FBI (2018) s01e02 Episode Script
Green Birds
1 You're doing such great work on the account side, though.
Thanks, but I'm just not happy there anymore.
Let me tell you something your generation doesn't understand.
Not everything's gonna make you happy all the time.
No, I get that.
But with your permission, I'd love to shadow a copywriter.
People are always seduced by the creative side of the industry.
I'd be mad at myself if I didn't at least ask.
Fair enough.
[COUGHING.]
- Sir, are you okay? - My God.
That poor man.
I hope someone's called 911.
Adam? Adam my God.
Adam? Adam? - Help! - You see that? Help! - [RASPING.]
- Jerry! - Help! - What happened? - How can I help? - 911.
Call 911.
[COUGHING.]
[RASPING.]
[PEOPLE SCREAMING.]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER.]
I need you to tag 'em.
- This way, this way.
- Coming in.
- And you got a - Salad bar across the street.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC.]
Special agents Maggie Bell, OA Zidan.
Detective Burns, NYPD.
- Six dead? - Now it's eight and counting.
Did they just drop like flies? Six in the plaza, a couple more on the sidewalk.
Another 14 hospitalized.
All within an eight-block radius.
Any updates from the hospital about what it might be? Not yet.
Symptoms? Seizures, respiratory issues, paralysis.
Everything from dizziness to numbness and abdominal pain.
So whatever this is, it attacks the human body every way it can.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER.]
Any idea what the victims ate? Not yet.
I imagine a doctor's probably compiling that information.
Random people dropped? Everyone else is okay? Doesn't seem likely it was a biological toxin in the air.
- Whoa, whoa.
- Whoa, whoa, ma'am.
You can't come in here.
I'm three yards from the tape.
Is right here really that different from back there? Can you tell me where he got that salad from? See if there's a sticker or receipt.
See if there's a receipt in that bag.
Yes, sir.
Living dangerously today, Agent Bell? I don't like wasting time.
There you go.
The deli on Church.
It's three blocks north of here.
Thank you.
Let's see what other victims bought lunch at that deli.
Thanks.
We've confirmed that at least five of the victims got their lunch from your salad bar today.
There must be some mistake.
Any health code problems? No, never.
My place is one of the cleanest in the city.
Did you get your food from any new suppliers? No.
Anyone you know that might want to attack you or your store? For what? This place has been in my family for 36 years.
We are part of this community.
The best, the brightest, the most powerful people in the country work around here.
Maybe that's why you were targeted.
Security footage is ready.
Thank you.
Third angle catches the front half of the salad bar.
Can you make it full screen? [BEEPING.]
There.
1:18 p.
m.
That girl.
She doesn't take anything.
Not even a container.
We got a reverse angle on this? This is all we got.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC.]
Can you go closer on that thing? Could give us a reflection.
[BEEPING.]
This is why they pay me the medium bucks.
[BEEPING.]
That's pretty good.
Super resolution-based reconstruction algorithm.
It's ridiculously good.
That girl just sprayed the salad bar.
She poisoned the food.
Turns out salad isn't always the healthy choice.
Lab ID'd the poison from the salad bar as synthesized tetrodotoxin, also known as TTX.
It's not contagious yay but that's where the good news ends.
It's odorless, flavorless, extremely potent.
What else do we need to know, CDC? Just one milligram can be fatal.
But every body reacts differently, and at different speeds.
So we could see people die over the next several hours? Let's try to ID and notify every person that ate at that deli today.
Some people who were exposed, they might not even know it yet.
And I'm guessing synthesized TTX isn't available - at Duane Reade? - That's a negative.
So this kid either has an A+ in chemistry or is shopping on the dark web.
Or something.
Any chance we could ID her off of facial recognition? So far, nada.
It uses DMV photos.
Most teenagers in New York don't bother learning to drive.
Agents are canvassing the neighborhood around the deli, pulling video from cameras to track our suspect.
We might have lost her around Brooklyn Banks Skatepark, but we did manage to catch this.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC.]
- No more purse or jacket.
- Y Yes! Some lucky ERT member gets to go dumpster diving.
I vote for Dave, 'cause he had the last half-and-half this morning.
The logo on the suspect's T-shirt is from a red anarchist black metal band.
Okay, who's the new headbanger? Special agents Bell and Zidan.
Special agent in charge Dana Mosier.
- Hi.
- You're the new boss.
Nice to meet you.
My daughter's school sent home a letter last year about anarchist metal.
Hyper aggressive, highly political.
So it's not just about the music.
Nope, a small movement.
Amateurish, but intense.
Imagine activists screaming at the top of their lungs for the destruction of American capitalism.
Right, but you think that it inspires a kid to poison a bunch of people she doesn't know? It could be a statement.
Most of the victims work in the Financial District.
Nothing's more capitalist than that.
It could put the movement on the map in a major way.
All right, well, as soon as we have anything solid, we'll let you know.
As soon as you have anything, you will let me know.
Sounds good, boss.
Heard good things about you two.
I have high expectations.
Nice one, Ace.
What? I thought she looked more like a James Taylor fan.
Hey, she's a brilliant profiler.
She took down the Bayou Butcher in New Orleans - without leaving her desk.
- That's impressive.
Hey, hey! Mount Sinai just admitted a patient with what looks like TTX poisoning.
Her name is Caroline Sabatac.
And guess what.
She's 16, 5'1", and she's got dirty blonde hair.
She walked in the door, and she couldn't even speak.
She could barely stand up, so I grabbed her things and rushed here.
And now the doctors aren't sure if she'll even wake up.
I'm so sorry, Ms.
Sabatac.
I don't know why she ate at that damn deli.
We never even go to that part of Manhattan.
Do you have any idea why Caroline was there? Maybe a friend invited her.
If we could get the names of Caroline's friends, that would be really helpful.
Most of her friends are online.
I haven't really met them.
Why is all of this important? My daughter's a victim.
We're looking at all victims, seeing who they're connected to.
You think Caroline was targeted? We don't know yet.
Has she had any issues with anyone? Caroline's had a hard time fitting in at school.
Kids her age can be cruel.
She's had to transfer twice in the last two years because of some pretty extreme bullying.
How long has this been going on? Since her dad left.
When did he leave? Five years ago.
Packed a bag and just disappeared from our lives.
Afterwards, she started acting out.
Acting out how? Um It started with these, uh, emotional meltdowns, and then I kept finding her burning things in her room.
Um, photos.
Old clothes.
Sounds like she was really hurting.
It just made her a target, and then that Made her act out more? Did Caroline ever mention red anarchist black metal? That terrible screaming music? Um, I haven't heard her listen to it for a while, but I also made her wear headphones.
When you grabbed her things, did you get her phone and laptop? Her laptop's in her backpack.
Jubal's working on a warrant for the apartment and the locker at her school.
Won't take long before Mom figures out that she's the culprit and not the victim.
Caroline's laptop.
What'd you learn from her school? Uh, repeated conflicts with both teachers and students.
Last month a guidance counselor found an online poll where Caroline's classmates voted her "Most Likely to be a School Shooter.
" I know teenagers are brutal, but that's dark.
Never mind the fact that, statistically, girls don't even shoot up schools.
No, female killers prefer poison.
Although not sure what anarchists prefer.
I will track her connections to the metal movement.
And check to see if she's been shopping for TTX on the dark web.
Agent Bell.
Yeah, we'll be right there.
Remember the purse ERT found in the alley? They found a sprayer inside.
Thanks.
We pulled good prints off of it.
We'll match them as soon as you get a set from your girl in the hospital.
