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Thats all for us tonight. anderson cooper starts right now. we have a hostage situation playing out in a bank in louisiana. first, though, late new word on the intercepted al qaeda messages that sparked the closings of 19 embassies around the world. a source telling cnns barbara starr that u.s. code breakers recognized a number of specific words that signalled the attack. three intercepts got their attention. the first was from the leader of the al qaeda in the arabian peninsula group. the sec...

We begin this hour with breaking news. important new details about the intercepted al qaeda communications that sparked an unprecedented terror alert closing u.s. embassies and consulates across the middle east and north africa. cnn learned it contained specific words that u.s. intelligence interpreted as a coded message for what they believe triggered a potentially imminent attack. lets go to barbara starr. shes getting the latest information. barbara, what are you picking up? >> reporter: well...

Entrance. those code words sparking the closing of some 22 embassies and installations across the middle east and africa. much pinging on the notion an attack would be imminent. but not saying where it might come and what installation, what the target might be. so they had the imminence. they had the code words. what they didnt have was the specific location. thats why we saw so many embassies closed. as we know the u.s. intelligence community monitors al qaeda communications all the time. there...

Intercepted communications that signaled an imminent terrorist attack on americans. those intercepts led to the unprecedented closing of 19 u.s. embassies and consulates around the world. barbasrbara starr broke the newd shes at the pentagon tonight. barbara, what more can you tell us? >> good evening, they are not only intercepts but those intercepts by all accounts now contain code words that signaled an attack might be imminent, this according to a u.s. sos who has an understanding and access...

Always get away with it, and the -- this proving the motive, that animus toward an individual he did not know that he believes was a criminal. an observer like mr. zimmerman to profile him. as a motivating element within, as a reasonable as a reasonable response. second le you have to use code words, so we leave it to the audience to fill in the blanks.

No one is going to stand up and say, im for racism what theyll do instead, which is not to say racism is over. its just to say racists will use code words, crime, immigration, what have you. >> and the court has a hard time picking that up. >> the only connective issue ive been able to find the only one i can find is sort of an anti-federal argument saying the federal government should have respected the states wishes, so well go with that, and the federal government has to be defrn shall to the...

And its independent of the worst parts of government. i would like to think, but maybe i am wrong. its the on one i can trust. if they hired edward snowden the guy is in china. >> you win, you win. >> i will say it again. 20 years ago, we didnt know they existed. how trustworthy can they be? >> havent we been doing that stuff. when people buy drugs, they use code words because they are afraid that someone is listening. >> by the way, i could use some ham right now, so meet me after the show. >> ...

And its independent of the worst parts of government. i would like to think, but maybe i am wrong. its the on one i can trust. if they hired edward snowden the guy is in china. >> you win, you win. >> i will say it again. 20 years ago, we didnt know they existed. how trustworthy can they be? >> havent we been doing that stuff. when people buy drugs, they use code words because they are afraid that someone is listening. >> by the way, i could use some ham right now, so meet me after the show. >> ...

>> that the harassment continued that it didnt stop and ezra klein and low ris lerner hasnt been able to get her time line straight from day one. >> i thought it was a weird presentation. i think people are conflating two things here, right? the thing that the irs did wrong that is very dangerous that they did was this filter be mechanism and cutting through applications and working for tea party for 912 and different code words associated with that particular movement. that is a kind of aaa bia...

Lets have an honest conversation about that. when you talk about deciding who gets to be in the conversation and where it goes i think thats where you lose me. because now you are kind of using code words to say journalists are cooking the books so to speak in leading the conversation. >> on immigration. i mean, again, it is tricky, right, but because as you say there are republicans in favor of immigration reform as well as democrats. but its also the case if you look at where it is a bipartisa...