In this conversation, recorded by a government witness on May 20, 2009, Daniel Patrick Boyd describes watching a plane get shot down in Afghanistan and his past escapades robbing Pakistani banks. The FBI summary of this conversation can be seen here.
Transcript:
Boyd:
Man it hit the ground, it was an ammunition plane. Son, you had to see the explosion on that thing. Everybody getting down. Well, it was probably from here … I'm not kidding, it was at least a mile away from me. Now that explosion filled the horizon. Boooooooom. God almighty. Allahu Akhbar, the whole mountain just let loose on some tracer ammunition. Allahu Akhbar. [laughter] They took him down. There was something to be said about that. I was high, high, higher. Mashallah. Anyways, let me load these guns. Put your mind on thinkng. Anything you think of, let me run it through. Can I do that for Allah? Or is this not for Allah? Cause if it is for Allah, can I do it without harming the good people? You understand what? You know hitting the Wells Fargo trucks, the banks, things like that - that money's insured. And they have to pay the people who had their money in that one, back, so those people don't get hurt. We're hurting the banking system. The banking system is the main ammunition of the Kuffar. It is the main ammunition. It was straight up, straight up. I was hitting the banks off in Pakistan. That is how I got in jail over there, some brothers and I. I said, "Man this ain't right." Took the money and gave it to them, get 30, 40 thousand rupees out for the bank. I wouldn't get much out of them.
Second Speaker:
Rupees? Oh that's their dollar.
Boyd:
Pakistan, yeah. But we were all so young and dumb, we weren't thinking straight, you know. And here we got lots of talent, lots of experience, lots of brains, you know. I know this, you get in and out of a bank in three minutes or less, that's a good deal. You get in and out in two minutes or less, some of the cops can't even react. You know, they push the silent alarm the moment you walk in the door, which that ain't the case, because the first twenty seconds is you getting prepped. You walk in the door, you get your position, and boom it hits. Now just put it in your mind, I ain't trying to… this is just talk.
Second Speaker:
Brother, I …
Boyd:
This is just talk. But you gotta talk before you can walk. You gotta walk if you are going to put Allah first, so if it never has to come to fruition, it never has to come to that, Ok Alhamdulilah, Allah give us another way, but we must be ready, we must ready.
Second Speaker:
Insha'Allah, Insha'Allah, Insha'Allah.
Boyd:
We must be ready for the sake of Allah.
Second Speaker:
Man, I'm gonna open my eyes…