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Passenger. the pilot tried to fly close to minimums and maybe that situation did not turn out well. >> miles, thank you for the analysis from this faa statement. ive got josh campbell, former fbi just on the ntsb side of the investigation. josh, what would they be looking for? >> yeah. those of us who stare at these types of incidents from a national security perspective have been waiting for this. the fa sa saying wl be in charge of the investigation. thats important because if weve received no...

Again. with us, lieutenant colonel tony schaeffer, center for advanced studies. on one hand, that sounds like a carrot, yet the budget calls for a whole lot of sticks, including special ops, drones. how do you see it? >> i think first off when you look at the carrot approach, its been minimally successful so far. we tried this before. again, weve had a record of drawing either side in to give them incentives. i think any time you want to negotiate and have incentives like this, you have to do it...

Jon: youre talking about randy babbitt, he has gone to the airlines and suggested they make voluntary changes? >> he has done that, and hes been pretty force theful in pushing the fatigue issues to a rule, not just voluntarily, so hes a breath of fresh air in the faa. jon: well, there is always that butt l of heads between the board that investigates these accidents where you used to work and the faa thats in charge with writing the rules that airlines have to fly by. is that going to change? >>...

Jon: more questions coming about the decision to try the christmas day bomber in criminal court? >> reporter: well, i spoke to two people on the intelligence side this morning, and they said they fully anticipate in the question and answer section there will be a heavy emphasis on how the alleged christmas day bomber, umar farouk abdulmutallab was handled. as you know, he was put into the criminal system, not the military system, and what is significant is that the chair of the senate select com...