Page 5 - Terrorist Plot News Today

>> with the u.s. intelligence agency where we actually intercepted plans of a terrorist plot, i action, in motion. we mobilized three commands, the entirety of european command, entirety of special operations command. we move resources when we know something is about to happen. we try to do disruptive counter-action. im not seeing that from the united states government. i think what we are seeing now is january 6th is being seen as a point where the fbi is going out, trying to collect a lot of d...

Cant take on board. so when the pilot got information that somebody was acting erratic and going for luggage at a time when theyre supposed to be seated, intelligence information from as long ago as 2015 said it could be related to a terrorist plot so the pilot has to react, has to do the right thing, and in this case the response was very much like the underwear bomber response in 2019 or excuse me christmas day, 2009, in detroit. i was there. it was the same response. they went to a far part o...

Whatever you want to call it. the toll was shocking. six dead, more than 1,000 wounded, $500 million in damages. in 1993, the twin towers were landmarks of daily life, especially around here, you would go about your say and see them. in 1993, ramsey yousef stood here. when he saw the twin towers, he sauce sitting duckses. . >> what he saw was a big puff of black smoke cup up. he sought 9 towers were still standing, the clock was still ticking, so he went to the airport and he gout out on a plan ...

Today, if you look, chris, if you look at places where the united states had to take action to disrupt a terrorist plot, it includes countries like pakistan or somalia or places in north africa where we do not have thousands of troops on the ground, where in most cases were not engaged in a ground war. what hes saying is that combination of intelligence, air power and in some cases cooperation from partners on the ground is ultimately a more sustainable way to defend the country than having this...

Putin expressing gratitude to the u.s. for a conversation centering on terrorism efforts, at least according to a readout by the kremlin. jeremy diamond joins me for more on that call, and jeremy, what else are we learning? >> well, martin, we know that president trump and president vladimir putin spoke by phone today and the call was actually initiated by the russian president, not by president trump. according to a readout of the call provided by the kremlin, that is, the russians, vladimir pu...

Intelligence cooperation. the united states also actually provided information to a terrorist plot back in 2017 as well. we have not yet received a readout from the white house of this conversation. sometimes, martin, we see slightly different variations in how these calls go on depending on who is releasing information about it. the white house so far has not provided any information, but the kremlin did say the two sides discussed information on mutual interests. we dont know exactly what thos...

>> there are reports that saudis have been retained, and several of them had been filming the incident. first of all is that true? and there was some top florida officials willing to say this the terrorist plot. >> somewhere retained, friends of hinze were also on that basis i understand. and i was also told that some one or two were filming it. whats unclear is whether they were filming it as it began or did they start filming once it was unfolding. that may be a distinction with their without ...

Other organizations. the saudis are cooperating fully with the investigation. were going to take them at their word. >> now were hearing from the defense secretary mark esper. one or two saudi nationals who were friends of the gunman filmed the attack. >> there are reports that several saudis had been detained and that several of them had been filming the incident. first of all, is that true? and there are some top florida officials willing to say this was a terrorist plot. >> so some were detai...

Appears this may be someone that was radicalized. its unclear if he has any ties to other organizations. saudis have promised full cooperation. were going to take them at their word. >> also today, defense secretary said one or two saudi nationals who were friends of the gunman filmed the attack but it didnt clear if the actions had ni fair yus motetives. >> there are reports that several saudis had been detained and that several of them had been filming the incident. first of all, is that true ...

Radicalized whether it was here or -- its unclear if he has any ties to any other organizations. the saudis have promised full cooperation with the investigation. were going to take them at their word. >> and were now learning from the defense secretary, mark esper, saying one or two saudi nationals who were friends of the gunman filmed the attack, but it isnt clear if the actions are being considered nefarious. >> there are reports that several saudis have been detained and that several of them...