article_snippet: Craig Monteilh was known to members of the Irvine Islamic Center in Orange County Orange County as Farouk al-Aziz, a French Syrian who was a devout and, at times, radical Muslim.
article_snippet: Now, in a new interview has given more details about what his mission entailed.
article_snippet: his went undercover as a radical Muslim for 15 months at an Orange County mosque .
article_snippet: Craig Monteilh also planted some recording devices and was taught 'how to be Muslim', Craig Monteilh claims. '
article_snippet: the FBI trained me in the tenets of Islam, in the elementary principles of Arabic, and just to blend into the community and to slowly integrate myself as a Muslim male,' Craig Monteilh told HuffPost Live.
article_snippet: Craig Monteilh started attending the Irvine Islamic Center in Orange County (pictured) saying Craig Monteilh name was Farouk al-Aziz, a French Syrian who was a devout and, at times, radical Muslim . '
article_snippet: Ironically, senior officials at the Irvine Islamic Center contacted FBI when Monteih started speaking of jihad and plans to blow up buildings as part of an entrapment technique.
article_snippet: In 2007 the Irvine Islamic Center filed a restraining order against Craig Monteilh, ending the mission.
highlights_snippet: Tasked at infiltrating the Irvine Islamic Center in Orange County, pretending to be a radical Muslim .
  
highlights_snippet: However cover was blown when the mosque reported Craig Monteilh to the FBI .