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Hakimullah mehsud. his death represents one of the highest level counterterrorism victories since the death of osama bin laden. joining us with his thoughts on what this could mean for the war on terror, we have lieutenant colonel ralph peters. this is a big get. >> youre one of the few human beings for whom i would give up a beautiful autumn saturday. its good for us, great for pakistan. good for us because this guy was responsible, he was a mastermind behind the killing of seven cia agents in ...

Blow up the new york stock exchange. >> it was data mining that allowed them to uncover the plot. they got a hold of khalid, sends a report via e-mail to yemen which says how about this for a bomb plot against the new york stock exchange. the f.b.i. is watching. they never mention the new york stock exchange bomb plot because they didnt want to reveal our electronic surveillance. yesterday in congress they say this is what we did. this is how we did it. theyre using it as an example of weve got ...

Why the records from 20 phone lines and associated press bureaus in d.c. and new york and hartford and congress and all these reporters personal phones and everything all ended up in the hands of the justice department even though we supposedly have a free press in this country. when it was reported a year ago that a plot to blow up a u.s.-bound plane had been thwarted in yemen with be one of the details that the ap reported at the time was that the actual bomb from that plot not only hadnt been...

These reporters personal phones and everything all ended up in the hands of the justice department even though we supposedly have a free press in this country. and reporters are supposed to be able to talk to people without the government spying on them while they work. when it was reported a year ago that a plot to blow up a u.s.-bound plane had been thwarted in yemen with be one of the details that the ap reported at the time was that the actual bomb from that plot not only hadnt been detonate...

Secret, as you would expect it. the united states, learning that there is this threat of a bomb going to be put on a plane from the uk to the united states, alerts security officials. air marshals, tsa, people who would be concerned about transportation in the air. >> we try to harden ourselves as a target. >> we do that, and that you cant hide. and when increased security measures are taken and orders are given out publicly, not classified orders, to increase surveillance of air marshals and th...

The a.p. lawyernded up affecting 100 journalists. in a statement on its website the news agency claimed to have worked with the white house on the piece even holding the story for approval. in part the statement reads until the government assured us that the national security concerns had passed indeed the white house was preparing to publicly announce that bomb plot had been foiled. all in all, there was no terrorist with a bomb but rather a source who was working with the british and american ...

Things going on, theres also y that is not about ig the irs and is not about benghazi and this one is actually harder to call a scandal because the white house is not embarrassed about it, not apologizing for it, and is not denying it, which is what you expect when you call something a scandal. it is the bombshell revelation from the justice department has been monitoring the phone lines of the d.c. bureau of the associated press, and the hartford bureau, the new york city bureau, and the lines ...

Turkey and all these other things going on, theres also the ongoing actual big controversy that is not about the irs and is not about benghazi and this one is actually harder to call a scandal because the white house is not embarrassed about it, not apologizing for it, and is not denying it, which is what you expect when you call something a scandal, the bomb shell discovery that the justice department has been monitoring the phone lines of the d.c. bureau of the associated press, and the hartfo...

For the ap? >> why was such a broad scope approved? >> the actions of the department have, in fact, impaired the first amendment. >> was it in writing? was it orally? did you alert the white house? >> the ap investigation involved leaks about a cia operation that foiled a bomb plot. holder says he recused himself because he had been interviewed by the fbi about leaks. he deflected questions about the record seizure any way that he could. >> i was not the person who was involved in that decision....

This is chilling on purpose and those details reported by abc news in 2006 to reporters to try to fair it out who was leaking to these reporters, right, it appears to be exactly what the administration is doing now. it is exactly the same thing. in an investigation that appears to be related to a p p reporting on the cia busting up an al-qaeda bomb plot a few years ago, the justice department has notified the ap that at least 20 of their phone lines including numbers of their reporters were swep...