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We know that following reports that a bomb may have taken down a russian passenger plane tonight, transportation officials are tightening security at airports around the world where u.s.-bound flights originate. random checks are possible, bomb-sniffing dogs. but fliers wont see anything dramatically different. behind the scenes, though, there will be intense scrutiny on every item thats loaded onto planes originating overseas. >> reporter: overseas airports with direct flights to the united sta...

Indeed extraordinary. although we cannot verify the authenticity most indications are that he did write this. its extraordinary because of the risk to his own security that al asiri would be taking by issuing a public message. hes been targeted by u.s. drone strikes in yemen and for a short time last year it was believed he was killed. but in speaking to u.s. intelligence officials on this i have strong indications he is still alive. this is a man considered possibly the most dangerous terrorist...

Ibrahim al asiri was behind the 2009 christmas day underwear bomb plot and behind the attempt to place bombs in printer cartridges in 2010. both attacks targeted the united states, both plots failed but they could have killed hundreds of people. al asiri placed a bomb inside the body of his own brother. that bomb killed his brother but it failed to kill the saudi minister. if this is really from al asiri, its extraordinary because of the risk to his own security he would be taking. he has been t...

Ibrahim al asiri is believed to be live and speaking out about this new message, what can you share with us about this. >> i cant share any classified information. but ibrahim al asiri is an incredibly dangerous man. hes made bombs, stuck it in his own brother, tried to put it in printer cartridges, hes purported to be responsible for the underwear bomber, these are the most sophisticated techniques that bombers have around the world. the fact that hes coming forward and putting out a statement ...

Day underwear bomb plot and the attempt to place bombs in printer cartridges. both targeted the use. both plots failed. an attempt to kill the saudi arabia counter terrorism chief. the bomb killed his brother but the minister survived. >> he is able to take family members and use them as bombs. thats something we would never conceive of here. that is something, he could imagine outside of the western mind. >> so why would he emerge from the shadows now? tonight that could be of real concern to u...

Officials as the al qaeda figure most determined to attack the u.s. it was under al wuhayshi that al qaeda tried to bring down a series of aircraft with bombs hidden in shoes, underwear, even printer cartridges. they all failed to detonate. but what scared authorities was that each of the devices was able to get past what the u.s. thought was state-of-the-art airport security. >> its a significant development that hes dead. this is a blow to the al qaeda movement overall. >> reporter: al wuhaysh...

Inside the united states by an al qaeda affiliate. that was december 2009. nine months later in september 2010, a u.s. cargo plane flying from dubai to germany, at 32,000 feet, a fire suddenly ignited onboard that cargo plane. the crew tried to turn back to dubai. the cockpit was filling with so much smoke they could no longer see inside the plane. that plane crashed, both pilots died. and nobody really ever knew why it had happened. but then the following month, in late october, 2010, intellige...

Attackers hid their explosives in yemen. they posed as disabled people and hid the explosives in there. we heard about isis and theyre trying to they have bomb makers trying to create bombss. they have tried to create bombs that could go in printer cartridges and could send through. sit possible western intelligence will be able to stop every single one of these ways. >> theres real concern. a lot of that coming from al qaeda and yemen. they are building increasingly sophisticated devices. there...

Contracted by the air carrier themselves. >> so if your device doesnt power up, and you cant bring it on the plane, do you get it back? thats not totally clear. neither the department of homeland security, nor the tsa will comment other than to say its up to the foreign airport to decide. the current concerns center around this man, aqap master bomb making. officials say asiri designed the underwear bomb that got through security and threatened to almost bring down a plane headed from amsterdam ...

Threatened to bring down a plane headed to amsterdam from detroit. he developed explosive devices hidden in printer cartridges and got them on several planes in 2010. >> the issue would be if you have multiple accomplices trying to board the same flight into the u.s. the idea here would be to disassemble that electronics and sort of pool those explosives together so you get a little bit of a bigger bang for the buck. which would cause, now you are looking at catastrophic damage to the aircraft. ...