the u.s. military didn't see bucca as a big problem. but what was happening in bucca was, it was a wholly owned subsidiary of al qaeda. >> smith: jolani was 23 when he arrived here. he says he used his time to write a 50-page paper on how to fight jihad back home in syria >> i definitely heard that from some of his key lieutenants, that he spent his time in bucca quite wisely, and that he did come up with a pretty long document about how he wanted to take the jihad to syria. >> jolani: >> smith: do you have a copy of that document? >> jolani: (people shouting) >> smith: then, after his release from custody, jolani became a commander of al qaeda forces in mosul. what he did exactly we don't know. but it wasn't long before the arab spring came to syria. ♪ ♪ in march 2011, 15 boys were arrested for writing anti-government graffiti on school walls. the boys were taken into custody by assad's secret police. soon after, a video emerged. it was believed that several of the boys had been tortured. (crowd chanting) over the next few days, people