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Some ten years now about once a year. he actually was screened once he came back. they found nothing. we need to now know with abdul mutallab the christmas day bomber and this individual that this is the prototype so we have to be very, very careful. and its hard. you have 180,000 people going just to pakistan a year from this country, 160,000 coming back. so the key is to develop some screening mechanisms that can screen out people and have some knowledge of what theyre doing when they go to an...

They missed? >> we can put things together. they went to the trouble of checking him out on making a condo sale but didnt notice he went over there for five months to get training in terrorism? >> they went to pakistan, but they didnt know -- >> connect the dots. checking him out before and then they saw he went for terrorist training. >> so the question is -- >> one dot would be enough i think. >> sometimes thats true. the question is, did the fbi know that there was a linkage to known organiza...

A terrorist act." the criticism of lieberman is that hes convicting naturalized american citizens before the court actually convicts someone. when youre just charged, youre supposedly innocent until proven guilty. >> wolf, i thought in reading that, he was applying it to all citizens, in effect, and trying to enlarge the law thats on the books now, that if you join a foreign army, youre stripped of your american citizenship, in order to make it easier to avoid the mirandaization of suspects. but...

Recently became a united states citizen but was born and raised in pakistan and admitted to receiving terrorist training there. a report in todays "new york post" suggest he became radicalized during recent visits to his native land specifically following president obamas increased use of predator drone attacks. nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel is joining me on the phone from islamabad, pakistan. good afternoon, richard. >> reporter: how are you? >> well, thank you. i am curiou...

Flooding more than a 100-year event here. were surviving. well get back storm inial. nashville and tennessee are here. we thank everybody. the president was great. he called on the phone and talked to me. other members of the white house staff have call down here. were getting a lot of help and people are getting their lives back. >> governor bredesen we appreciate it. we wish the best for you and your entire state. those people certainly need our thoughts and prayers. thank you. new details a...

Pakistani officials say they were in contact, that is, with jihadist groups and traveled to the country to get terrorist training. the five are expected to be formally indicted at a hearing next week. if convicted, they face life in a pakistani prison which by all accounts would be worse than an american one. >> join the taliban and fight against us. the man accused of kidnapping elizabeth smart will stand trial. a judge ruling that brian david mitchell does not have a mental disease and is comp...

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