You couldn't have just told me that over the phone? Oh, I could've.
I wanted you to see this.
- Is that an olive oil mister? - Yeah.
I use one on my grill so the meat doesn't stick.
This one's a little different.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC.]
What was that? That was what makes this sprayer special.
On the fifth press, the mechanism releases a poison-tipped needle.
It's booby trapped.
Your girl poisoned the salad bar, but on her fifth spray, she also injected some poison directly into her own bloodstream.
So Caroline was set up.
Someone convinced her to poison the salad bar and make sure she didn't live to talk about it.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC.]
[KNOCKS.]
- Hey.
- Caroline just died.
Heart finally shut down, which is maybe what she wanted.
It wasn't.
She didn't intentionally poison herself.
The sprayer was rigged.
Profile makes much more sense if somebody else made her do that.
Well, the anarchist metal group will be thrilled with the chaos this attack has caused.
Law enforcement has always looked at them as more of a nuisance than a real threat.
I guess that's about to change.
I may have found something.
Caroline was using a hidden browser to access a secure site several times a day.
But I can't track down her login info.
Username and password is in English, so I think the site is too.
But the writing in this graphic looks like Arabic.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC.]
It is.
The name of the site is Dark Jihad.
Jihad? Caroline was not working with amateurs.
She was working with ISIS.
My daughter's dead, and now you're saying she's a terrorist? That she worked with ISIS? Sorry, Mrs.
Sabatac.
There's substantial evidence.
You mentioned that your daughter started acting out when your husband left? - His name was Mahmad, correct? - Yes.
And he was a Chechen Muslim? I'm asking as a Muslim man myself.
I know there can be misinterpretations.
I'm just trying to get a sense of the big picture.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC.]
Mahmad was a lot of things, but he was never a radical.
Of course.
Was Caroline ever curious about his faith? A few months ago, she started asking questions about it.
And I was too I don't like talking about him.
So, when she asked about Islam, I told her to go look it up online.
Do you know if Caroline ever made contact with anybody in the Muslim community? In person or online? I'm starting to think there's a lot I don't know about my daughter.
Okay, American adolescent girl, her Muslim father, Islamic terrorist group.
Let's connect those dots.
Well, let's start with an alienated adolescent girl.
Little supervision, struggling to connect with anyone, including her peers.
She had already started expressing anger on violent online communities.
So, when she started researching Islam, she was drawn to sites that support violence and fed her loneliness.
The Internet rabbit hole spit her out at Dark Jihad.
We believe she was recruited by ISIS.
Is ISIS taking credit? Yeah, and we know it's legit, 'cause NSA caught some chatter on the ISIS online circles before the attack.
Any more since last night? A couple of brief mentions of victory in New York, and we know that last year, ISIS supported a plan to inject American grocers with cyanide.
So maybe this is take two.
Food supply's a soft target.
Hits on a primal level.
People scared to eat.
We've got 15,000 delis scrambling across this city looking to us.
Is it a one off? Or are there gonna be more attacks? That depends on how many more recruits there are.
- Hey.
- Hey.
So Dark Jihad is hosted on an anonymous offshore server.
We're still working on access.
Can you get a court order? Will we see who's using it? If Caroline's any indication, users mask their IPs through proxies and VPNs.
Knowing ISIS, this site's probably just a gateway.
Right.
They see who's serious, move conversations to an encrypted messaging app.
Uh, Caroline also had public social media accounts.
There any trace of her connected with radicals there? She didn't follow many users, and she kept her posts pretty vague.
Probably intentional.
The same way that she made herself look forgettable - at the deli.
- Right.
But that doesn't mean they didn't try to connect with her.
This is from yesterday.
"Today should be fun"? She's talking about the attack, but nobody knows that.
What was the response to that? A lot of passive-aggressive cyber bullying.
[OMINOUS MUSIC.]
That's pretty creepy, right? Stop.
Cloudcover33, the green bird.
That's not a bully.
Someone's trying to befriend her.
The souls of martyrs are within the bellies of green birds in paradise.
Jihadists talk about it all the time.
The bird is a icon to them.
So who's Cloudcover33? I'd love to help, but I have an early appointment, and Tara cannot be late for school.
I'm sorry.
Mr.
Siagas, Tara's the one we need to talk to, and you need to be there.
Hi, Tara.
Are you friends with Caroline Sabatac? Yeah, I know her.
Are you aware that Caroline was killed yesterday? No.
Tara, who is this girl, and how the hell is she mixed up with ISIS? She goes to my school.
She's a year older.
Why the hell haven't I ever heard of her? Sir.
Tara, did Caroline ever mention the Dark Jihad site to you? If you know something that could help us She doesn't know anything.
Sir, this is an FBI investigation.
You are free to observe.
Please do not interfere.
The FBI is investigating Dark Jihad.
We'll find out who was on there.
So there's no sense in lying to us.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC.]
Caroline, she She found Dark Jihad first.
Showed me what a cool community it was.
People who were smart and accepting.
Talked about the same kind of stuff we did.
What kinds of stuff? Like, I don't know.
The way clothes are used to make us feel bad.
Wear what's popular, we get called sluts.
Wear what we like, we get called freaks or prudes.
Right.
- Can't win.
- Not here.
But over there, where every woman dresses the same, you don't have to think about it.
You mean if all women wear burqas.
That's not what she means.
It is.
I joined Dark Jihad, too, and I started studying.
What are you studying for? For when I go to the Middle East.
When you become an ISIS bride.
Caroline and I were both going to go over.
But if she's dead You wanna run away? [SHOUTING.]
With terrorists? Hey, hey, hey, hey.
Who was gonna take you, Tara? Tara, whoever did this is still out there, and they did not just kill Caroline.
They killed a lot of other innocent people too.
His screen name is Greenbird.
He and Caroline met on the site and started talking.
She was gonna help with his plan, then go overseas and be with him.
Have you spoken to Greenbird? What have you talked about? Everything.
He's smart.
He's just different than anyone else I know.
He cares, so Did he express romantic feelings for you? But he doesn't even know what I look like.
He's not allowed to see my face until he proposes marriage.
Okay, but did he ever send photos to you? [GATE SQUEAKS.]
I just typed in "sexy ISIS" in Google Images.
Greenbird came up in 30 seconds.
Yeah, it's called the Jihadi method of recruiting.
- Seriously? - Sex sells.
I remember being a teenager.
You know, I understand wanting to do something because a boy is giving you attention or you want to belong.
I cannot understand why these girls - would be attracted to ISIS.
- Sure.
But you probably had good grades and friends and made the track team and had a good relationship with your father.
I understand vulnerability.
You don't have to mansplain the female teenage brain to me.
Okay, fair enough.
My point is, when I was undercover, I saw my faith weaponized all the time.
They would find people whose worlds felt incredibly chaotic and use it to promise them a sense of order.
But wanting to wear a burqa is lightyears away from wanting to poison innocent people.
It's a process.
Uh Tapping into something chaotic and convincing them that there's another way a better way.
Okay, fine.
I get order.
But in the end, what are these girls actually getting out of this? They're also promised respect.
An exalted position in society.
Over there is sold as some kind of paradise.
It's not.
These girls are teenagers.
They're just trying to figure out who they are.
I hate that that's getting exploited.
Yeah.
Just put Tara and her dad in the conference room.
Here's her password and sign-in.
- Time to contact her recruiter? - Yeah.
- Mm-hmm.
- Screen name is Greenbird.
He's the one behind the deli poisoning.
Find out his methods.
