that's going on. very reminiscent of what we saw pre-9/11. >> we need to know and realize we're living in an increasingly dangerous world and this specific threat that we've been briefed on over and over again has reached a new level. >> despite being told repeatedly that the country is safer and that al qaeda's core structure has been decimated, this weekend americans were informed that, on the contrary, al qaeda just might be more dangerous than ever. >> this is a wake-up call. al qaeda is in many ways stronger than it was before 9/11 because it is mutated and spread and it can come out of some different directions. >> in many ways it is more dangerous because now we have what i call 2.0 or 3.0 which is widely dispersed. we now see them from west africa into south asia so there is a mucher battlefield. >> house chair mike mccall praised the administration.