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The detonation mechanism was not successf successful. if they can put -- assembly a bomb that has the sort of blast effect and they can get the detonation right and they can get it past our screening methods, it could have a very serious impact. and weve seen sort of experts explode bombs and show the impact of them blowing out the side of a plane, but it requires a whole lot of things to go right. and fortunately up to now, they havent been able to pull it off. >> we werent blind to this threat...

Actionable intelligence to actually arrest somebody, but thats often the case. you never get the full report. you know, that leads immediately to an arrest. >> i mean, this guy, the suspect is a master bombmaker, at least intelligence officials tell us, ibrahim al asiri. 30-year-old college dropout but incredibly sophisticated in terms of making bombs. how dangerous is he? i mean, the fact that we know his name and this is the second time in a few months that his name has come up in particular r...

This -- this bomb maker in yemen, this is the guy who brought you the underwear bomb, the computer cartridge bomb. >> right. im told, yes, we know there have been shoe bombs in the past, but they say now tieing it to this guy, that this bomb maker, hes real enough that if he is making these, we have to be careful. >> thats right. and we know that hes been trying to make different kinds of bombs that will guess passed screening methods. we do take threats emanating out of this particular bomb mak...

That any of them got out. >> a man trained to protect americans accused of making bombs. the national guard and intelligence analyst could face years in prison after a traffic stop turned out to be anything but routine. it is our top story as we go across america. ohio, is there anything in the car. >> no comment from the suspect as he headed to court on weapons charges. he was pulled over for speeding on new years day. he had 48 bombs and detonator in the vehicle and held on $1 million bond. >>...

Investigation into cia torture claims. it blocks them from discussing their time as cia captives. explosives found may have come from an american bomb maker who is a u.s. attorney in arizona refused to prosecute. the department of justice says that a grenade was discovered at the location of a shootout involving drug cartels in gaut law harr guatalahara. he made grenades from parts manufactured in the u.s. he was arrested in 2010 but the assistant u.s. attorney in arizona did not prosecute. he...

Distance between himself and of course ahmadinejad and they are talking about what do they think about all of this, how does it affect them and they are sending messages to folks in the united states. heres a little bit of a sample of how they feel about this moment. >> translator: this talk that were making about is completely false. >> as far as im concerned, i dont think theyre making bombs. >> translator: dont you make one yourself? why did you make a bomb? >> we are dangerous. we are danger...

The united states. let me say this. a separation between government scandal and the government trying to keep us safe. these are programs that actually do work and kept american people safe. >> if they work, this whole thing about a needle in a haystack, the most classic example, the tsavraevs, and all we had to do is look for c confirmati confirmation, grab their phones and websites to see if they are making bombs, buying pressure cookers. we were tipped off and even with that information we co...

The united states. let me say a separation between government scandal and the government trying to keep us safe. these are programs that actually do work and kept american people safe. >> if they work, this whole thing about a needle in a haystack, the most classic example, the tsavraevs, and all we had to do is look for c confirmati confirmation, grab their phones and websites to see if they are making bombs, buying pressure cookers. we were tipped off and even with that information we couldnt ...

Passengers are accounted for and that it will compensate and fly home all of those passengers. matt gutman, abc news, miami. an oregon teenager accused of plotting to blow up his high school heads to court today as his classmates head back to class. 17-year-old grant acord will be charged as an adult. police say they found six homemade bombs hidden under his bedroom floorboards. other students say the high school junior had been talking about making bombs before his arrest and allegedly wanted...

Home all of those passengers. matt gutman, abc news, miami. an oregon teenager accused of plotting to blow up his high school heads to court today as his classmates head back to class. 17-year-old grant acord will be. police say they found six homemade bombs hidden under his bedroom floorboards. other students say the high school junior had been talking about making bombs before his arrest and allegedly wanted someone to film this attack. a memorial service has been planned for the mother of...