How many girls has he recruited? How's he getting them the poison? Okay, let's give this a shot.
So what would Tara say to Greenbird? Try a gentle confrontation about Caroline.
If he thinks he's gonna lose Tara, he'll move faster.
Okay, I'll let you know when he responds.
Okay.
Our friends in intelligence have been researching ISIS communications trying to find any reference to Dark Jihad.
- Any matches? - Two so far.
Both in emails related to Khalid Barham.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC.]
Barham? He's a chemical weapons expert responsible for attacks in Syria, Iraq And now poison in New York.
Barham is a ghost.
But a very prolific one.
The last known photo of him is from 2011.
If Greenbird is working for him, this is way bigger than just one deli.
Not your first encounter with Barham's network? [CHIMING.]
- Greenbird is live.
Let's chat with him on a bigger screen.
Let's go.
"She was not supposed to die, but that is the highest form of martyrdom.
" This Greenbird guy needs to brush up on how martyrdom works.
So how do I reply? Tara's a kid.
She'd still be scared.
She's come this far.
We have to make him think she's still willing.
Say, "I believe there is so much I can offer you" [TYPING.]
"If I can get overseas.
But I'm afraid to die.
" [TYPING.]
[CHIMES.]
"If you want to take the next step, you have to trust me.
" He's testing her.
He needs reassurance.
"I trust you.
" [TYPING.]
"Tell me what the next step is.
" Is that not too forward? He is not done.
He still needs her.
[TYPING.]
[CHIMES.]
"Meet me at Lighthouse Park.
Waterfront.
Noon.
" Our overseas Jihadi is here? He's in New York.
If any of Barham's guys are on American soil, that is bad news.
Ask him how we'll know it's him.
[TYPING.]
[CHIMES.]
"I'll find you.
" [CHIMES.]
Finally.
When the hell can You lied to us.
You sent photos of yourself to Greenbird, didn't you? I It was I I didn't know the rules yet about Islam.
- I was still studying.
- It's not about the rules.
Wait a minute.
I don't understand.
What did she do? Greenbird is not the dreamy soldier in that photo.
It's all fake.
He's an actual terrorist.
We have to catch him.
But now you have to meet him.
Let's make this thing happen.
- Yes, sir.
- Perimeter's set.
- Surveillance cams in place.
- Snipers? Two in position.
High, low.
Best we can do with the water.
How many undercover? Grabbed everyone available on short notice.
So, eight, but we're light on females.
Okay.
I'll tell my partner.
We're about to start the sting operation.
Is she ready? We're working on it.
[TENSE MUSIC.]
[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER.]
You told me yourself this guy is a terrorist.
How are you gonna protect my daughter? How you gonna guarantee her safety? We're gonna have eyes and ears on her the whole time.
Look, these earrings are embedded with microphones.
We're gonna hear every word.
I'm really sorry that I got angry with you earlier.
I just get upset when I think about how this man took advantage of Caroline and what it cost her.
- That's why I'm scared.
- I get it.
But this is a chance to do something really important.
Listen, Tara.
This fear you have is real.
But I know you will regret it if you do not help stop him.
We both understand how hard this is.
And I'm sure you're feeling pulled in a million different directions right now.
You're the only person who can get justice for Caroline and stop this guy from doing this to anyone else.
100% believe you can do this.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER.]
How long does she have to wait? Till he gets here.
We're monitoring Dark Jihad.
Greenbird hasn't been active since we connected.
This is Charlie One.
Potential target.
30 yards away.
Approaching from the south.
I thought Greenbird was a man.
This may be a more extreme catfishing case - than we thought.
- Yeah, maybe.
Or maybe Greenbird sent someone in his place.
This is it.
For safety reasons, Greenbird couldn't come himself, but he's inspired by your loyalty.
That's the recruiter.
Arrest her.
I have to wait for word from on high.
You have to arrest her! Are you ready to help? I am.
See if Tara can hold it together long enough to get some details.
I need you to promise to be faithful, to follow my directions exactly.
Greenbird's counting on you, - and if he can't count on you - I promise.
There's a dumpster behind the parking garage on 134th and 7th in Harlem.
Everything you need is in a backpack taped to the bottom of it.
Move in now.
FBI! Show me your hands! - Hands up! - Put your hands up! - Turn away from me.
- Let's go! Put your hands behind your back.
- You okay? - Yeah.
You did great.
Nita Kayali, born in Pakistan, grew up in Connecticut, parents deceased.
No siblings, no spouse.
She lived on the Upper East Side while she finished her MBA.
Is there any chance that Kayali is the mastermind but she used Greenbird as her persona to recruit young girls? I had the same thought, but Greenbird's been active since Kayali's arrest.
Plus, ERT picked up the backpack she mentioned.
The only skin cells on it were male.
What was in the backpack? The target they wanted Tara to hit.
Sprayer that would have killed her if she used it.
Have you matched Kayali's name, face, or voice to any of the ISIS intel intercepts? Other than Dark Jihad, NSA has nothing.
CIA? DIA? We got agents out talking to her classmates and neighbors.
Sounds like nobody expected this.
But now that we have access to the site, can we target Greenbird, get his IP address, figure out where he is? Appears to be using public Wi-Fi on a modified wireless card on a computer booted up from CD-ROM.
I'd ask, too, because I'm also not a nerd.
[GIGGLES.]
Means he's untraceable.
Well, let's see what Kayali knows.
Guys, keep in mind the hierarchy.
Kayali was an early recruit.
She's older than the girl she's meeting with.
It gives her a sense of power.
But you don't think she has any? No, Greenbird played into her desire for personal significance.
He earned her loyalty by making her feel important.
Okay.
Of course I'm more than a messenger.
We don't see the evidence.
Greenbird provides the poison, plans the attacks, brainwashes the girls.
- What do you do? - Are you Muslim? Of course.
Some of the recruits think they're Muslim, too, but they've just been sold a phony Islam express ticket.
But you're in a leadership role, so you probably know your Quran inside and out.
Like Surah An-Nur, the fifth oath.
"And the fifth oath is that the curse of Allah be upon him should he be among the liars.
" Good.
So you know it does not turn out well for liars.
This was a nice touch.
Probably pushed a few girls over the edge.
Was this your idea or his? You know what? It doesn't matter.
You're gonna get credit for it all anyway.
Greenbird used you to meet those other girls so he'd never be exposed.
And now you're gonna take the fall for everything.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC.]
We have enough to charge you with a litany of terrorism-related offenses.
Conspiracy to commit mass murder.
That's life in prison.
So, unless you cooperate, you're looking at 70 years in a cell, 23 hours a day.
For a husband you've never even met.
No.
I'm his partner.
It was meant to be.
Hmm.
He made you some promises.
A promise to take you to Nangarhar Province by the end of winter.
A growing resurgence there, and they need your talents.
There will be competition for your attention, but he knows you'll be true to him.
How do you know our plans? You couldn't have seen our chats.
Those weren't in the chats.
Those were the promises he made the girl in the park you met today.
No, you know nothing.
He promised you the same thing he promised every single girl.
This was all a manipulation.
I'm sorry, but it's gonna help you out later if you cooperate now.
I can't cooperate.
Because your entire relationship is online? I don't know his name, location, anything.
You can still help.
Who else has been recruited? We have three more girls who already have TTX - and assignments.
- You got names? No, but we can get faces.
Like Tara, they also sent their photos to Greenbird.
They're saved on an administrator subfolder on Dark Jihad.
You can use Kayali's login.
What? What's going on? The site's down.
Or or not down, but replaced.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC.]
