Portland terrorism trial: ‘This is bad … Mohamed’s been arrested,’ parents recall
Source: Oregon Live. Osman Barre, meanwhile, had phoned the FBI. He told agents that brainwashed Somali kids were flying overseas, and he wanted the bureau’s help. He wanted agents to prevent his boy from getting on a plane. The agents instead asked him questions about terrorism, which struck a nerve. Osman Barre told the agents he had nothing to hide and that he was grateful to have been given refuge in the U.S. after fleeing the civil war in Somalia. The defense called its first expert witness, Georgetown psychology professor Fathali Moghaddam. He testified that two undercover agents, posing as terrorists to befriend Mohamud in the FBI sting, appeared to have carefully inveigled their way into his life, isolating him from his friends and family and becoming his primary support network.
