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>> not just yet. and that is a big question, the explanation that was given when the ban was introduced, anderson, was that the u.s. and european countries had layered security that greatly protects the chance of detecting explosiv explosives. beyond just the screening. we heard from homeland security tonight saying that the u.s. government continually reassesses intelligence and collects new intelligence, allowing dhs and other agencies to evaluate our policies and enhancements and make them wh...

Twi devices that the fbi has not been able to detect. they have the laptop turned on long enough to get past the airport screeners. they tested varieties of the laptop bombs using the explosives to assess how difficult it would be for the airport skreecreeners to detect them. they found that the airports would have a far harder time to detect these. >> and how do they perfect their skills on this? >> well, they have themselves very handy technology in all of this, anderson, the intelligence indi...

Sophisticated their technology and ambitions have become, whether its using drones or trying to develop planes, whether its working on driverless cars they have almost started to match al qaeda in yemen, which had traditionally been at the sort of the forefront of this effort to come up with this type of technology, anderson. >> yeah, john, i mean, you were the head of tsa for years, how concerned are you that according to the intelligence that some of these terrorists have actually obtained air...

With isis in mosul, its really noticeable how much more sophisticated their technology and ambitions have become, whether its using drones or trying to develop planes, whether its working on driverless cars they have almost started to match al qaeda in yemen, which had traditionally been at the sort of the forefront of this effort to come up with this type of technology, anderson. >> yeah, john, i mean, you were the head of tsa for years, how concerned are you that according to the intelligence ...

Government still, theyre not widening the laptop ban? >> not just yet. and that is a big question, the explanation that was given when the ban was introduced, anderson, was that the u.s. and european countries had layered security that greatly protects the threat against explosives, beyond just the screening. we heard from homeland security tonight saying that the u.s. government continually reassesses intelligence and collects new intelligence, allowing dhs and other agencies to evaluate our po...

Batteries, anderson, into explosives or hide explosives or in this case probably chemicals, a mixture of chemicals. that is a new development, never been seen before. and getting through airport security is fairly easy. i mean, explosives -- emanate nitrates, easy to detect in countries like amman, and if they find a way to mix chemicals inside a battery in a laptop, its almost undetectible. >> clarissa, you follow these terrorist groups who were certainly trying to perfect these devices for a l...