In a recorded conversation with FBI informant:

“The American identity is dead. Even if I get caught, I’m whatever… I’m through with America. Burn my ID.”United States of America v. Hamza Naj Ahmed et al., Affidavit in Support of Criminal Complaint and Arrest Warrants (D. Minn. 2015), http://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/opa/press-releases/attachments/2015/04/20/farah_et_al_criminal_complaint.pdf.