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Problems here. i sat at the threat table every morning when eric holder became attorney general. there was only about 12 of us sitting around that table. hes got to think first about the thing that you mentioned that is volume. in my old world of counterterrorism, three people, five people, thats a lot of people to follow. now youre talking about dozens or hundreds who may have received training overseas. so the volume issue is significant in the terrorism world. the second issue i mentioned is ...

Threat table at the fbi, to be in washington as a politician, and to screw americans into the ceiling about a threat thats comparable to pre--9/11, i dont buy it. we ought to be concerned but dont overreact. >> you hear president obama saying al qaeda is on its heels. i think thats the quote. do you believe thats still the case? is one interpretation, that peter -- one idea that peter forwarded, is that this is a sign of desperation on the part of al qaeda central, trying to tell al qaeda in the...

>> yeah, theyve devastated about 30 of the top leaders in yemen senior operatives. unfortunately, theyve yet to find the extremely capable bomb maker, but this bomb maker has not been able to implement any successful attack against an american target, as capable as he is. >> and yet despite what peter is saying here, you do have this travel alert, you have all these embassys closing. you heard a lot of politicians over the weekend saying, the chatter is reminiscent to the chatter we heard before...

Unfortunately, theyve yet to find the extremely capable bomb maker, but this bomb maker has not been able to implement any successful attack against an american target, as capable as he is. >> and yet despite what peter is saying here, you do have this travel alert, you have all these embassys closing. you heard a lot of politicians over the weekend saying, the chatter is reminiscent to the chatter we heard before 9/11. from what we heard today, does that seem right to you? does that seem to be ...

Threat table at the fbi, to be in washington as a politician, and to screw americans into the ceiling about a threat thats comparable to pre--9/11, i dont buy it. we ought to be concerned but dont overreact. >> you hear president obama saying al qaeda is on its heels. i think thats the quote. do you believe thats still the case? is one interpretation, that peter -- one idea that peter forwarded, is that this is a sign of desperation on the part of al qaeda central, trying to tell al qaeda in the...

shooting today outside a jewish school in southern france. french president nicolas sarkozy said the shooting was an obvious antisemitic attack. the new york police department said special attention is now being paid to synagogues. >> do we have a significant jewish population in this city, and we have to take that into account. we know that were at the top of the terrorist target list, so we are concerned about the so-called copy cat syndrome. >> mary snow is following this story from...

cat attacks in the united states. at this hour, increased security at american jewish institutions from san francisco to washington, d.c., and new york, following a deadly shooting today outside a jewish school in southern france. french president nicolas sarkozy said the shooting was an obvious antisemitic attack. the new york police department said special attention is now being paid to synagogues. >> do we have a significant jewish population in this city, and we have to take that i...

cat attacks in the united states. increased security at american jewish institutions from san francisco to washington, d.c. and new york following a deadly shooting today outside a jewish school in southern france. french president nichololas sary said the shooting was an obvious antisemitic attack. the new york police department said special attention is now being paid to synagogues. >> do we have a significant jewish population in this city, and we have to take that into account. we ...