Greenbird must have got word of Kayali's arrest.
Oh, he definitely did.
And left this.
All my brothers, come to Jihad and feel the honor we are feeling.
Feel the happiness we are feeling.
Attain martyrdom and the pleasure of your lord.
Look around you while you sit in comfort and ask yourself, is this how you want to die? [GUNFIRE.]
- You - Cannot - Stop - What - Has already been - Started.
- You - Will - Die - By - The hands - Of - Your - Own Children.
NSA, any idea who might've cut this little video for us? We'll compare it to other ISIS videos and see if anything hits.
Any update on who's behind the site? We're looking at Barham's network to see who has the, uh, - technical capabilities.
- Okay.
[TENSE MUSIC.]
Those three girls Kayali told us about, those are the future attacks this video promises.
She knows more.
Dark Jihad is down.
We can't get the photos of the other recruits.
Who runs the site? I have no idea.
You met the other three girls in the same place at the park? The Waterfront has poor camera coverage.
If we get dates and times for the meets, we can check it against the cameras at the entrance.
And if I give you those dates and times? We can only help you with sentencing.
We need physical descriptions of each girl.
Every detail you can remember.
Wednesday, 3:00 p.
m.
Nigerian, hijab, green sweatshirt, and black purse.
[TYPING.]
There, top left.
Updates? We just got all the faces for the recruits.
And I've sent them to every high school in the Five Boroughs.
We should have IDs soon.
Good, and we're getting close on Greenbird.
The propaganda video? Editing, language, update platform ties back to Ali Kara, an ISIS web site administrator in Libya.
I don't think I'll ever get used to the phrase "ISIS web site administrator.
" They have a whole media department.
Terrorism in the modern age.
Car received a call from a burner phone in Manhattan shortly after we arrested Kayali.
Just got our hands on it.
- Thanks.
- Yeah.
The NSA has the administrator's phones tapped.
Could you pull that up for us now? Yes, ma'am.
[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE.]
The academy is compromised.
[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE.]
Close it down and post the message.
[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE.]
Understood.
Should I make a new one? [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE.]
No, wait for me.
I need to pick the next city.
Sounds like Greenbird is starting in New York but plans to poison his way across America.
A scared city's one thing, but can you imagine the damage if an entire country's afraid to eat? Where are we with the voice printing? We're pulling it up now.
Yeah, I've heard of this.
How does it work? It's an advanced algorithm that creates models of voices and their unique characteristics.
Audio DNA.
It's supposed to be faster than Google search.
- What's going on? - It's coming.
[BEEPING.]
Don't we have confirmation that Barham was in Syria this year? Double sourced.
Okay, well, if he's here, we've gotta make sure he doesn't slip.
Yes, yes.
All right, everyone, I want this photo in the hands of every law enforcement officer in the state.
I wish we had a better photo.
He evades cameras.
It's the best we got.
Okay, he's on the move.
So bridges, airports, tunnels.
Everything! Cover everything! Let's go! Two of the girls showed up for school today.
Agents on the way to pick them up.
What about the third? Hakima Bassy.
Queens.
Marked absent.
Her mother hasn't seen her since this morning.
Okay, we'll go to her house now and see what we can get.
Hey, are you putting a BOLO out? Yeah, NYPD.
We're also looking for a girl, Hakima Bassy.
She's Nigerian, 18-years-old, 5'2", 114 pounds.
Sending you the photo now.
You come up against Barham before? One of the chemical attacks you mentioned? Mosul.
He bombed an apartment building with chlorine gas.
My unit responded, but by the time we got there, 39 people had suffocated.
Their skin was purple.
Faces burned off.
[CELL PHONE RINGS.]
Hey, Kristen.
Hakima's Metro card shows her getting on a 4-train heading north.
Cams caught her leaving Borough Hall Station.
Is there still a farmers market there? Three days a week.
Today's one of those days.
[ENGINE REVVING.]
[TIRES SQUEALING.]
FBI! Don't touch the food! - Put the food down! - Don't eat anything! Again, don't touch the food! Don't eat anything.
Put it down.
- FBI.
- Drop the food, please.
Drop the food.
Don't eat it.
Put the food down now.
- Don't eat that.
Drop it.
- Put it down.
Don't eat it.
Put the food down.
Please, can you help us? He can't breathe.
The food has been poisoned! Stay away from it! Don't eat anything! Medical attention is on the way! Is it a toxin? They're already experiencing symptoms.
We don't know who else has been exposed.
All right.
Kristen's digging through CCTV.
Looks like Hakima sprayed at least eight of the food stands.
Did she see where Hakima went? Looked like she was headed north before she got lost in the crowd.
All right, she took the subway down.
Easiest way out, right? Station's at the other end of the park.
We got another lady here.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC.]
OA, 12:00 o'clock.
Hakima Bassy! FBI.
Don't move.
[PEOPLE SHRIEKING.]
Show me your hands.
Slowly place your backpack on the ground.
Now.
I need you all to clear this perimeter! Get down on your knees.
Stand back! She's gonna need medical attention.
Turn around, go back.
You can't come this way.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER.]
Hands on your head.
No blood.
Sprayer's rigged to puncture her hand, but I don't see anything.
You're right.
No visible puncture wounds.
But I'll run some tests.
OA.
Poison's in her bag.
What else is in her bag? Clothes, shoes, toiletries.
Like maybe she was planning to go on a trip? You think she's gonna meet Barham? That's why the sprayer isn't rigged.
He wants her alive.
She's the only one he wasn't lying to.
Where were you supposed to meet Barham? Within the belly of a green bird in paradise.
OA.
- That's old news.
- Hold on.
[SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY.]
I'll call Jubal.
We'll get them to hold the ferries and get authorities there right away.
Let's move.
- Everything cordoned off? - Terminals secure.
Ferries docked.
No traffic in or out.
No sign of Barham? The guys are looking, but nothing yet.
You have a better photo we can work from? No.
I'll take right.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER.]
I think I got him.
End of the pier.
[EXCLAIMS.]
[CROWD CLAMORING.]
Go.
Your scar.
Experiment gone wrong? Maybe in Mosul? You're familiar with my work.
I saw it with my own eyes.
Sometimes one has to make mistake on the path to glory.
Your path isn't to glory.
I've been cleansing the world.
Doing Allah's work.
Guys like you shouldn't get to say Allah's name! But you can't help yourself.
You got nowhere to go [SPEAKS FOREIGN LANGUAGE.]
What's all this for? Huh? You've been hiding behind women all day.
Isn't it time to give up and take credit for all you've done? [WHIMPERS.]
That's not how this ends.
[GUNSHOT.]
Ahh! [THUDS.]
[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER.]
I spoke to the AUSA.
They'll consider Kayali's cooperation when the time comes for sentencing.
Great.
What about Hakima? She killed two people at the farmers market and turned 18 last week, so she'll be tried as an adult.
And now Barham's an actual ghost.
Can't use his chemistry on innocent people anymore.
Sometimes bad days end with good news.
It was a good shot.
I know.
I would have preferred to lock him up.
Killing him, they're just gonna call him a martyr.
But he was a monster, so big part of me's gonna sleep a lot better tonight knowing he's dead.
- Yep.
- What about you? I can't stop thinking about the moment these girls were drawn to ISIS.
When they were recruited.
No, when they decided it was even an option.
Well, ISIS distorts a lot to make themselves seem appealing.
It's more than that.
Being a teenager that's so desperate for a connection they turn to ISIS? That's a different level of pain.
[SOMBER MUSIC.]
You coming? No, uh, I'm gonna finish up some work.
See you tomorrow.
Thanks, but I'm just not happy there anymore.
Let me tell you something your generation doesn't understand.
Not everything's gonna make you happy all the time.
No, I get that.
But with your permission, I'd love to shadow a copywriter.
People are always seduced by the creative side of the industry.
I'd be mad at myself if I didn't at least ask.
Fair enough.
[COUGHING.]
- Sir, are you okay? - My God.
That poor man.
I hope someone's called 911.
Adam? Adam my God.
Adam? Adam? - Help! - You see that? Help! - [RASPING.]
- Jerry! - Help! - What happened? - How can I help? - 911.
Call 911.
[COUGHING.]
[RASPING.]
[PEOPLE SCREAMING.]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER.]
I need you to tag 'em.
- This way, this way.
- Coming in.
- And you got a - Salad bar across the street.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC.]
Special agents Maggie Bell, OA Zidan.
Detective Burns, NYPD.
- Six dead? - Now it's eight and counting.
Did they just drop like flies? Six in the plaza, a couple more on the sidewalk.
Another 14 hospitalized.
All within an eight-block radius.
Any updates from the hospital about what it might be? Not yet.
Symptoms? Seizures, respiratory issues, paralysis.
Everything from dizziness to numbness and abdominal pain.
So whatever this is, it attacks the human body every way it can.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER.]
Any idea what the victims ate? Not yet.
I imagine a doctor's probably compiling that information.
Random people dropped? Everyone else is okay? Doesn't seem likely it was a biological toxin in the air.
- Whoa, whoa.
- Whoa, whoa, ma'am.
You can't come in here.
I'm three yards from the tape.
Is right here really that different from back there? Can you tell me where he got that salad from? See if there's a sticker or receipt.
See if there's a receipt in that bag.
Yes, sir.
Living dangerously today, Agent Bell? I don't like wasting time.
There you go.
The deli on Church.
It's three blocks north of here.
Thank you.
Let's see what other victims bought lunch at that deli.
Thanks.
We've confirmed that at least five of the victims got their lunch from your salad bar today.
There must be some mistake.
Any health code problems? No, never.
My place is one of the cleanest in the city.
Did you get your food from any new suppliers? No.
Anyone you know that might want to attack you or your store? For what? This place has been in my family for 36 years.
We are part of this community.
The best, the brightest, the most powerful people in the country work around here.
Maybe that's why you were targeted.
Security footage is ready.
Thank you.
Third angle catches the front half of the salad bar.
Can you make it full screen? [BEEPING.]
There.
1:18 p.
m.
That girl.
She doesn't take anything.
Not even a container.
We got a reverse angle on this? This is all we got.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC.]
Can you go closer on that thing? Could give us a reflection.
[BEEPING.]
This is why they pay me the medium bucks.
[BEEPING.]
That's pretty good.
Super resolution-based reconstruction algorithm.
It's ridiculously good.
That girl just sprayed the salad bar.
She poisoned the food.
Turns out salad isn't always the healthy choice.
Lab ID'd the poison from the salad bar as synthesized tetrodotoxin, also known as TTX.
It's not contagious yay but that's where the good news ends.
It's odorless, flavorless, extremely potent.
What else do we need to know, CDC? Just one milligram can be fatal.
But every body reacts differently, and at different speeds.
So we could see people die over the next several hours? Let's try to ID and notify every person that ate at that deli today.
Some people who were exposed, they might not even know it yet.
And I'm guessing synthesized TTX isn't available - at Duane Reade? - That's a negative.
So this kid either has an A+ in chemistry or is shopping on the dark web.
Or something.
Any chance we could ID her off of facial recognition? So far, nada.
It uses DMV photos.
Most teenagers in New York don't bother learning to drive.
Agents are canvassing the neighborhood around the deli, pulling video from cameras to track our suspect.
We might have lost her around Brooklyn Banks Skatepark, but we did manage to catch this.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC.]
- No more purse or jacket.
- Y Yes! Some lucky ERT member gets to go dumpster diving.
I vote for Dave, 'cause he had the last half-and-half this morning.
The logo on the suspect's T-shirt is from a red anarchist black metal band.
Okay, who's the new headbanger? Special agents Bell and Zidan.
Special agent in charge Dana Mosier.
- Hi.
- You're the new boss.
Nice to meet you.
My daughter's school sent home a letter last year about anarchist metal.
Hyper aggressive, highly political.
So it's not just about the music.
Nope, a small movement.
Amateurish, but intense.
Imagine activists screaming at the top of their lungs for the destruction of American capitalism.
Right, but you think that it inspires a kid to poison a bunch of people she doesn't know? It could be a statement.
Most of the victims work in the Financial District.
Nothing's more capitalist than that.
It could put the movement on the map in a major way.
All right, well, as soon as we have anything solid, we'll let you know.
As soon as you have anything, you will let me know.
Sounds good, boss.
Heard good things about you two.
I have high expectations.
Nice one, Ace.
What? I thought she looked more like a James Taylor fan.
Hey, she's a brilliant profiler.
She took down the Bayou Butcher in New Orleans - without leaving her desk.
- That's impressive.
Hey, hey! Mount Sinai just admitted a patient with what looks like TTX poisoning.
Her name is Caroline Sabatac.
And guess what.
She's 16, 5'1", and she's got dirty blonde hair.
She walked in the door, and she couldn't even speak.
She could barely stand up, so I grabbed her things and rushed here.
And now the doctors aren't sure if she'll even wake up.
I'm so sorry, Ms.
Sabatac.
I don't know why she ate at that damn deli.
We never even go to that part of Manhattan.
Do you have any idea why Caroline was there? Maybe a friend invited her.
If we could get the names of Caroline's friends, that would be really helpful.
Most of her friends are online.
I haven't really met them.
Why is all of this important? My daughter's a victim.
We're looking at all victims, seeing who they're connected to.
You think Caroline was targeted? We don't know yet.
Has she had any issues with anyone? Caroline's had a hard time fitting in at school.
Kids her age can be cruel.
She's had to transfer twice in the last two years because of some pretty extreme bullying.
How long has this been going on? Since her dad left.
When did he leave? Five years ago.
Packed a bag and just disappeared from our lives.
Afterwards, she started acting out.
Acting out how? Um It started with these, uh, emotional meltdowns, and then I kept finding her burning things in her room.
Um, photos.
Old clothes.
Sounds like she was really hurting.
It just made her a target, and then that Made her act out more? Did Caroline ever mention red anarchist black metal? That terrible screaming music? Um, I haven't heard her listen to it for a while, but I also made her wear headphones.
When you grabbed her things, did you get her phone and laptop? Her laptop's in her backpack.
Jubal's working on a warrant for the apartment and the locker at her school.
Won't take long before Mom figures out that she's the culprit and not the victim.
Caroline's laptop.
What'd you learn from her school? Uh, repeated conflicts with both teachers and students.
Last month a guidance counselor found an online poll where Caroline's classmates voted her "Most Likely to be a School Shooter.
" I know teenagers are brutal, but that's dark.
Never mind the fact that, statistically, girls don't even shoot up schools.
No, female killers prefer poison.
Although not sure what anarchists prefer.
I will track her connections to the metal movement.
And check to see if she's been shopping for TTX on the dark web.
Agent Bell.
Yeah, we'll be right there.
Remember the purse ERT found in the alley? They found a sprayer inside.
Thanks.
We pulled good prints off of it.
We'll match them as soon as you get a set from your girl in the hospital.
You couldn't have just told me that over the phone? Oh, I could've.
