fed him that story. The government also claimed that the defendant's use of hush mail showed spy-craft sophistication and the FBI, in fact, told him to use hush mail. Y} That was part of my role in preparing him for the meeting with Hussein. LM} It was presented as evidence and you created it. We wouldn't have known that you put the idea in the defendant's head if we didn't have the recording. Y} I would have reported it. LM} We needed the recording to understand what happened later when you told Hussein that the defendant knows about hush mail. Y} If you say so. J} 15 minute recess, we will reconvene at 10:45 <18.13> LM} Let's talk about the August 19th meeting. The rst meeting with Hussein. (ok) The script was that you to have to convince Husein that the defendant was worthy. (y) you were concerned that the defendant might exaggerate (y) After the meeting the recorders stayed on (y) and you partner said, 'it is too good to be true' (y) meaning that the defendant had mentioned a target, a justication, and how long he had been thinking about it. EB} Object, asking the witness to speculate J} Sustained. LM} You and your partner met with your handlers Trustes and Chin before that August 19th meeting (y) you discussed what to say at the meeting (sure) There is a triad of evidentiary valuation: plan, justication and long standing ideology. And when the defendant delivered on all three of these at the rst meeting with Hussein he said that it was too good to be true. (y) And it was too good to be true, wasn't it. Y} Our goal was to assess. LM} Let's step back to the planing of your rst meeting with the defendant on July 30th (ok) You knew that the FBI got the green light to target the defendant (y) you received e-mails from agent Trustes discussing options (y) one idea was to threaten him (y) one idea was to assess him (y) to tell him about a ctitious council (y). LM} At that July 30th meeting agent Chin was in the hotel lobby. (y) You went alone to meet the defendant at Border's bookstore and brought him back to the hotel about a 10 minute walk (y) <18.15> LM} Was the debrief report you led from this walk complete. (y) Let's look at some FBI surveillance photos of that walk. Here you are making a slicing motion with you arm, like you are making some kind of point. And here again is that slicing motion like you are trying to drill something into him, imploring him, giving him instructions. Y} We were just chatting, I don't remember any facts. LM} You told him it was like a job interview (no) You told him you were interviewing 5 to 7 other candidates (ok) and that did not make it into your written report. Y} If that is what it says there. LM} We have clear evidence from this case that you can inuence his choices. Y} I wouldn't say that. LM} On November 4 you gave him the option to make the good bye video, said it was his choice and you inuenced him to do it (ok) On July 30th we have on paper that you gave him 5 options and that he choose operational Y} He chose to be a terrorist LM} I didn't say terrorist

Y} Yeah, just like I don't say inuence (snort). LM} The defendant often spun long and disjointed stories (y) kind of a spaced out kid. It was you who suggested the bomb expert (y) He never said, can you help me with this. (true) Initially the defendant didn't think Portland was a good target and suggested D.C. (y) and it was you who told him to research targets in Portland (y) LM} Let's listen again to audio from the August 19th meeting. <audio.A19> H} So what do ya wanna do M} Last time me and a brother... Y} What we discussed is private. YOU are the diamond in the rough just tell him what is in your heart. LM} The defendant looks at you in that video when he says 'last time me and a brother' Y} yes, he looked at me. LM} We were not able to hear the defendant's version because you interrupted (y) LM} You are not testifying under your true name (y) you don't want to been seen in public because you are still working undercover (y) you don't like going to court (not particularly). What could you have personally done to not have this trial. J} Let's take a short break N} after the jury les out J} Ms Mason, what could that possibly have to do with this case? 'What could you have personally done to not have this trial.' is an inappropriate question. LM} He had the option to up the ante and make a fair trial impossible. The jury needs to hear this. J} I will not allow that line of questioning. You are done with this witness. Bring the jury back in. R} and the jury sits J} Redirect Mr Bishop? EB} Why was the defendant not given keys to the van? Y} We though he might drive into the crowd and blow himself up. EB} Why did he play an active role? Y} To give him the feeling that he was doing something. EB} Did he hesitate or shy away when you described the bomb (n) how about when you told him it was packed with nails Y} he never hesitated EB} Why did the defendant want to go overseas Y} He wanted to join the Mujahadeen and ght the west. EB} What was the context of your statement, 'November 24th is still going to happen' Y} I meant that he didn't have to kill himself. EB} You rst met the defendant on July 30th. What do your remember from that rst meeting. Y} He wanted to wage war in the US that really stuck in my head. EB} Whether or not you interrupted the defendant, he had already told you his plan and justication for killing Americans Y} That's right. EB} No more questions J} Recross? LM} You reviewed documents to prepare for testifying today? (y) You've read through them many times (y) and this might be when 'wage war' stuck in your head (I suppose) During this entire investigation is there any recording of the defendant saying 'wage war' (n) LM} No. No more questions. <18.21> EB} The government recalls Hussein. EB} November 26th was the bomb attempt. How did you meet up on that day

H} I met Youssef and the defendant at the hotel EB} Why were you acting excited? H} I was playing my role EB} Why did you tell the defendant to be calm. H} Because he was so excited. EB} Why did you walk him to view the van? H} I wanted to see his reaction give him a chance to stop. EB} What was the smell like in the van? H} It was, uh, like gas or diesel or like.. I don't know. EB} Did the defendant shy away at this. H} No, he liked the smell. EB} What happened next? H} We went back to the hotel to meet Youssef. We still had a lot of time so we order pizza. EB} Let's play the tape of the van ride to Pioneer Square <audio.N26> H} <acting jumpy> tell me some poetry tell me something beautiful M} Allah's Apostle said, "Keeping horses will be a source of reward to one who ties it by a long rope in a garden. If that horse breaks its rope and crosses one or two hills, then all its foot-steps will be counted as good deeds for its owner; and if it passes by a river and drinks from it, then that will also be regarded as a good deed for its owner even if he has had no intention of watering it then. H} I love your words, soon the blood of the indels will ow like a river! M} Horses are a shelter from poverty to the second man who keeps horses for earning his living so as not to ask others, and at the same time he gives Allah's right and does not overburden them. He who keeps horses just out of pride and as a means of harming the Muslims, his horses will be a source of sin." H} Beautiful, beautiful. Death to those who harm Muslims. Death to the indels! M} That is one of my favorite hadiths, I'll keep my horse on a long rope in a beautiful garden H} Smell that Diesel? I love that Diesel smell. Do you love it? M} Hey hahaha my hat doesn't t. Is my head bigger than yours. How can that be - you're a big man and.. H} Take it easy take it easy, one...step...at...a... MM} ...time... MM} ...Hey, I think that car is leaving H} Or really? Which one? oh yeah . MM} Its a miracle. I can't believe we got that space. H} Allahu Akbar. Allahu Akbar insha'Allah <car doors open and close> H} Hand me that duct tape MM} oops, sorry H} now clip this on here. M} here? H} Can you do it? can you do it? <the tape ends with a long still of the white van with Silent Night playing in the background> EB} The FBI held that parking space? (y) The defendant picked out the space (y) what was he doing in the back of the van? H} He was arming the bomb. EB} What happened next? H} We walked to the Bike Factory and were picked up by Youssef. We dropped him off at the train station and drove to the arrest site. EB} and then? H} I told him the number and he dialed it. The signal was for us to get out of the car and when we did we were both arrested. EB} Let's listen to that audio. <audio.N26 H is acting pumped. MM is not that interested> H} Are you ready?Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar <continuing> M} ready H} here we go. H} Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar Now dial 503 8

M} <repeating> 5 0 8 H} No, H} with MM repeating} 5 0 3 8 2 3 4 1 5 1 M} hmm, is it ringing H} How is the signal? Insha'Allah MM} its good. H} step out and dial it again EB} 'dial it again' was the arrest signal? H} yeah, I got cuffed. EB} Did the defendant show any hesitation? H} No EB} What would you have done if he wanted out? H} I would have drove him straight home. EB} No more questions. J} Your witness, Ms Mason. LM} you said you were amped up in your role (y) you talked about the extent of the damage in a positive light (y) you played the role of a terrorist to the hilt (y) you were praying repeatedly to yourself (y) when the parking space opened up the defendant said that it was a miracle (y) the FBI orchestrated the entire operation that day (y) including having him do something with a wire (y) and that wire had no operational value H} We wanted it to be real for him. To give him a chance to stop. <sadly> He never hesitated. LM} The team of FBI agents were nowhere near Pioneer Square (y) the plan was to drive around town for a while and take him to a prearranged arrest site (y) LM} The recording tapes kept running after the take down (y) you kept yelling Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar and your FBI colleagues started to laugh (y) you then whisper that you are going to scream (y) You were trying to provoke a similar reaction from the defendant H} I was still in role. LM} You wanted him to look deant H} I don't know about that LM} someone said, 'He spit on people' and you said 'oh, I love that' (y) another FBI agent said, 'good, he looked deant' (y) it looks good that he looked deant (y) LM} An FBI agent then ask you if your recorder is off (y) and you said 'yes, I turned it off' (y) another agent asked 'are you positive' (y) and a second time 'are you positive' and you answered 'yes, I'm positive' (y) then you say, 'oh no, it is still on' (y) You didn't want people to know that the defendant was following your lead in acting deant H} I was relieved he was arrested. LM} No more questions. <18.29> R} With both undercover agents excused the public and press are allowed back in the courtroom. <23.05> EB} The government calls FBI agent Elvin Chin to the stand EB} What was your role in the undercover operations. EC} In June of 2010 agent Trustes called asking for my help. He had seen a presentation I gave. EB} You were the handling agent for Hussein? EC} Yes, I was the go-between him and the ofce. I would get him funds, equipment and ensure the condentiality of the agent. EB} And you worked on e-mails to the defendant EC} Yes, it was a collaborative effort. Trustus would write a draft and I would make suggestions. EB} You were present at the undercover meetings (y) What happened at the July 30th meeting that was not recorded? EC} I was in the lobby of the Embassy Suites during the meeting about 20 feet away. I heard the whole thing via the transmitter Youssef was wearing. I took notes and, afterwards, had a debrief with Youssef. I used his

thoughts to complete my notes. Then I wrote up an E.C. - electronic communication EB} What did they say. EC} There were making a lot of small talk and then Youssef asked him what he was doing to be a good Muslim. The defendant responded with his writings for Jihad Recollections. Then Youssef asked if he could travel overseas, the defendant said no; Youssef said, 'then what do you want to do' and the defendant said, that he wanted to make war on America and that he would do anything for the cause. Youssef gave him ve options and the defendant choose number four, operational. He said that he heard of brothers who put explosives in a van and parked it somewhere. I was so sad that he choose operational. EB} What did you do with your notes EC} After I wrote the electronic communication, I discarded my notes in a condential trash bin. I took everything in my notes and put them in my electronic communication. EB} Did you know that the recording device failed? EC} I rst learned that a few days later, from Trustes. As soon as I found out, I ran to the trash bin but the notes were already gone. EB} I have no more questions, your Honor. J} Cross LM} The FBI rst contacted the defendant in the Fall of 2009, a few months after he turned 18 (y) and you learned from internal FBI memos that he was a confused kid (y) that he was interested in the party life (y) drinking and using marijuana (y). Before the June 2010 meeting you tried the lure the defendant with two other schemes and these failed (y) he didn't take the bait EC} that's right LM} On June 7th, 2010 you received an e-mail from Trustes telling you that he got the green light to target the kid again (y) you also received a psychological prole of the defendant (y) and so you learned that he needed respect (y) was shy around authority gures (y) and you choose the under cover agents based on this information (y) LM} Why did the recorder fail on that rst face-to-face meeting on July 30th. EC} I haven't seen that report. LM} July 30th was a Friday (y) August 2nd was Monday and your report was nalized on Tuesday, August 3rd EC} That's right, I did the debrief on the 30th, started my report on the 2nd and nished it on the 3rd. LM} According to internal documents, by 9AM on the 2nd it was known that the recorder had failed. EC} No one told me, so I destroyed my notes on the 3rd. LM} Let's go over your e-mails before that rst face-to-face. (sure) On June 23rd you wrote and told the defendant to get a hush mail account (y) he responds the same day and got the hush mail account (y) you write back and asked if he can still help the brothers (y) he doesn't respond right away to this (true) when he does responds he writes that he is busy and that he will contact you when it is a better time (y) You didn't take that as a 'no' (true) You then invoke Allah as a reason for the defendant to help the brothers. EC} I was building rapport LM} Next, you wrote the defendant that you would be in Portland and wanted to meet him (y) and he doesn't respond at all (true). A week later you send him a prodding e-mail and its still a week before he responds (y) and he is not interested in a covert meeting, he wants to meet at his Mosque and pray EC} Its against FBI policy to go into a Mosque LM} In earlier testimony we heard that the hush mail account made the defendant sophisticated in spy-craft. This was actually your idea. EC} Yes, hush mail is encrypted. <23.13> LM} In the FBI-crafted e-mail, you refer to eyes and ears everywhere (y) the FBI agents are being secretive (y) the FBI suggests a private location (y) the defendant thinks you ought to be praying (y) He was just following your lead in thinking about security (y) and this was presented in court as evidence of the defendant being radicalized. LM} At that rst face-to-face meeting when the recorder failed you were in the hotel lobby (y) in your report it says that on the ten minute walk from Borders to the hotel Youssef and the defendant just made small talk (y) Now Youssef remembers that he told the defendant there were 5 to 7 candidates and that he was being assessed. That didn't make it into your report. EC} I included what I thought was important LM} And small talk is important?

LM} During the operation, Youssef often says, 'it has to come from you' and he didn't always mean it. EC} I can't know what Youssef meant. LM} Youssef gave 5 options and the defendant choose operational (y) then he said that he didn't know what that meant (y) and that didn't make it into your report EC} Yes, you are right LH) Youssef was the one to suggest the bomb expert (y) and told the defendant to pick a target in Portland (y) Did you authorize Youssef to mention Pioneer Square. EC} I don't recall. LM} Let's listen to the phone call between the defendant and Youssef setting up their very rst meeting. M} where do you want to meet? Y} Let's meet at the Borders at Morrison and 3rd right near Pioneer Square LM} Borders is actually not `right near` Pioneer Square, is it? EC} It's close. LM} You were present at the arrest site on November 26. EC} Yes, I was fake-arresting Hussein. LM} Hussein was screaming (y) he wanted to start running (y) part of the plan was to get the defendant to look deant, if he started to run that would have looked very deant, very good. EC} My work was vindicated he showed no remorse. LM} No more questions. J} Next witness EB} The government calls Agent Ivan Davine. EB} How long have you been with the FBI. ID} I've been with the Portland Joint Terrorism Task Force since 2001. EB} What was your role in this case. ID} I interviewed the defendant's father. He called the FBI and said that his son had been brainwashed and had a ticket to Yemen. I told his father that we couldn't do anything because he was over 18. EB} And this was on August 31st, 2009 (y) then what happened? ID} We did a routine background check and found out that the defendant had communications with known terrorists, so we opened up a case. I thought he might be a valuable informant. Then the case was transferred to the Eugene ofce. EB} Why did you write that the defendant was conicted and manipulable? ID} His e-mails showed that he was conicted because of his partying and his desire to lead a religious life. EB} What about manipulable? ID} His dad said that he was brainwashed EB} No more questions J} Cross, Ms Mason LM} You were the rst case agent in Oregon to target this defendant? (y) You needed supervisors sign off before starting the investigation. (y) In October 2009 you wrote an internal FBI memo to a set of supervisors here in Portland as well as Eugene and FBI headquarters in DC (y) you wrote that the defendant had entered college (y) and had given up radical ideas (y) you wrote about using him as in informant (y) you were aware that he was using marijuana (y) that he was getting quite drunk (y) that he would sell marijuana to friends (y). It would have been easy to arrest him for dealing marijuana and use that to coerce him into being an informant (y) and that was standard operating procedure for the FBI (y) LM} What was the response from the Eugene ofce? ID} I don't recall. LM} Does this e-mail refresh your memory? Read the highlighted part out loud ID} <reading> he is so immature that he would jeopardize any undercover operation. LM} He is so immature that he would jeopardize any undercover operation. LM} You interviewed the defendant's father on August 31st (y) you did a search on the father in an extensive data(base ...)

