Uncovering a Terrorist: Agent Ryan Dwyer and the Case of the Portland Bomb Plot

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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. In the end, they replaced the real bomb with a fake.

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Bryan Denson is an award-winning journalist and the author of The Spy's Son. He was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in national reporting, and contributes stories to Newsweek and serves as a special correspondent for the Los Angeles Times. Bryan enjoys telling stories cinematically, and is happiest when a story requires long hours of investigative lock-picking. FBI Files is Bryan's true crime series for young readers. He lives in Portland, Oregon.