I wanted you to see this.
- Is that an olive oil mister? - Yeah.
I use one on my grill so the meat doesn't stick.
This one's a little different.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC.]
What was that? That was what makes this sprayer special.
On the fifth press, the mechanism releases a poison-tipped needle.
It's booby trapped.
Your girl poisoned the salad bar, but on her fifth spray, she also injected some poison directly into her own bloodstream.
So Caroline was set up.
Someone convinced her to poison the salad bar and make sure she didn't live to talk about it.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC.]
[KNOCKS.]
- Hey.
- Caroline just died.
Heart finally shut down, which is maybe what she wanted.
It wasn't.
She didn't intentionally poison herself.
The sprayer was rigged.
Profile makes much more sense if somebody else made her do that.
Well, the anarchist metal group will be thrilled with the chaos this attack has caused.
Law enforcement has always looked at them as more of a nuisance than a real threat.
I guess that's about to change.
I may have found something.
Caroline was using a hidden browser to access a secure site several times a day.
But I can't track down her login info.
Username and password is in English, so I think the site is too.
But the writing in this graphic looks like Arabic.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC.]
It is.
The name of the site is Dark Jihad.
Jihad? Caroline was not working with amateurs.
She was working with ISIS.
My daughter's dead, and now you're saying she's a terrorist? That she worked with ISIS? Sorry, Mrs.
Sabatac.
There's substantial evidence.
You mentioned that your daughter started acting out when your husband left? - His name was Mahmad, correct? - Yes.
And he was a Chechen Muslim? I'm asking as a Muslim man myself.
I know there can be misinterpretations.
I'm just trying to get a sense of the big picture.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC.]
Mahmad was a lot of things, but he was never a radical.
Of course.
Was Caroline ever curious about his faith? A few months ago, she started asking questions about it.
And I was too I don't like talking about him.
So, when she asked about Islam, I told her to go look it up online.
Do you know if Caroline ever made contact with anybody in the Muslim community? In person or online? I'm starting to think there's a lot I don't know about my daughter.
Okay, American adolescent girl, her Muslim father, Islamic terrorist group.
Let's connect those dots.
Well, let's start with an alienated adolescent girl.
Little supervision, struggling to connect with anyone, including her peers.
She had already started expressing anger on violent online communities.
So, when she started researching Islam, she was drawn to sites that support violence and fed her loneliness.
The Internet rabbit hole spit her out at Dark Jihad.
We believe she was recruited by ISIS.
Is ISIS taking credit? Yeah, and we know it's legit, 'cause NSA caught some chatter on the ISIS online circles before the attack.
Any more since last night? A couple of brief mentions of victory in New York, and we know that last year, ISIS supported a plan to inject American grocers with cyanide.
So maybe this is take two.
Food supply's a soft target.
Hits on a primal level.
People scared to eat.
We've got 15,000 delis scrambling across this city looking to us.
Is it a one off? Or are there gonna be more attacks? That depends on how many more recruits there are.
- Hey.
- Hey.
So Dark Jihad is hosted on an anonymous offshore server.
We're still working on access.
Can you get a court order? Will we see who's using it? If Caroline's any indication, users mask their IPs through proxies and VPNs.
Knowing ISIS, this site's probably just a gateway.
Right.
They see who's serious, move conversations to an encrypted messaging app.
Uh, Caroline also had public social media accounts.
There any trace of her connected with radicals there? She didn't follow many users, and she kept her posts pretty vague.
Probably intentional.
The same way that she made herself look forgettable - at the deli.
- Right.
But that doesn't mean they didn't try to connect with her.
This is from yesterday.
"Today should be fun"? She's talking about the attack, but nobody knows that.
What was the response to that? A lot of passive-aggressive cyber bullying.
[OMINOUS MUSIC.]
That's pretty creepy, right? Stop.
Cloudcover33, the green bird.
That's not a bully.
Someone's trying to befriend her.
The souls of martyrs are within the bellies of green birds in paradise.
Jihadists talk about it all the time.
The bird is a icon to them.
So who's Cloudcover33? I'd love to help, but I have an early appointment, and Tara cannot be late for school.
I'm sorry.
Mr.
Siagas, Tara's the one we need to talk to, and you need to be there.
Hi, Tara.
Are you friends with Caroline Sabatac? Yeah, I know her.
Are you aware that Caroline was killed yesterday? No.
Tara, who is this girl, and how the hell is she mixed up with ISIS? She goes to my school.
She's a year older.
Why the hell haven't I ever heard of her? Sir.
Tara, did Caroline ever mention the Dark Jihad site to you? If you know something that could help us She doesn't know anything.
Sir, this is an FBI investigation.
You are free to observe.
Please do not interfere.
The FBI is investigating Dark Jihad.
We'll find out who was on there.
So there's no sense in lying to us.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC.]
Caroline, she She found Dark Jihad first.
Showed me what a cool community it was.
People who were smart and accepting.
Talked about the same kind of stuff we did.
What kinds of stuff? Like, I don't know.
The way clothes are used to make us feel bad.
Wear what's popular, we get called sluts.
Wear what we like, we get called freaks or prudes.
Right.
- Can't win.
- Not here.
But over there, where every woman dresses the same, you don't have to think about it.
You mean if all women wear burqas.
That's not what she means.
It is.
I joined Dark Jihad, too, and I started studying.
What are you studying for? For when I go to the Middle East.
When you become an ISIS bride.
Caroline and I were both going to go over.
But if she's dead You wanna run away? [SHOUTING.]
With terrorists? Hey, hey, hey, hey.
Who was gonna take you, Tara? Tara, whoever did this is still out there, and they did not just kill Caroline.
They killed a lot of other innocent people too.
His screen name is Greenbird.
He and Caroline met on the site and started talking.
She was gonna help with his plan, then go overseas and be with him.
Have you spoken to Greenbird? What have you talked about? Everything.
He's smart.
He's just different than anyone else I know.
He cares, so Did he express romantic feelings for you? But he doesn't even know what I look like.
He's not allowed to see my face until he proposes marriage.
Okay, but did he ever send photos to you? [GATE SQUEAKS.]
I just typed in "sexy ISIS" in Google Images.
Greenbird came up in 30 seconds.
Yeah, it's called the Jihadi method of recruiting.
- Seriously? - Sex sells.
I remember being a teenager.
You know, I understand wanting to do something because a boy is giving you attention or you want to belong.
I cannot understand why these girls - would be attracted to ISIS.
- Sure.
But you probably had good grades and friends and made the track team and had a good relationship with your father.
I understand vulnerability.
You don't have to mansplain the female teenage brain to me.
Okay, fair enough.
My point is, when I was undercover, I saw my faith weaponized all the time.
They would find people whose worlds felt incredibly chaotic and use it to promise them a sense of order.
But wanting to wear a burqa is lightyears away from wanting to poison innocent people.
It's a process.
Uh Tapping into something chaotic and convincing them that there's another way a better way.
Okay, fine.
I get order.
But in the end, what are these girls actually getting out of this? They're also promised respect.
An exalted position in society.
Over there is sold as some kind of paradise.
It's not.
These girls are teenagers.
They're just trying to figure out who they are.
I hate that that's getting exploited.
Yeah.
Just put Tara and her dad in the conference room.
Here's her password and sign-in.
- Time to contact her recruiter? - Yeah.
- Mm-hmm.
- Screen name is Greenbird.
He's the one behind the deli poisoning.
Find out his methods.
How many girls has he recruited? How's he getting them the poison? Okay, let's give this a shot.