EB} Object, relevance J} Sustained: Ms Mason, keep your questions pertinent to THIS case. LM} His father described him as technically an adult but still like a child (y) And you were aware that Somali kids from Minneapolis went back and were killed (y) LM} In September of 2009 the FBI stated following the defendant around (y) taking pictures, video of him (y) and you received all these reports (y) and there was no information about weapons or locations (y) you observed a kid, hanging around with friends (y). You received court authorization to intercept his electronic communications (y) and he talked about school, never about terrorist attacks (that's right) LM} On November 16th your wrote to supervisors that he was a conicted and manipulable kid, that he wants a double life (y) you also wrote about the defendant's high school writings in Jihad Recollections, even though you knew that he had stopped talking or e-mailing about Jihad (true) LM} No more questions J} Next witness EB} Government calls Agent Jacob Todd EB} Agent Todd, how long have you been with the FBI? JT} For seven years, in 2009 I was with the Portland JTTF, now I'm stationed in Guam. EB} What was your role in this case JT} I was the contact agent for a source. His job was to assess the defendant on-line. EB} What was the source's cover? JT} He was a recent convert to Islam. He used the alias Bill Smith. EB} Did Bill Smith put ideas in the defendant's head? JT} No, his only job was to assess a terrorist threat. EB} What did the defendant's responses show? JT} He was committed to bringing the war to America. EB} No more questions J} Cross Ms Mason LM} This Bill Smith doesn't actually work for the FBI he gets paid by the job. (y) he runs a e-mail shing scheme and gets paid by the catch EB} object, relevance J} sustained LM} You stated that you didn't mean to put ideas in his head JT} I didn't LM} For 6 months Bill Smith sent over 50 e-mails JT} about 50 LM} Often the defendant didn't respond for over a month and you kept up the assault JT} He was a terrorist threat, we needed to assess his mind set LM} Let me remind you of an e-mail from this Bill Smith, <reading> I see other brothers trying to ght and I want to as well. JT} He was playing his role LM} In all of the defendant's e-mails to Bill Smith is there any indication that he wanted to do violence in the west (n) <J24> LM} In this December 1st e-mail, you brought up bringing the ght to the west and included the justication <reading> then our brothers in Palestine will have success. JT} Yes, we did have to assess his mind set. LM} He didn't respond so the FBI contacted him again on January 1st. In this next e-mail you refer to recent actions in the west in a positive light (y) including the underwear bomber (y) and your wrote, quote, 'it would be so easy to bring any US city to its knees'. JT} That could refer to praying. LM} San Fransisco has a large JTTF ofce, Portland's was growing and you were in charge (y) LM} No more questions.

J} Let's break for the evening. <J25> R} PH calls agent Galvin Marino to the stand EB} You have been with the FBI since 1998 GM} That's right. I started off in narcotics and have been an electronic surveillance expert with the Portland JTTF since 2002. EB} Were you involved in the July 30th operation? GM} Yes, I outtted Youseff with the recording device and transmitter just before he left to meet the defendant. EB} When did you rst learn that the recording device failed? GM} The following Monday. Another agent was transferring to CD and discovered that the recorder failed. EB} And, why did it fail? GM} I was testing the device the day before, on the 29th and forgot to turn it off. I topped off the battery on the morning of the 30th and made a test recording with Youssef. EB} What was on the tape? GM} Like 8 and a half hours of me in my vehicle, and the test recording with Youssef. I never used THAT recorder again. EB} No more questions. J} Ms Mason LM} You have had 10 years of electronic surveillance training with the FBI (y) You rst learned on August 2nd, Monday morning that the device failed (y) and you reported this immediately (y) LM} On the 29th, the day before the meeting, the device was fully charged (y) the date and time were accurate (y) it was fully serviceable (y) a red L.E.D. activates when it was turned on (y) The FBI has a lot of different makes and models of recording devices (y) and agent Youssef requested this particular device (y) When you placed the device into it's case it was not activated GM} I don't know LM} The red LED was not activated (true) So, the recorder somehow turned itself on while in the closed plastic case (y) LM} You arrived at the Embassy Suites mid morning (y) there were already numerous agents there (y) Portland Police provided a SWAT team (y) You opened the plastic case, discovered a low battery and charged the device for about 30 minutes (y) you made a test recording and that worked (y) you gave the charged device to the operative and showed him how to turn it on (y) LM} You next saw the recorder Monday morning after your colleague, Ms Kopf, notied you of the malfunction (y) Ms Kopf's initial report was that the problem was overcapacity of memory GM} I don't recall. LM} I have here an August 2nd report stating that the problem was with the memory GM} It could have been the battery or memory. LM} I have here a September 16 report which states that the memory was full prior to the July 30th meeting. GM} I don't know about that LM} The report also includes that the device had a time stamp of December 30th 1899. (y) Isn't that consistent with someone pulling the battery out? GM} There could be other reasons for that. LM} You also participated in the August 19th meeting the rst face-to-face with Hussein. (y) after that meeting the recorder was left on (y) you were excited (y) you used sexual language to describe your excitement (I don't remember) You said, <embarrassed> 'you've got a lot of people here with woodies' GM} That could refer to bamboo sunglasses. LM} No more questions J} Redirect? Mr Bishop. EB} The device did not malfunction it just turned on inadvertently (y) EB} That all, your Honor. J} Recross? Ms Mason. LM} You don't know why the recording device failed (true) You learned it failed on August 2nd at 9AM and you

