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States. they are comfortable here. they know the country. they know the vulnerabilities. this individual tries to attack times square. he knew how much disruption that would cause, t.j. >> paul, how difficult or how easy is it to recruit an american? >> well, its becoming more easy for al qaeda and other groups to recruit americans particularly because of the internet and the growth of social media. they are able to interact with people online. there are reports that some recruited this guy onli...

>> i would say a ten and theyve lost -- theyve lost 4,000 guys, in the pakistan military but they are still supporting some of the taliban and not nearly as aggressive in waziristan as they need to be and the reason is that is an unstable government in pakistan but the military and the intelligence community still rule and so, it is very troubling, they are getting better. we need 90% more effort from the pakistan border, pushing as we move from the afghanistan border with our guys. >> juliet: b...

Put together effective bombs. and so in that sense we were lucky. arent you dealing now with if theres a 12-person conspiracy and theyre running around the united states, you have 12 different shots at getting some kind of information. if its one person with a backpack or with a car with explosives in it, how can you prevent all of those from happening? you cant, can you? >> its a very difficult challenge. because of our success in degrading the capabilities of these terrorist groups overseas, p...

Say we have been lucky. we have been talking about the christmas day attempted bombing aboard the airline, this times square. these were people who did not put together effective bombs. so in that sense, we were luck kichlt arent you dealing now with if there is a 12-person conspiracy and they are running around the united states, you have different shots of getting some kind of information. if it is one person with a backpack or a scar wicar with explosives, how can you prevent all of those fro...

>> juliet: the times square incident show where our weaknesses are and our vulnerabilities are. >> gregg: continental flight headed from newark to tokyo. a boeing having to dump fuel in an attempt to make the plane as light as possible before returning to the runway before landing successfully. a spokesperson says it was due to a hydraulic problem. nobody was injured. >> a plane hits severe disturbance. the jet was heading to cleveland. passengers and crew were battered. four people were injured...

Country today. u.s. citizens, who become r radicalized because they perceive their particular tribe to be persecuted by the u.s. government. and you end up with a version of faisal shahzad. >> i think in this case, in the cases of the people they were recruiting, theyre looking for vulnerabilities, as a case officer i look to spot, assess and recruit people who have vulnerabilities. i think were reading far too much into policy and not enough into human nature. i think some of these people are s...

Welcome back. there are a lot of questions about who was watching the suspect in saturdays attempted car bombing in times square and how close he came to getting away perhaps. reports indicate faisal shahzad was able to slip away from authorities watching his connecticut home monday. he then drove to kennedy airport, bought a ticket with cash, and boarded a flight to dubai even though he had been placed on the no fly list earlier monday. he was removed from the plane just before it was due to le...

>> could you tell us whether or not new york is still under consideration for holding the terrorist end and other terror trials and, if so, does this incident give you pause in that respect? >> well, i think unfortunately new york and washington, d.c. remain targets of people who would do this nation harm. regardless of where a particular trial is, where a particular event is going to occur, i think that is going to remain true and is why we have to be especially vigilant in new york as well as ...

Commands, the tenth fleet, which has no ships. the 24th air force, which has no planes. u.s. cyber command, to do this sort of thing. chinas created military commands, russias created military commands. so for me, there are two takeaways here. one, we better defend ourselves, and were not doing that. unfortunately the obama administrations attitude is well defend the government, the rest of you are on your own. and the other takeaway here is we dont talk about arms control. we ought to try to ge...

They could cause trains to derail. so the united states government has created these military commands, the tenth fleet, which has no ships. the 24th air force, which has no planes. u.s. cyber command, to do this sort of thing. chinas created military commands, russias created military commands. so for me, there are two takeaways here. one, we better defend ourselves, and were not doing that. unfortunately the obama administrations attitude is well defend the government, the rest of you are on y...