he wanted nusra's territory. >> these two men did not trust each other. baghdadi relocated to syria to keep closer tabs on jolani. >> man (inrabic): >> smith: around this time, jolani agreed to an interview with an al jazeera reporter. >> (in arabic): >> smith: his face hidden, jolani tried to downplay the split. >> jolani: >> smith: a freelance reporter from vermont, theo padnos, listened to that interview from a nusra prison cell where he was being held. >> all the guards were outside watching their leader being interviewed on al jazeera, and i'm, like, "well, i wonder what any of those media people were asking jolani about their american prisoner." but instead they were asking, like, stratec questions. "do you intend to attack the regime from the left flank or the right flank?" or, "what are your demands?" and, you know, i'm, like, "well, how do you treat your own people?" my name is peter theo curtis, today's date is july 18... >> smith: padnos had been a hostage for 22 month he says he was subjected to torture and frequent beatings. and when you were