So what would Tara say to Greenbird? Try a gentle confrontation about Caroline.
If he thinks he's gonna lose Tara, he'll move faster.
Okay, I'll let you know when he responds.
Okay.
Our friends in intelligence have been researching ISIS communications trying to find any reference to Dark Jihad.
- Any matches? - Two so far.
Both in emails related to Khalid Barham.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC.]
Barham? He's a chemical weapons expert responsible for attacks in Syria, Iraq And now poison in New York.
Barham is a ghost.
But a very prolific one.
The last known photo of him is from 2011.
If Greenbird is working for him, this is way bigger than just one deli.
Not your first encounter with Barham's network? [CHIMING.]
- Greenbird is live.
Let's chat with him on a bigger screen.
Let's go.
"She was not supposed to die, but that is the highest form of martyrdom.
" This Greenbird guy needs to brush up on how martyrdom works.
So how do I reply? Tara's a kid.
She'd still be scared.
She's come this far.
We have to make him think she's still willing.
Say, "I believe there is so much I can offer you" [TYPING.]
"If I can get overseas.
But I'm afraid to die.
" [TYPING.]
[CHIMES.]
"If you want to take the next step, you have to trust me.
" He's testing her.
He needs reassurance.
"I trust you.
" [TYPING.]
"Tell me what the next step is.
" Is that not too forward? He is not done.
He still needs her.
[TYPING.]
[CHIMES.]
"Meet me at Lighthouse Park.
Waterfront.
Noon.
" Our overseas Jihadi is here? He's in New York.
If any of Barham's guys are on American soil, that is bad news.
Ask him how we'll know it's him.
[TYPING.]
[CHIMES.]
"I'll find you.
" [CHIMES.]
Finally.
When the hell can You lied to us.
You sent photos of yourself to Greenbird, didn't you? I It was I I didn't know the rules yet about Islam.
- I was still studying.
- It's not about the rules.
Wait a minute.
I don't understand.
What did she do? Greenbird is not the dreamy soldier in that photo.
It's all fake.
He's an actual terrorist.
We have to catch him.
But now you have to meet him.
Let's make this thing happen.
- Yes, sir.
- Perimeter's set.
- Surveillance cams in place.
- Snipers? Two in position.
High, low.
Best we can do with the water.
How many undercover? Grabbed everyone available on short notice.
So, eight, but we're light on females.
Okay.
I'll tell my partner.
We're about to start the sting operation.
Is she ready? We're working on it.
[TENSE MUSIC.]
[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER.]
You told me yourself this guy is a terrorist.
How are you gonna protect my daughter? How you gonna guarantee her safety? We're gonna have eyes and ears on her the whole time.
Look, these earrings are embedded with microphones.
We're gonna hear every word.
I'm really sorry that I got angry with you earlier.
I just get upset when I think about how this man took advantage of Caroline and what it cost her.
- That's why I'm scared.
- I get it.
But this is a chance to do something really important.
Listen, Tara.
This fear you have is real.
But I know you will regret it if you do not help stop him.
We both understand how hard this is.
And I'm sure you're feeling pulled in a million different directions right now.
You're the only person who can get justice for Caroline and stop this guy from doing this to anyone else.
100% believe you can do this.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER.]
How long does she have to wait? Till he gets here.
We're monitoring Dark Jihad.
Greenbird hasn't been active since we connected.
This is Charlie One.
Potential target.
30 yards away.
Approaching from the south.
I thought Greenbird was a man.
This may be a more extreme catfishing case - than we thought.
- Yeah, maybe.
Or maybe Greenbird sent someone in his place.
This is it.
For safety reasons, Greenbird couldn't come himself, but he's inspired by your loyalty.
That's the recruiter.
Arrest her.
I have to wait for word from on high.
You have to arrest her! Are you ready to help? I am.
See if Tara can hold it together long enough to get some details.
I need you to promise to be faithful, to follow my directions exactly.
Greenbird's counting on you, - and if he can't count on you - I promise.
There's a dumpster behind the parking garage on 134th and 7th in Harlem.
Everything you need is in a backpack taped to the bottom of it.
Move in now.
FBI! Show me your hands! - Hands up! - Put your hands up! - Turn away from me.
- Let's go! Put your hands behind your back.
- You okay? - Yeah.
You did great.
Nita Kayali, born in Pakistan, grew up in Connecticut, parents deceased.
No siblings, no spouse.
She lived on the Upper East Side while she finished her MBA.
Is there any chance that Kayali is the mastermind but she used Greenbird as her persona to recruit young girls? I had the same thought, but Greenbird's been active since Kayali's arrest.
Plus, ERT picked up the backpack she mentioned.
The only skin cells on it were male.
What was in the backpack? The target they wanted Tara to hit.
Sprayer that would have killed her if she used it.
Have you matched Kayali's name, face, or voice to any of the ISIS intel intercepts? Other than Dark Jihad, NSA has nothing.
CIA? DIA? We got agents out talking to her classmates and neighbors.
Sounds like nobody expected this.
But now that we have access to the site, can we target Greenbird, get his IP address, figure out where he is? Appears to be using public Wi-Fi on a modified wireless card on a computer booted up from CD-ROM.
I'd ask, too, because I'm also not a nerd.
[GIGGLES.]
Means he's untraceable.
Well, let's see what Kayali knows.
Guys, keep in mind the hierarchy.
Kayali was an early recruit.
She's older than the girl she's meeting with.
It gives her a sense of power.
But you don't think she has any? No, Greenbird played into her desire for personal significance.
He earned her loyalty by making her feel important.
Okay.
Of course I'm more than a messenger.
We don't see the evidence.
Greenbird provides the poison, plans the attacks, brainwashes the girls.
- What do you do? - Are you Muslim? Of course.
Some of the recruits think they're Muslim, too, but they've just been sold a phony Islam express ticket.
But you're in a leadership role, so you probably know your Quran inside and out.
Like Surah An-Nur, the fifth oath.
"And the fifth oath is that the curse of Allah be upon him should he be among the liars.
" Good.
So you know it does not turn out well for liars.
This was a nice touch.
Probably pushed a few girls over the edge.
Was this your idea or his? You know what? It doesn't matter.
You're gonna get credit for it all anyway.
Greenbird used you to meet those other girls so he'd never be exposed.
And now you're gonna take the fall for everything.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC.]
We have enough to charge you with a litany of terrorism-related offenses.
Conspiracy to commit mass murder.
That's life in prison.
So, unless you cooperate, you're looking at 70 years in a cell, 23 hours a day.
For a husband you've never even met.
No.
I'm his partner.
It was meant to be.
Hmm.
He made you some promises.
A promise to take you to Nangarhar Province by the end of winter.
A growing resurgence there, and they need your talents.
There will be competition for your attention, but he knows you'll be true to him.
How do you know our plans? You couldn't have seen our chats.
Those weren't in the chats.
Those were the promises he made the girl in the park you met today.
No, you know nothing.
He promised you the same thing he promised every single girl.
This was all a manipulation.
I'm sorry, but it's gonna help you out later if you cooperate now.
I can't cooperate.
Because your entire relationship is online? I don't know his name, location, anything.
You can still help.
Who else has been recruited? We have three more girls who already have TTX - and assignments.
- You got names? No, but we can get faces.
Like Tara, they also sent their photos to Greenbird.
They're saved on an administrator subfolder on Dark Jihad.
You can use Kayali's login.
What? What's going on? The site's down.
Or or not down, but replaced.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC.]
Greenbird must have got word of Kayali's arrest.
