Page 44 - Terror Act News Today

Almost killed because she wants girls to be educated. 40000 private schools banned the book because they said she belongs with the west and not with us. >> a problem. there i want to ask you about australia, the big thing in the the news today, that he was on the terror watch list for a point in time and taken off the watch list back in 2009. is there any way this could have been prevented? >> potentially if he was on the terrorist watch list. >> that mean he would be watched 24 hours a day and ...

Those have not been confirmed. five people have gotten out. they were not released. they actually fled. there has been a massive police effort surrounding this place. the downtown area of sydney has been completely evacuated. police say they are in contact with the man, negotiating with the man. indications are they want to let this play out so there are not any casualties. this is being treated like a terror act. it is not being called terror yet but those references to isis perhaps a lone wolf...

Series of questions about access to the president they wanted more report towers go in, press secretary jay carney said this -- >> well clearly this is the anniversary. >> we certainly think that the moment is important but it is mostly important in boston. >> mostly important in boston. new york republican congressman peter king is a member of the homeland security committee. he was in boston today and joins us live. good to see you again. hes getting push back suggesting this terror act on u.s...

Series of questions about access to the president they wanted more report towers go in, press secretary jay carney said this -- >> well clearly this is the anniversary. >> we certainly think that the moment is important but it is mostly important in boston. >> mostly important in boston. new york republican congressman peter king is a member of the homeland security committee. he was in boston today and joins us live. good to see you again. hes getting push back suggesting this terror act on u.s...

This is speculation it looks to me like pilot suicide. there is no terror act. when you commit a terror act you want everybody to know. >> no one really has come forward, have they? >> no. and the guys turned off the transponders in the plane. you have to do turn them off manually. somebody did that. and it looks like this guy veered off and went 400 miles another direction. is he not lost. these things fly themselves. so it looks to me like a pilot suicide. >> now, as i stated, that is speculat...

This is speculation it looks to me like pilot suicide. there is no terror act. when you commit a terror act you want everybody to know. >> no one really has come forward, have they? >> no. and the guys turned off the transponders in the plane. you have to do turn them off manually. somebody did that. and it looks like this guy veered off and went 400 miles another direction. is he not lost. these things fly themselves. so it looks to me like a pilot suicide. >> now, as i stated, that is speculat...

All. they found a flight simulator at his home. should we read anything into that? is that common? do many pilots have simulators at home? >> i didnt read anything into it in the beginning because some pilots do like to have that to kind of tinker with. if theyre going to be flying the next month into an airport they havent been in before they can program that and get some experience in doing that in practice. but then i rethought it. and i wondered if this pilot really had some plan in mind abo...

Do many pilots have simulators at home? >> i didnt read anything into it in the beginning because some pilots do like to have that to kind of tinker with. if theyre going to be flying the next month into an airport they havent been in before they can program that and get some experience in doing that in practice. but then i rethought it. and i wondered if this pilot really had some plan in mind about what it was going to be that was going to deviate from all the things hed been taught -- for exa...

Investigating say that they are looking at hijack, sabotage, personal issues, or psychological issues with the crew or with the passengers onboard the aircraft. but it really does open up again the possibility that there might be some kind of terror act. no one is introducing names of organizations. theres no credible or thoroughly corroborated claim of responsibility here so far. but it is known that al qaeda likes to target aircraft. al qaeda in yemen has written about how people should train ...

>> its not terribly worried about that, but what the government is worried about is not having another terror act on anybodys watch and the political repercussions. so the safe thing to do would be to say, you know what would be great, is if we just gathered everything up, that way we would be covered. if im a senator and say youre head of the nsa, i dont think this is legal. im concerned about this. what ability do i have as a representative of the united states, of the people in congress, to s...