Jamali graduated from New York University ( 1999 ) with a degree in Political Science and Government . After 9/11 , he reached out to the FBI to offer his services , as his parents were nearing retirement . He later became a double agent when a Russian GRU member named Oleg Kulikov attempted to recruit him . The ruse lasted from 2005 to 2009 , during which time Kulikov paid Jamali for what he thought were classified documents . The operation ended with Jamali being " arrested " by the FBI in front of Kulikov , blowing Kulikov 's cover as a diplomat in the United States
9/11
September 11 attacks
Naveed Jamali