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Not far away. then he comes over here just for his senior year. we dont know why he left but we know he graduated here. the principal told us he fit in. he didnt strike her as being out of the ordinary too much. >> reporter: he studied computer science for three semesters here at northeastern university. during this time period authorities believe he became fully radicalized. he would spend saturday nights watching al qaeda propaganda videos. post 9/11 they start to hate america. >> he travelled...

Planes. weve also learned the u.s. government has learned of a secret plan by the terror group to recruit americans and europeans to go to syria to get terrorist training and then return to attack the west. officials are deeply concerned because al qaeda and yemen has been committed to attacking the u.s. homeland. it is the group behind two underwear bomb plots, targeting commercial airlines, and the plan to blow up cargo planes over u.s. cities. >> 7500 plus foreign fighters from some 50 countr...

>>. >> gregg: you wanted to see this a daring tightrope stunt in china. walking on a wire 1600 feet long 300 feet above a river. they performed stunts in the air, hanging upside-down, balancing on one foot. they completed the walk without any problems problems. >> heather: new insight into the makeup of al-qaeda in the arabian peninsula. recent drone attack killed at least 7 suspected al-qaeda militants from saudi arabia. this suggests that more saudis are crossing into yemen for terrorist train...

The ambassadors stevens on the phone that night and he said, quote, we are under attack, the coverup included several officials up to and including president obama and the coverup is still ongoing. >> lets go to the before part. we now know, and we learned this at the hearings last week, the cia knew that this particular consulate was a potential threat. and as you mentioned, especially on the anniversary of 9/11. and we know that the ambassador and others requested additional security, but yet ...

The ambassadors stevens on the phone that night and he said, quote, we are under attack, the coverup included several officials up to and including president obama and the coverup is still ongoing. >> lets go to the before part. we now know, and we learned this at the hearings last week, the cia knew that this particular consulate was a potential threat. and as you mentioned, especially on the anniversary of 9/11. and we know that the ambassador and others requested additional security, but yet ...

Side of the argument. theres no doubt the ideas of the al qaeda or other organizations are on the same thinking, are spreading quickly and very rapidly. >> reporter: based around mali, al qaeda has gained 5.5,000 -- 5,500 twitter followers in a month. and in syria theres a massive twitter presence of more than 5,000 followers. down here in somalia, al shabaab, which the u.s. describes as a terrorist organization, was quick to react to the boston bombings on twitter. the day after the attack, it ...

Today about the suspects in the boston marathon bombing. ja h dzhokhar tsarnaev is listed in serious condition after he was taken into custody. the 19-year-old was found hiding in a boat parked outside a watertown home and there are new suspicions his older brother, who died in the shootout with police early friday morning, could have received terrorist training or support abroad. an official familiar with the matter tells nbc news that a foreign government has expressed concern back in 2011 tha...

Following this from the very beginning. most what have we said, if not all, turn theed out to be correct. it seems to me, this was -- we were purposely misled because of an election. now, there are people that were actually eyewitnesses that survived. they were at the consulate when it was attacked. where are these people? when will they testify? >> we want to hear from all of those people. the american people want and expect answers. but you are absolutely right. the facts on the ground were, f...

I conclude and i have been following this from the very beginning. most what have we said, if not all, turn theed out to be correct. it seems to me, this was -- we were purposely misled because of an election. now, there are people that were actually eyewitnesses that survived. they were at the consulate when it was attacked. where are these people? when will they testify? >> we want to hear from all of those people. the american people want and expect answers. but you are absolutely right. the ...

Instantaneously. its the anniversary of 9/11. its a hotbed for terrorist training. how could you not know five days later? >> her job is not to guess. like you said, you were reading the paper. i thought, gee, 9/11, isnt this suspicious? i must tell you, thats not her job. her job is to tell the american people what our intelligence community says is their official assessment on the ground at the time. thats what she did. >> sean: lets go back to the knee-jerk reaction to label conservatives rac...