Muhammad Sa ' id Ali Hasan Muhammad Sa ' id Ali Hasan al - Umda aka Gharib al - Taezi was self - implicated on videotape as a possible terrorist in 2002 , and was wanted by the United States Department of Justice ' s FBI , which was seeking information about his identity and whereabouts . In January 2002 , he was discovered as one of five men who had been videotaped pledging martyrdom , and who were then consequently placed on the original version , upon inception , of the FBI ' s third major wanted list , which is now known as the FBI Seeking Information - War on Terrorism list . He was later removed by the FBI from the list . He was known to be a one - time bodyguard for Osama Bin Laden and was a field commander for al - Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula . Videocassette recovery . On January 14 , 2002 , a series of five videocassettes were recovered from the rubble of the destroyed home of Mohammad Atef outside of Kabul , Afghanistan . The tapes showed Abderraouf Jdey , Ramzi bin al - Shibh , Hasan , Abd Al - Rahim , and Khalid Ibn Muhammad Al - Juhani vowing to die as martyrs . It was the first time authorities had reason to suspect him of any wrongdoing . NBC News said the videos had been recorded after the Sept . 11 terrorist attacks . Most Wanted list . In response , on January 17 , 2002 the FBI released to the public the first Most Wanted Terrorists Seeking Information list ( now known as the FBI ' s " Seeking Information - War on Terrorism " list ) , in order to profile the five wanted terrorists about whom very little was known , but who were suspected of plotting additional terrorist attacks in martyrdom operations . The videos were shown by the FBI without sound , to guard against the possibility that the messages contained signals for other terrorists . Ashcroft called upon people worldwide to help " identify , locate and incapacitate terrorists who are suspected of planning additional attacks against innocent civilians . " " These men could be anywhere in the world , " he said . Ashcroft added that an analysis of the audio suggested " the men may be trained and prepared to commit future suicide terrorist acts . " On that day , Ramzi bin al - Shibh was the only known name among the five . Ashcroft said not much was known about any of them except bin al - Shibh . The fifth wanted martyrdom terrorist was identified a week later as Abderraouf Jdey , alias : " Al Rauf Bin Al Habib Bin Yousef Al - Jiddi " . Removal from list . Muhammad Sa ' id Ali Hasan , along with three of the other four pledged martyrdom suicide terrorists , was later removed by the FBI from the official count on the main page of the Seeking Information list . By February 2 , 2003 , the FBI rearranged its entire wanted lists on its web site , into the current configuration . The outstanding five martyr video suspects ( including Jdey ' s Montreal associate Boussora ) were moved to a separate linked page , titled " " Martyrdom Messages / video , Seeking Information Alert " " ( Although both Jdey and Boussora were later returned to the main FBI list page ) . Around this time the FBI also changed the name of the list , to the FBI " Seeking Information - War on Terrorism " , to distinguish it from its other wanted list of " Seeking Information , " which the FBI already uses for ordinary fugitives , those who are not terrorists . Death . Hasan was killed in a drone strike in Yemen on April 22 , 2012 .