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>> its not unique, but its unusual. most of these cases tend to come to new york, which has a great deal more experience here in washington at the u.s. attorneys office. they do have a lot of national security experiences with cases dealing with spies, for instance, they have done some terror cases. this is by far the most high profile case of this type, that theyre going to have -- there was some criticism that weve seen in recent weeks of this, the u.s. government, the justice department says ...

What was a sting operation. they nabbed loewen when he tried to enter the airport gate with a security pass. he thought he had explosives in the car but they were not active because they were provided by the agents. these types of so-called aspirational terror cases have become controversial recently. the question is whether it makes sense to go after individuals who have terror plans, even if the plans are not fully operational, because the cases can be expensive and time consuming to prosecute...

According to court documents, he had an online chat with someone and said he wanted to get in violent jihad. he was chatting online with an fbi employee and the employee offered to introduce him with someone to help him with the violent jihad. employees one and later two pretended to be part of a sting operation. they nabbed him when he tried to enter with a security card. these types of so-called aspirational terror cases have become controversial lately. the question is does it make sense to g...

This is terry lowen, a practices muslim, working a wichita airport, which authorities say he wanted to blow up, and hes charged with attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction, a car bomb, and attempting to buyer material support to terrorism. according to according documents, they say lowen allegedly had an online chat with someone, and he said he wanted to engage in violent jihad on behalf of al qaeda. what he didnt know is he was chatting online with an fbi employ employee. the employee o...

Car for the agent. he was found safe a few hours later. he was picked up by a fellow employee after his car broke down. no foul play is expesuspected. >> the new report suggests the widow of boston bombing suspect tamlin tsarnaev could face charges over what she knew about the terrorist attack. investigators reportedly discovered she spoke to him as he ran from police. russell has reportedly hired an attorney who specializes in terror cases. conversations between a husband and wife can be protec...

You know for so many victims and their family as going to sporting events like this is part of their recovery. >> with undeniable courage heather abbott is back at fenway park. a red sox game on the day of the marathon that brought her to boston. after the game, she was grabbing a bite to eat at the race finish line. and then there the bombs went off. she lost her left foot. so, imagine the strength it takes to come back to fenway and throw out the first pitch. abbott is firm. there is no use lo...

Where the federal government was. going back to assume facts that we know later that the people on the ground are in the middle of knew at the time. thomas ran a thorough investigation of this. they assigned some blame to the state department. they made recommendations about how to fix it. the secretary of state took responsibility for it. they implemented those recommendations. lets get focus on how to protect american diplomats abroad. >> everyone would agree with that for sure. thanks to both...

Well as the justice departments investigation into the 9/11 attacks. all right, david. its a pleasure to have you here. thanks for being here. youve actually tried terror cases in federal court. where does this case belong? like these. the oklahoma bombing, the 93 attack, there are so many terrorism cases where the defendants have been prosecuted successfully are doing life sentences and so its really the best system or the best process we have to deal with these. now theres been talk about trib...

With terrorists? what we have done with them most successfully is put them in jail for civil tries in federal criminal court. there are tons of them sitting in jail for the rest of their lives. >> david, when you say that, how often has the death penalty been sought in the terror cases. we have the time square bomber, the underwear bomber and reed the shoe bomber they all got life. >> in the sally case the death penalty because sought and the jury in northern virginia district of virginia said n...

Well as the justice departments investigation into the 9/11 attacks. all right, david. its a pleasure to have you here. thanks for being here. youve actually tried terror cases in federal court. where does this case belong? like these. the oklahoma bombing, the 93 attack, there are so many terrorism cases where the defendants have been prosecuted successfully are doing life sentences and so its really the best system or the best process we have to deal with these. now theres been talk about trib...