"He's the Real Deal"

Grudging Respect For A Prime Mover: Robert Hood, warden from 2002 to 2005, says that Yousef Ramzi, who was the mastermind of the first terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, "was a special case. He never left his cell because he did not want to face the indignity of a strip search required for recreation. 'He has that Charlie Manson look,' says Hood of Yousef. 'He has some charisma about him. He's in [prison] uniform, but you know that there's a powerful person you're looking at,' Hood says. Told that Yousef has begun leaving his cell and now claims to be a Christian, Hood says, 'He's playing a game with someone. If he's doing that, he's doing it for the reaction....He is the real deal.' "