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Unbelievable<\/a>! How amazing would that be!<\/p>\n

Ramzi Yousef, the mastermind of the first terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, claims he converted from Islam to Christianity, Scott Pelley reports in a story that brings viewers inside the secretive “Supermax” prison where he is being held. Pelley also reports that some 900 force feedings were performed on other al-Qaeda terrorists who went on repeated hunger strikes to protest conditions at the Colorado top-security federal prison. The 60 MINUTES segment will be broadcast Sunday Oct. 14 (7:30-9:00 PM, ET\/7:00-9:00 PM, PT) on the CBS Television Network.
\nThe prison in Florence, Colo., which the government calls ADX-Florence for Administrative Maximum, houses the nation’s toughest and most infamous criminals, such as Olympic bomber Eric Rudolph, would-be 9\/11 terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui, Oklahoma City bomber Terry Nichols and shoe bomber Richard Reid. 60 MINUTES obtained exclusive footage of prisoners inside the facility, where special-case prisoners are allowed only a phone call a month, spend 23 hours a day in their 12-by-7 cells and can get mail only from people approved by the prison.
\nRobert Hood, its warden from 2002 to 2005, says Yousef was a special case. He never left his cell because he did not want to face the indignity of a strip search required for recreation. “He has that Charlie Manson look,” says Hood of Yousef. “He has some charisma about him. He’s in [prison] uniform, but you know that there’s a powerful person you’re looking at,” Hood says. Told that Yousef has begun leaving his cell and now claims to be a Christian, Hood says, “He’s playing a game with someone. If he’s doing that, he’s doing it for the reaction….He is the real deal,” he tells Pelley. As a Muslim, Yousef prayed almost every hour, remembers Hood. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

OK, now I have another reason for watching 60 Minutes on Sunday night. (Mike Horton is scheduled to be on that night talking about Osteen<\/a>. How perfect is it that Horton is scheduled on the same night that there will be breaking news like this report?)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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