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Congress should use the hearings on the Detroit terrorism plot to focus on what happened, what went wrong, and what changes need to be made.

Consideration, it would seem is the differences in gradations and capabilities between what al qaeda was on 9/11 and shortly thereafter and what the al qaeda peninsula is capable of. its capable of a whole lot less than the order of magnitude than it was in 9/11. >> you think the september 10th, 2011 al qaeda based in afghanistan stronger than its capabilities than todays aqp? >> yeah. look at what its attempting, taking down the airliner for the christmas day plot, a variety of different embass...

Said we need to focus on this but attention has been paid to the airlines over the years. and we are learning yemen officials say a u.s. cent -- u.s. drone attack has targeted al-aliwalki but missed the target and officials are in the confirming this drone attack against al-aliwalki, either. >>dave: early information is that we are getting some information on where he could be located but we have gone after this guy with a drone and he is the man that is connected to ft. hood and connected to th...

Tell and chris voss who now works for inside security. many of the threats against the united states i guess sort of most grossly illuminated by the 9/11 terror attack, were coming from offshore. theres still some of that, abdulmutallab tried to blow up the plane on christmas day. increasingly weve seen threats from within. how do you fight that? >> this is the big challenge because since 9/11 the u.s. has done a lot to insure its borders are safer and its harder for terrorists to come in import...

The times square bomb suspect went back to pakistan looking for help from the taliban. that dramatic claim made today by a senior administration official who says faisal shahzad had an attack in mind when he traveled to pakistan. and top advisers to the president also say the evidence now shows the plot was directed by the pakistani taliban. this development comes amid a big debate over the handling of terror suspects here in the united states. should they be read their rights, or should the rul...

Muslim cleric. and more than citizen believed to be tie odd tied to the ft. hood shootings and the christmas day plot. now the federal government is targeting him to be killed or captured. doesnt have the legal authority to do so. we are investigating. almost three days after the deadly west virginia mine explosion. dangerous gases are hindering the search for the missing. brian todd is getting ready to show us how the rescue teams train for the draunting daunting task. im wolf blitzer. you ar...

In terms of securing the country is one that is going to be asked again and again, not only when theres political instability but when you sue events like this? >> thats true. i agree with joe lieberman that this is basically a success story. i applaud the obama government for withdrawing our troops on a reasonable schedule which i think tell it is iraqis they have to manage their future. thats a message we need to send, by the way, to the folks in afghanistan as well where im very troubled by t...

And were willing to die for to protect in our constitution. the rights that my son, as an infantryman in the united states army is willing to die for. the protections provided, thanks to you, sir, were going to bestow them on a terrorist who hates our constitution and tries to destroy our constitution and our country. this makes no sense because we have a choice in how were going to deal with the terrorists. we dont have to go down that road. there are questions we would have liked answered befo...

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