reported this right away. (y) LM} No more questions N} The government then calls a series of expert witnesses and rests. <J28> LM} Defense calls Osama Barres. LM} You were not born in this country. OB} I came here as a refugee in 1993 because of the civil war in Somalia. They were killing anyone with a university degree. I had to leave my wife and infant son behind for one year <crying> They were malnourished when they arrived. I was so grateful to America. I had a civil engineering degree and was a lecturer back home. When I rst got here I could only get a job in a packaging company, working 15 hours a day. Now I am a software engineer at Intel. LM} Your son does not have the same last name as you OB} In our tradition, your rst name is your given name, your middle name is your father's given name and your last name is your grandfather's given name. So, my name is Osama Mohamed Barres and my son is Mohamed Osama Mohamed. LM} What were your son's interests as a child. OB} He liked sports, especially the NBA. He had an identity crises as a teenager. LM} Did your family travel to London OB} Yes, there was a funeral for my uncle and we all went over. Mohamed was singled out at the airport because of him name. LM} You son liked to read and write. OB} Yes, we is a good writer, he won a poetry contest in the 10th grade. LM} In August of 2009 you were concerned that your son might leave the country. OB} My wife and I had split up. My son called me at work to say that he was going to leave the country, that he had his passport. I called my wife and she couldn't nd his passport. I tried calling my son back and couldn't get a hold of him. I had heard of Somali kids from Minneapolis going back and getting killed. We needed help, we panicked and called the FBI. They wanted to meet so I invited them to my wife's house. Then she found my son and he didn't have a ticket or a visa. I called the FBI back to say everything was OK but they still wanted to meet. When they showed up they said they were from the Portland JTTF. I asked them, why JTTF and I love America and God bless America and I am so grateful to America, why JTTF? Why JTTF? LM} Did the FBI mention their concerns about your son's contact with extremists. OB} No, we have councilors at our Mosque, which is more like our community center, they could have helped, they could have taught him right and wrong. LM} Your next contact with the FBI was at Portland Airport when you learned that your son was on the no-y list. (y) and then after he was arrested (y) Where you aware that he was using drugs OB} No, my son was the simplest person I met. He is so good hearted, easy going, down to earth. Everyone used to tell their kids be more like Mohamed he always did what he was told. I love him more than anything on earth. LM} No more questions J} Mr Bishop EB} Your love for your son made you go to the FBI OB} I thought they would help. EB} You were concerned that you son was brainwashed OB} <angry> The FBI brainwashed my son EB} <backing off> At the time, you were concerned he was brainwashed OB} <angry> I didn't say that, I said the kids from Minneapolis were brainwashed EB} No more questions. N} The defense calls a series of character and expert witnesses and then rests. <J30> N} The morning of January 30th started with the Judges instructions to the jury. J} The government must prove: On November 26 the defendant knowingly attempted to use a weapon of mass destruction in the United States.

That the defendant used the mail system to further this attempt That the defendant took a substantial step in the crime, it would have happened unless the FBI intervened and that the defendant was not entrapped. Concerning entrapment, the government must prove either that the defendant was predisposed to commit such a crime or that the government did not unduly induce him to commit the crime. It is not entrapment if the government merely gave the defendant the opportunity to commit the crime. N} Evan Bishop gave the closing arguments for the prosecution. <EK steps out from behind his mic for the rst time in the trial> EB} This is about a choice made by the defendant to kill thousands of Americans. This decision was made long before the government became involved. His substantial step was dialing the phone. It is impossible to entrap someone to commit this crime. He dialed the phone of his own free will and he dialed it again thinking he would kill thousands of Americans. The law denes entrapment as a two step process. It is not entrapment if he was predisposed and if he was .. or if he was not unduly induced. We are not claiming that the defendant would have committed this exact crime but a similarly deadly act. You have heard evidence that, starting in December of 2008, the defendant was active on inter net forums and chat room. He wrote about eliminating the indels. In early 2009 he began communication with Samir Kahn and Armo Al Ali. Two terrorist since killed by US drone strikes. He wrote four articles for Jihad Recollections. He had a deep and long standing commitment to violent principles. N} and he shows images of the twin towers in ames and a grinning Osama bin Laden from the zine