KOMO News reported, "According to court records, the whole setup was a hustle by petty crook James Ujaama of Seattle.
[1] When the two men arrived to set up the camp in December 1999, they found there were just two recruits, Sami Osman and his teenage brother-in-law.
Because they feared al Masri's phone call had been monitored, and had tipped off the American officials, they too fled the camp.
In fact, American security officials had been monitoring the developing plans since the first contact between al Masri and Ujaam.
[1][3][4] In return for pleading guilty to providing material support for terrorism, and agreeing to cooperate in helping to convict the British men, Ujaama received a two-year sentence.