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He was much more of an operations chief. he was very close personally to osama bin laden. ayman al zawahiri, 59 years old, an egyptian, described as abrasive, arrogant but also very experienced. he has more history working with islamist militant groups than even bin laden did. he was arrested in egypt in 1982 in connection with the assassination of the late president anwar saddat. he was not directly implicated, and he was released from prison in 1984. the alliance he made with bin laden, howeve...

Particular youre looking for now, knowing this is happening at a time when al qaeda has been largely back on its heels? >> look, in my job as the presidents homeland security adviser, what i cared about is their ability, as i mentioned, to project power. what youre looking for right now is whos the external operations chief? we used to say that person had the shortest life-span because it was high on the target list. but you want to make sure that youre monitoring external operational planning. ...

Catherine has the news in washington. we are told new york was not the only target. >>reporter: yes, there are a lot of misconceptions about the plot in 2009 but the origin of the plot began in the tribal areas of pakistan with al qaeda senior leadership and it also spawned or stretched not only new york city but an attack planned in england and also, norway. so it is very international in its implication. now, the center of this not is a man who was born in saudi arabia and raised in the united...

Destroy us allegedly. malini wilkes has more from washington. >> he is 35 years old and lived in the u.s. for 15 years but thought to be playing a major role in the al-qaeda leadership. he spent time growing up in brooklyn and florida where he attended a community college. f.b.i. tells the associated press is likely the only al-qaeda leader. he once had a green card and this is first time that someone so familiar with american life has been in charge. he has eluded authorities since 2003. he app...

Up about. the feds are. theyve had their eye on him since 2004. now they say he has moved up in the ranks of al-qaeda. a terror suspect with unique ties to the united states. its this man, the terror groups new global operations chief. he grew up in new york city and spent time in florida and hes already been linked to a plot to bomb new york city subways. u.s. attorney general eric holder called it the biggest threat on u.s. soil since 9-11. now the f.b.i. says hes designing new attacks against...

African-americans, latinos and first-time voters. newly released e-mails show that the top legal councils for the c.i.a. and the bush administration were not in on a decisidecision, but see who pulled the trigger and why. >> the alleged planner of the uss cole attack that killed sailors in 2000, and an alleged operations chief for al-qaeda were interrogated be i the c.i.a. and the sessions were videotaped in 2002. the new documents released as a lawsuit from the aclu contains e-mails that sugg...

African-americans, latinos and first-time voters. newly released e-mails show that the top legal councils for the c.i.a. and the bush administration were not in on a decisidecision, but see who pulled the trigger and why. >> the alleged planner of the uss cole attack that killed sailors in 2000, and an alleged operations chief for al-qaeda were interrogated be i the c.i.a. and the sessions were videotaped in 2002. the new documents released as a lawsuit from the aclu contains e-mails that sugg...

Familiar with in the states. it involves an opposition party led by sharif, who we always call on on our trips as we do in britain or france or anywhere. the government of president zardari. it involves discussions theyre having and the military has said very clearly they dont want to get involved in the way they have in the past. so i am -- i watch this with interest. pakistani politics is complicated and i think its not something a foreigner can easily assimilate and understand. >> what is you...

Led by sharif, who we always call on on our trips as we do in britain or france or anywhere. the government of president zardari. it involves discussions theyre having and the military has said very clearly they dont want to get involved in the way they have in the past. so i am -- i watch this with interest. pakistani politics is complicated and i think its not something a foreigner can easily assimilate and understand. >> what is your sense of the state of al-qaeda? >> they are under fantastic...

However, weve been told that because of the pressure on the taliban, the mullah abdul ghani baradar, the one who was arrested last week in karachi, only met with mullah omar a few times a year. so he might not know where he is right now, only know where he was last. >> but hes operations chief, wouldnt he know if hes operations chief, pretty much everything, including where the old man is, the guy that they protect? >> he would know a lot about the operations. he would know a lot about the finan...