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Analyzing those black boxes seen as really critical to providing concrete evidence to what happened to the plane. erin? >> erin, thank you very much. "outfront" now, our terrorism analyst paul cruickshank. you heard barbara talk about how this could change the assessment, isis being able to change the way they do terrorism. >> they managed to recruit an insider at sharm el-sheikh airport. it wasnt like they built a sophisticated nonmetallic device like al qaeda and yemen have been trying to do...

Right after, brian, after the underwear bomber landed in detroit in 2009, we bought 500 of these scanners at $122 million and then we bought 378 more and now, i think there are 1,000 more on order. hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars and yet, they dont work so you got the scanners that will not -- >> we think they dont work. >> they will not pick up if you have a nonmetallic device which, apparently, the new bombs are, its not going to work. >> body scanners cant pick up a bulge? >> tha...

every day about 1.5 million americans board airplanes. this morning they have a big question. is it safe to fly? no doubt theres good reason for that concern. this new plot centered around a nonmetallic explosive designed to slip through airport detectors similar to a bomb aboard a flight in 2009. a malfunction may be the only reason those passengers survived. the latest plot also targeted an international flight coming into the united states. that was foiled two weeks ago. the investi...

everyone, its 10:00 here on the east coast. they have foiled a terrorist plot to blow up an airliner, theyre not saying where, oar when it happened. heres what we know, according to the fbi an improvised explosive device was seized and fbi officials are investigating it. its a nonmetallic explosive similar to the one the underwear bomber used in his failed attempt in 2009. similar but not the same. the plot has the hallmarks of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. and president obama was...

briefed on the details and joins us on the phone. >> ive just discussed this. its a nonmetallic device that was intended to be put on an american bound airline. it never made it to the airline, its right now, as you said, being tested and analyzed by the fbi. a concern would be that being nonmetallic as to whether or not this would affect the security in our airports. this is an ongoing operation. this particular part of it occurred about -- sometime last month. sometime in april. its ...

we are joined by congressman king on the phone. whats the latest you can tell us? >> we spoke with napolitano. a nonmetallic device that was intended to be put on a american-bound airline. it never made it to the airline. its being tested and analyzed by this fbi. obviously a concern would be that being nonmetallic as to whether or not this could evade security in our airports. thats a really concern. also, this is an ongoing operation. this particular part of it occurred about some ti...

The guy who had the explosive liquids in his underwear? would that have detected it? >>ed advanced imaging technology. >> juan: a.i.t. >> gives us the boast opportunity to do that nothing it it s. full proof. metallic or nonme tack lick anomis that would not be picked up on a metal detector. yes, gives us the best opportunity. >> juan: you are not saying that it would have stopped him. >> well, of course we dont know precisely because we dont have that exact device on that exact person but it do...

Have found the christmas bomber, the guy who had the explosive liquids in his underwear? would that have detected it? >>ed advanced imaging technology. >> juan: a.i.t. >> gives us the boast opportunity to do that nothing it it s. full proof. metallic or nonme tack lick anomis that would not be picked up on a metal detector. yes, gives us the best opportunity. >> juan: you are not saying that it would have stopped him. >> well, of course we dont know precisely because we dont have that exact devi...