Mohamed Osman Mohamud was an American citizen, a college student at Oregon State University, and a wannabe terrorist.
His dream was to go to Yemen, train with al-Qaeda, and travel to Afghanistan to kill U.S. soldiers.
But first, he plotted to detonate a massive bomb at a Christmas tree lighting ceremony in downtown Portland.
Agent Ryan Dwyer ran the sting operation to see how serious
Mohamed was.
He and an Arabic-speaking partner, joined by FBI personnel―including two undercover operatives posing as al-Qaeda terrorists―worked month after month to get to know him and keep the people of Portland safe.
Go behind the scenes of some of the FBI's most interesting cases in award-winning journalist Bryan Denson's FBI Files series, featuring the investigations of the Unabomber, Russian spy Rick Ames,
and Michael Young's diamond theft ring.
Each book includes photographs, a glossary, a note from the author, and other detailed backmatter on the subject of the investigation.
Reading age 8-12
176 pages.