http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/07/07/tunnel.plot/index.html
"Suspected ringleader posed as playboy, professor in Beirut - Assem Hammoud is said to be a professor of computer studies. U.S. and international authorities disrupted a plot by eight terrorists to blow up a commuter train tunnel connecting New Jersey and Manhattan. Three of the eight men are in some form of custody, and the rest have been at least partially identified. The identity of one suspect, a 31-year-old Lebanese man, has been released. Mershon said the plan was "what we believe was the real deal," a scheme involving al Qaeda members on three continents. Mershon said none of the suspects has been to the United States. The investigation remains classified."
(Watch the FBI's Mershon reveal what links the plot had to bin Laden -- 3:29
Agents describe how they disrupted a 'real deal' (3:29)
U.S. gets a terror reality check (2:27))
