WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.399 --> 00:00:10.799 On July 26th, 2011, private first class 2 00:00:06.899 --> 00:00:13.019 Naser Jason Abdo, 21, who was absent 3 00:00:10.799 --> 00:00:15.480 without leave from his army unit, arrived 4 00:00:13.019 --> 00:00:17.790 at a gun store by taxi in Killeen, Texas 5 00:00:15.480 --> 00:00:20.040 and purchased six pounds of smokeless 6 00:00:17.790 --> 00:00:22.529 powder, three boxes of shotgun ammunition, 7 00:00:20.040 --> 00:00:25.290 and one magazine for a semi-automatic 8 00:00:22.529 --> 00:00:27.149 pistol. Store employees became suspicious, 9 00:00:25.290 --> 00:00:29.579 and contacted the authorities after 10 00:00:27.149 --> 00:00:31.770 feeling uncomfortable. He did not seem to 11 00:00:29.579 --> 00:00:35.090 know the items well, and did not purchase 12 00:00:31.770 --> 00:00:35.090 common accessories. 13 00:00:35.190 --> 00:00:39.510 Once notified, law enforcement 14 00:00:37.470 --> 00:00:42.059 authorities then checked taxi records 15 00:00:39.510 --> 00:00:43.710 and traced Abdo to a motel approximately 16 00:00:42.059 --> 00:00:46.200 three miles from the main gate of Fort 17 00:00:43.710 --> 00:00:48.570 Hood. They also learned that Abdo had 18 00:00:46.200 --> 00:00:51.269 taken a taxi to an army surplus store, 19 00:00:48.570 --> 00:00:54.680 where he paid cash for a uniform bearing 20 00:00:51.269 --> 00:00:54.680 fort hood unit patches. 21 00:00:54.750 --> 00:01:00.990 On July 27, 2011, 22 00:00:57.870 --> 00:01:02.820 Abdo was arrested. Inside his motel room 23 00:01:00.990 --> 00:01:07.020 authorities found a bomb inside a 24 00:01:02.820 --> 00:01:09.990 backpack, a 40 caliber handgun, 143 rounds 25 00:01:07.020 --> 00:01:12.390 of ammunition, a stun gun, an article 26 00:01:09.990 --> 00:01:14.280 entitled, "Make a Bomb in the Kitchen of 27 00:01:12.390 --> 00:01:16.380 Your Mom" from the Al-Qaeda, in the 28 00:01:14.280 --> 00:01:18.960 Arabian Peninsula, produced "Inspire" 29 00:01:16.380 --> 00:01:21.140 online magazine, and bomb-making 30 00:01:18.960 --> 00:01:23.840 components, which included the following: 31 00:01:21.140 --> 00:01:27.300 six bottles of smokeless gunpowder, 32 00:01:23.840 --> 00:01:30.720 shotgun shells, shotgun pellets, two 33 00:01:27.300 --> 00:01:33.680 clocks, one spool of auto wire, and two 34 00:01:30.720 --> 00:01:33.680 pressure cookers. 35 00:01:34.720 --> 00:01:39.760 Abdo subsequently told an FBI agent that 36 00:01:37.630 --> 00:01:42.130 he had selected Killeen, the home of 37 00:01:39.760 --> 00:01:44.770 Fort Hood, to remind people of Major Nidal Hasan, 38 00:01:42.130 --> 00:01:47.620 the perpetrator of the Fort Hood 39 00:01:44.770 --> 00:01:49.570 mass shooting. He indicated that he would 40 00:01:47.620 --> 00:01:52.450 have become a martyr after police killed 41 00:01:49.570 --> 00:01:54.490 him during the attack. A federal agent 42 00:01:52.450 --> 00:01:57.250 testified that Abdo told investigators 43 00:01:54.490 --> 00:01:59.110 that he planned to use the materials to 44 00:01:57.250 --> 00:02:00.880 assemble two destructive devices, and 45 00:01:59.110 --> 00:02:03.340 detonate them inside a restaurant 46 00:02:00.880 --> 00:02:05.080 frequented by Fort Hood soldiers because 47 00:02:03.340 --> 00:02:07.930 he did not believe that he could get 48 00:02:05.080 --> 00:02:10.090 through the security gates to the base. 49 00:02:07.930 --> 00:02:11.890 After he was charged on multiple 50 00:02:10.090 --> 00:02:13.240 accounts including one count of 51 00:02:11.890 --> 00:02:16.330 attempted use of a weapon of mass 52 00:02:13.240 --> 00:02:20.830 destruction (or WMD), a jury ultimately 53 00:02:16.330 --> 00:02:23.050 found Abdo guilty. On August 10th, 2012, 54 00:02:20.830 --> 00:02:25.120 Abdo was sentenced to more than two life 55 00:02:23.050 --> 00:02:28.260 terms, and will spend the rest of his 56 00:02:25.120 --> 00:02:28.260 life in federal prison. 57 00:02:28.990 --> 00:02:33.550 Analysis of this case and Abdo's pre-operational 58 00:02:31.870 --> 00:02:35.830 planning for this attack 59 00:02:33.550 --> 00:02:39.010 reveal the following recognizable 60 00:02:35.830 --> 00:02:41.020 indicators and behaviors: materials 61 00:02:39.010 --> 00:02:43.240 acquisition and storage, includes the 62 00:02:41.020 --> 00:02:46.360 black powder explosives, pressure cookers, 63 00:02:43.240 --> 00:02:49.480 clocks, and auto wire, acquisition of 64 00:02:46.360 --> 00:02:51.670 expertise, from the manual "Make a Bomb in the 65 00:02:49.480 --> 00:02:54.460 Kitchen of Your Mom," weapons 66 00:02:51.670 --> 00:02:57.840 collection discovery, as indicated by the 67 00:02:54.460 --> 00:03:00.520 pistol, ammunition, and stun gun, 68 00:02:57.840 --> 00:03:02.830 misrepresentation in the intended use of 69 00:03:00.520 --> 00:03:06.130 a uniform bearing fort hood patches, and 70 00:03:02.830 --> 00:03:07.960 a sector specific incident in that a 71 00:03:06.130 --> 00:03:11.010 government facility was the intended 72 00:03:07.960 --> 00:03:11.010 target location. 73 00:03:11.200 --> 00:03:15.610 As a point-of-sale vendor it is 74 00:03:13.780 --> 00:03:18.069 important that you become familiar with 75 00:03:15.610 --> 00:03:20.920 the 16 indicators and behaviors 76 00:03:18.069 --> 00:03:23.319 contained in the ISE SAR functional 77 00:03:20.920 --> 00:03:25.300 standard, one of which is materials 78 00:03:23.319 --> 00:03:27.190 acquisition, as highlighted in this 79 00:03:25.300 --> 00:03:29.590 scenario through the purchase of black 80 00:03:27.190 --> 00:03:31.750 powder. Through the bomb-making materials 81 00:03:29.590 --> 00:03:33.400 awareness program (BMAP), you and your company 82 00:03:31.750 --> 00:03:34.900 can have a critical role in the 83 00:03:33.400 --> 00:03:37.440 prevention of such threats to your community.