Oh, he definitely did.
And left this.
All my brothers, come to Jihad and feel the honor we are feeling.
Feel the happiness we are feeling.
Attain martyrdom and the pleasure of your lord.
Look around you while you sit in comfort and ask yourself, is this how you want to die? [GUNFIRE.]
- You - Cannot - Stop - What - Has already been - Started.
- You - Will - Die - By - The hands - Of - Your - Own Children.
NSA, any idea who might've cut this little video for us? We'll compare it to other ISIS videos and see if anything hits.
Any update on who's behind the site? We're looking at Barham's network to see who has the, uh, - technical capabilities.
- Okay.
[TENSE MUSIC.]
Those three girls Kayali told us about, those are the future attacks this video promises.
She knows more.
Dark Jihad is down.
We can't get the photos of the other recruits.
Who runs the site? I have no idea.
You met the other three girls in the same place at the park? The Waterfront has poor camera coverage.
If we get dates and times for the meets, we can check it against the cameras at the entrance.
And if I give you those dates and times? We can only help you with sentencing.
We need physical descriptions of each girl.
Every detail you can remember.
Wednesday, 3:00 p.
m.
Nigerian, hijab, green sweatshirt, and black purse.
[TYPING.]
There, top left.
Updates? We just got all the faces for the recruits.
And I've sent them to every high school in the Five Boroughs.
We should have IDs soon.
Good, and we're getting close on Greenbird.
The propaganda video? Editing, language, update platform ties back to Ali Kara, an ISIS web site administrator in Libya.
I don't think I'll ever get used to the phrase "ISIS web site administrator.
" They have a whole media department.
Terrorism in the modern age.
Car received a call from a burner phone in Manhattan shortly after we arrested Kayali.
Just got our hands on it.
- Thanks.
- Yeah.
The NSA has the administrator's phones tapped.
Could you pull that up for us now? Yes, ma'am.
[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE.]
The academy is compromised.
[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE.]
Close it down and post the message.
[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE.]
Understood.
Should I make a new one? [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE.]
No, wait for me.
I need to pick the next city.
Sounds like Greenbird is starting in New York but plans to poison his way across America.
A scared city's one thing, but can you imagine the damage if an entire country's afraid to eat? Where are we with the voice printing? We're pulling it up now.
Yeah, I've heard of this.
How does it work? It's an advanced algorithm that creates models of voices and their unique characteristics.
Audio DNA.
It's supposed to be faster than Google search.
- What's going on? - It's coming.
[BEEPING.]
Don't we have confirmation that Barham was in Syria this year? Double sourced.
Okay, well, if he's here, we've gotta make sure he doesn't slip.
Yes, yes.
All right, everyone, I want this photo in the hands of every law enforcement officer in the state.
I wish we had a better photo.
He evades cameras.
It's the best we got.
Okay, he's on the move.
So bridges, airports, tunnels.
Everything! Cover everything! Let's go! Two of the girls showed up for school today.
Agents on the way to pick them up.
What about the third? Hakima Bassy.
Queens.
Marked absent.
Her mother hasn't seen her since this morning.
Okay, we'll go to her house now and see what we can get.
Hey, are you putting a BOLO out? Yeah, NYPD.
We're also looking for a girl, Hakima Bassy.
She's Nigerian, 18-years-old, 5'2", 114 pounds.
Sending you the photo now.
You come up against Barham before? One of the chemical attacks you mentioned? Mosul.
He bombed an apartment building with chlorine gas.
My unit responded, but by the time we got there, 39 people had suffocated.
Their skin was purple.
Faces burned off.
[CELL PHONE RINGS.]
Hey, Kristen.
Hakima's Metro card shows her getting on a 4-train heading north.
Cams caught her leaving Borough Hall Station.
Is there still a farmers market there? Three days a week.
Today's one of those days.
[ENGINE REVVING.]
[TIRES SQUEALING.]
FBI! Don't touch the food! - Put the food down! - Don't eat anything! Again, don't touch the food! Don't eat anything.
Put it down.
- FBI.
- Drop the food, please.
Drop the food.
Don't eat it.
Put the food down now.
- Don't eat that.
Drop it.
- Put it down.
Don't eat it.
Put the food down.
Please, can you help us? He can't breathe.
The food has been poisoned! Stay away from it! Don't eat anything! Medical attention is on the way! Is it a toxin? They're already experiencing symptoms.
We don't know who else has been exposed.
All right.
Kristen's digging through CCTV.
Looks like Hakima sprayed at least eight of the food stands.
Did she see where Hakima went? Looked like she was headed north before she got lost in the crowd.
All right, she took the subway down.
Easiest way out, right? Station's at the other end of the park.
We got another lady here.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC.]
OA, 12:00 o'clock.
Hakima Bassy! FBI.
Don't move.
[PEOPLE SHRIEKING.]
Show me your hands.
Slowly place your backpack on the ground.
Now.
I need you all to clear this perimeter! Get down on your knees.
Stand back! She's gonna need medical attention.
Turn around, go back.
You can't come this way.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER.]
Hands on your head.
No blood.
Sprayer's rigged to puncture her hand, but I don't see anything.
You're right.
No visible puncture wounds.
But I'll run some tests.
OA.
Poison's in her bag.
What else is in her bag? Clothes, shoes, toiletries.
Like maybe she was planning to go on a trip? You think she's gonna meet Barham? That's why the sprayer isn't rigged.
He wants her alive.
She's the only one he wasn't lying to.
Where were you supposed to meet Barham? Within the belly of a green bird in paradise.
OA.
- That's old news.
- Hold on.
[SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY.]
I'll call Jubal.
We'll get them to hold the ferries and get authorities there right away.
Let's move.
- Everything cordoned off? - Terminals secure.
Ferries docked.
No traffic in or out.
No sign of Barham? The guys are looking, but nothing yet.
You have a better photo we can work from? No.
I'll take right.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER.]
I think I got him.
End of the pier.
[EXCLAIMS.]
[CROWD CLAMORING.]
Go.
Your scar.
Experiment gone wrong? Maybe in Mosul? You're familiar with my work.
I saw it with my own eyes.
Sometimes one has to make mistake on the path to glory.
Your path isn't to glory.
I've been cleansing the world.
Doing Allah's work.
Guys like you shouldn't get to say Allah's name! But you can't help yourself.
You got nowhere to go [SPEAKS FOREIGN LANGUAGE.]
What's all this for? Huh? You've been hiding behind women all day.
Isn't it time to give up and take credit for all you've done? [WHIMPERS.]
That's not how this ends.
[GUNSHOT.]
Ahh! [THUDS.]
[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER.]
I spoke to the AUSA.
They'll consider Kayali's cooperation when the time comes for sentencing.
Great.
What about Hakima? She killed two people at the farmers market and turned 18 last week, so she'll be tried as an adult.
And now Barham's an actual ghost.
Can't use his chemistry on innocent people anymore.
Sometimes bad days end with good news.
It was a good shot.
I know.
I would have preferred to lock him up.
Killing him, they're just gonna call him a martyr.
But he was a monster, so big part of me's gonna sleep a lot better tonight knowing he's dead.
- Yep.
- What about you? I can't stop thinking about the moment these girls were drawn to ISIS.
When they were recruited.
No, when they decided it was even an option.
Well, ISIS distorts a lot to make themselves seem appealing.
It's more than that.
Being a teenager that's so desperate for a connection they turn to ISIS? That's a different level of pain.
[SOMBER MUSIC.]
You coming? No, uh, I'm gonna finish up some work.
See you tomorrow.