it has internal issues but it is one of the largest forces on the ground in somalia. it has internal intelligence network alive and infiltrated the somali government we recognized. jenna: tell us more about the group. we talk about a variety of different terrorist groups. how much of a threat does al-shabaab pose us here in the united states? al-shabaab has had leaders who have had links with global terrorism and we ve known that for a number about years but last year for the first time formally al-shabaab, formally affiliated itself with al qaeda and was accepted as such. now even before that, it had links with al qaeda in arabian peninsula. in fact in 2011 the u.s. navy intercept ad senior shabaab commander who was going back and forth between yemen and somalia. also there s a large somali diaspora community in north america, canada and parts of the united states. in recent years federal prosecutors have unraveled a