EB} Then the defendant's own father calls the FBI about his son wanting to wage war. Tragically, the defendant's parents already knew what it would take the FBI a year to nd out. Within minutes of meeting the undercover operative Youssef, the defendant said that he had already decided to wage war on the West. The undercover agents continually have him ways to get out and, tragically, he continued. At the August 19th meeting with agent Hussein we learned that his desire to bring war to the west was based on his long standing ideology: he had been thinking about killing Americans since he was 15. That's all you need to know about predisposition. By September 7th the defendant completed several tasks including purchasing bomb parts, getting a fake passport, and viewing a test explosion. These tasks were designed to make it real, to give him a chance to stop: he never showed any reluctance. The November 4th test bomb was another attempt to make it real, to give the defendant a wake up call and he didn't shy away at all. His mind was made up. On the morning of November 26th the defendant was a peace with his plan. The agents took him to view the van as a last chance effort to get him to stop. R} He shows an image of Hussein and Mohamed looking in the side of the van with the back of the van cut away to show the barrels inside. EB} Tragically, he wouldn't stop. He dialed the phone and when he tried it a second time he was arrested. It is impossible to entrap someone for this crime you must return a guilty verdict. R} Lisa Mason closed for the defense. LM} This case is a tragedy. A tragedy for the city of Portland, for the defendant's parents and for the defendant himself. The FBI went too far in encouraging this tragedy. The FBI's own report shows that defendant was moving away from his teenage fantasy of Jihad, he went back to school, he walked away and tragically, the FBI kept pulling him back. You've heard about his writings in praise of 9-11 and there is plenty to be angry about, but we are hearing things that just do not make sense. He did absolutely nothing to prepare, build or even contemplate a weapon of mass destruction. The FBI's own assessment was that he didn't know how and that he would take no action without specic instructions. Beginning in November of 2009 the FBI began their year long tried and true campaign of inducement. This started

with FBI crafted e-mails about bring the war to the west, about bringing a US city to its knees. These early attempts failed. The defendant moved away from Jihadi thinking: he went back to school. The FBI continued with their e-mail campaign for seven months and the defendant did not take the bait. When their e-mail schemes didn't work, the FBI brought in undercover agents Youssef and Hussein. Two older more sophisticated men who were scientically selected to take advantage of the defendant's religious conicts and marijuana dealing. They claimed to be assessing, however, we saw several example of how easily they manipulated the defendant. They put him in competition with 5 to 7 other applicants; They rst mentioned 'operational'; they told him to nd a target in Portland; they easily talked him into making the good bye video, they were the rst ones to mention Pioneer Square. The missing FBI tape from the rst undercover meeting on July 30th creates reasonable doubt. You heard the FBI electronics expert rst testify that he left the recorder on the day before and then changing his story to 'the recorder spontaneously tuned itself on while in its plastic box'. This is simply not plausible. At the August 19th meeting as the defendant was saying, 'remember last time' Youssef shut him up. The preponderance of evidence shows that the Pioneer Square plan came from Youssef, not the defendant. The defendant was not predisposed to commit any crime. If you are predisposed you plan, you take action. What did he do? If you look at all the evidence you see a normal kid. We saw lots of e-mails of partying and trying to get marijuana and never any mention of bombs or weapons of any kind. When he was a juvenile, still in high school, he did communicate with Samir Kahn. What he was doing was writing, talking, spending too much time on-line, creating an on-line avatar that was not real. This discursive community is simply not a real threat. He was all talk and no action. The arrest scene on November 26th show the degree of scripting and control the FBI had. Why did they fake arrest Hussein? Why was he yelling? Why did he whisper that he was going to make a run for it? Why all this stagecraft? The defendant was quiet and compliant at the arrest scene. Only after agent Trustes says something in Arabic does he kick out. Agent Chin says good, he looks deant. This shows the subtle power and level of scripting in the FBI's plans. How did the FBI get a conicted, manipulable kid to push the button? The answer is in the psychological experiments of Stanley Milgram on obeying authority gures. Dr. Milgram found that 60% or normal healthy people would deliver life threatening shocks to test subjects based on instructions from an authority gure. This whole FBI plan is a social experiment from hell- Milgram on steroids. You saw how the FBI normalized the idea of an attack in the US, how they brought in very effective people in Youssef and Hussein to create an overseas fantasy world to which they held the keys, they gave the defendant very specic instructions, they isolated him psychologically. The FBI knew the defendant was looking for guidance and they provided him with the mentors from hell. The government cannot create the crime they solve and this time they went too far. I ask you to hold the government to the proper standard and return not guilty.