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Any other terror plots. a former university of idaho athlete was arrested at washingtons dulles airport in 2003 as he was about to fly to saudi arabia. he was a material witness in the investigation of another man. he was shackled, stripped, denied sleep. he was never called to testify and never charged. his lawyers say the material witness statute was misused. >> the fourth amendment to the taugs requires probable cause of the violation of the law. its always required that. the court said that ...

There, we have had 20 terror plots, thwarted last years and many were homegrown, radicalization cases and are hard to detect and deter like the case in dallas and hasan, major hasan was radicalized in the u.s. and military base and in communication with anwar al-awlaki over the internet and this case is different in the sense that he radicalized in saudi arabia prior to coming to the u.s. with the intent to commit an act of terrorism. and, he got close to pulling it off. >> jamie: i should remin...

Here we go. were going to talk about an arrest and alleged terror plot in texas, politicians and protesters squaring off in wisconsin. do you remember the "im a pepper" commercials? guess what? rambo is in. theres a lot going on. time to play reporter ruelet. jeanne meserve in washington, these thwarted terror plots, who is this guy who would have been behind this? and how far had he gotten? >> his name is khalid ali awad assar, studying as texas university. the government alleges he was researc...

Of the worlds oil reserves. just off the saudi coasts more protests island bahrain. home to the navys fifth fleet. thousands of demonstrators marching through the capital chanting down with the king and the king heading to saudi arabia to meet with one of his closest allies. they are reportedly talking about how to handle this uprising. the kidnapping has already given in to some the protesters demands, releasing dozens of political prisoners. bahrain is mostly shiite but the royal family is sun...

Working for the betterment of people and called it a secular organization. later in the testimony he seemed to make a distinction between the muslim brotherhood and hezbollah, the middle eastern terror group that also has a humanitarian side that runs hospitals and provides welfare benefits. he said this is as opposed to the muslim brotherhood which does those things in egypt, he said running 29 hospitals, but not having a terroristic side in egypt. now, bob muller, fbi director, said its differ...

Turning point in egypt. the military now getting involved deadly clashes, after days of supporting the protesters, and the unrest threatening another u.s. ally in a country thats become a launching pad for terror plots against america. the latest live from cairo in our top story at the bottom of the hour. plus, one of the most powerful cyclones ever reported is right now pounding an area that just months of flooding have already devastated. its a category 5 monster. 300 miles wide. almost half a...

The illinois supreme court deciding rahm emanuel can indeed, run for mayor. an appeals court kicked him off the ballot last week, ruling he didnt meet the residency requirement. you see, rahm emanuel spent the last two years in d.c. he still owns a home in chicago and says he always planned to move back to his hometown. the election is next month. charlie sheen is in a hospital tonight and were hearing it could be quite serious. witnesses say they saw him leave his home on a stretcher after what...

Under direction rather from the state department to be on guard against potential terror attacks there. the governments warning comes after uncovering what it characterizes as terror plots beyond the planning stages and already under way. nbcs tracie potts has the details for us from washington. tracie, good morning. >> reporter: lynn, good morning. but no specific information against europe and thats why this is a travel alert and not the more serious travel warning. what we do know, intelligen...

Jenna: well, right now were seeing disturbing new trends in terrorism with home grown terror plots on the rise and more americans taking leadership positions within al-qaeda and splinter groups as well. national correspondent catherine herridge is live in washington and on this story. catherine, what do we know about these two men who are, apparently, plotting attacks against our country, the u.s.? >> reporter: well, thanks, jenna. well, first and foremost, theres the cleric linked to fort hood,...

Malini wilkes is live in washington. tell us who are who this guy is. >> he is 35 years old and spent 15 years in the u.s. and thought to be al-qaedas new operation chief. we have f.b.i. photo of him. f.b.i. tells the associated press the first time someone familiar with american life has been in charge with planning attacks. authorities have been searching for him since 2003. they believe he took over as chief from khalid shaikh mohammed who was considered the mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks...