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That hes a naturalized u.s. citizen. but in terms of what he does, what he was doing living here in bridgeport, also a home in connecticut, all that still remains to be seen. >> carolyn, reporting live from bridgeport, connecticut, thank you for that live report. >> i still want to bring in -- still with us is michael sawier, head of the bin laden unit. he was the first one over there. when you talk about a guy who wants to become a naturalized citizen and come here but not kill himself. he ran ...

Reasonable doubt in a court of law. the fact of the matter is the police departments around this country are good in the use of the case. the car that exploded in the bomb in the trade center, in putting pieces together, but in this case you have the whole evidence and crime scene in front of you. >> were privileged to have with us michael and dr. michael bodden. before we do that, i understand, michael, you have a different take on what led to this arrest and where we go from here. >> yeah. i t...

>> you cant compare -- >> the police departments have to get it right a hundred percent of the time. and we realize we are a target. we live if a very open society where people travel freely and someone can get the components on the internet to make a bomb. in this case, i disagree. i think the nypd, the joint terrorism task force did a phenomenal job. not only does the vendor who saw something and said something, the police, the fire departments and the investigation that followed showed that y...

Doesnt have international tentacles so that cant be correct. thats wrong, isnt it? because in 2008 they reached into the subway system in barcelona. >> well, yeah. this is a pakistani taliban, brian, too. i was looking at the video that they put out. and they said this was an attack in revenge for a man named haki muli-masoon. it has been a year. it could have other dimensions in the united states. theres a large pakistani diastra in the united states. >> michael, so whats your take on this? do ...

Most likely would be in greater numbers in a very big city which has all nationalities, all ethnicities. people are moving in and out of manhattan by the millions. >> sure. i guess tom is gone from the phone. well try to get him back a little later on. michael, let me ask you about this. why they would show -- excuse me. clearly iconic. when you think about lower manhattan where the world trade center towers used to stand, down there they have what they now call a ring of steel. and cameras. and...

Young couple, holding the baby, smiling. this is the thing that is so chilling because how do you ever know the terrorist is living next-door when your kids are having play dates with them. >> the guy arrested saturday in dubai brought from virginia or from new york, brooklyn and one of the guys worked for pricewaterhouse and lehman brothers and he promised to bring al-queda into the 21st century. this is stunning to us, michael. is it stunning to you? >> religion trumps most things in the world...

Government. until we come to grips america is not well defended. >> how would you come to grips with it. if you have democrat to give them a better life, you think theyd be happy with that. if we try to bring a degree of freedom to afghanistan, youd think they would be happy with that. if you try to kill the terrorists that kill other pakistanis, youd be happy with that. >> i dont think thats correct, brian. thats correct from our perspective perhaps. but you have to know democracy to a muslim m...