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Bryant Neal Vinas is accused of attempting to take part in a suicide bombing attack last year.  The New York Times reported that Mr. Vinas grew up in Brooklyn, converted to Islam in 2004, and was recruited into an Al Qaeda education program sometime between March and July 2008.  Mr. Vinas was trained in different explosives and, soon after, attempted twice to attack American bases.  During his 14 months in Pakistan, he also provided information to terror leaders of the Long Island Rail Road for a possible suicide bomb attempt. Mr. Vinas also provided inside information on how the recruiting camp works.  He said that people come to the camp through many different ways: Internet, mosques, criminal groups in Europe, through friends, etc.  Each person gives the leaders their and their relative’s information, hands their passports to Al Qaeda and receives another identity.  They then swear their allegiance to Al Qaeda and the leaders then run their lives. This article is particularly disturbing because it shows how easily people who are not born into the Islamic religion become part of the fundamental Islamic extremist groups.  It is important to learn how prevalent homegrown terror is today.