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CNNW Anderson Cooper 360 July 1, 2014

Opening information from her. We begin, though, at the airport and inside the huge intelligence and security operation that has kept us largely safe there since the attacks on september 11th. There have been some close calls, the shoe bomber richard reid, the underpants bomber, each trying to exploit blind spots in the system, which is why you take your shoes off at the airport now. Tonight, though, officials worry there might be a new vulnerability. Lets get details from jim. They are Homeland Securitys most dreaded threats. Explosive devices hidden in objects from shoes to toothpaste tubes and undetectable by Airport Security. Now, the u. S. Is considering new Airport Security measures due to increased concerns that terrorists from al qaeda and the Arabian Peninsula or aqap are developing new bomb designs to fool current security screening. We remain concerned about the capability of some of these elements to develop weapons that could be thwarted by our current security systems. Officials tell cnn there is no imminent threat or blot. The department of Homeland Security is working to address the new plot. The department of Homeland Security is regularly reviewing our security procedures to adapt to the threat that we that is faced by our transportation system. As advisories are required to adequately inform the traveling public, well make those announcements. Peter king discussed the threat on abcs this week. A number of airports do not have the types of security they should have. Anyone that will be having someone who can fly to the u. S. , they have to increase their security, were going to be pushing it, but overseas Airport Security is a real concern. This is the man believed to be behind the threat. Aqap master bomb maker ibrahim al asiri. Asiri and terrorists trained under him will improve designs of new explosive devices, such as shoe bombs that could fool screening systems. The threat has grown all the more severe as chaos in syria and iraq has created a safe haven from terror groups to train, plot and recruit westerners to join their fight. Allowing them to pool up in syria, to have safe haven, the size of indiana, syria and iraq. I mean al qaeda minded individuals that now have an army, that is as dangerous a time for an al qaeda threat to the United States as ive ever seen. Jim shud doe joins us now. Whats the scope of these fears, are we talking about u. S. Airport security or International Airports as well . Really both, youre talking about direct flights into the u. S. Your security is only as good as the security at those airports, right . Thats where the screening takes place, so it would be something that would be done in conjunction, and weve seen in the past. This has been a concern of Counter Terror officials for a number of months now. They know that aqap is constantly approving these designs. It was toothpaste tubes around the olympics, theyre constantly adjusting, constantly looking for new intel and responding to that intel, and this is another case of that. Ever adapting, jim, thanks so much. Lets get to the results of our exclusive keeping them honest investigation on charity fraud. The charity that has been claiming to help disabled veterans is under fire. Forced to restructure its board of directors and the for Profit Company behind it. If youve watched 360 officer the years, you know all about our commitment to Americas Fighting men and women. The outfit that distributed chefs hats and candy and other knickknacks instead of something actually useful to veteran. Small and somewhat absurd of the bigger problem here, more than 100 million in donations going into the pockets of private fundraisers instead of helping vets. Tonight the new York State Attorney general says enough is enough. Its really all because of drew griffin and producer david fitzpatricks reporting dating back to 2010 when they first tried to find out where all your donations had been going. This organization raised 30 million in funds, supposedly to give to the veterans. That was drew griffin in 2010, standing outside the washington, d. C. , headquarters of the charity, demanding answers to where all the millions of dollars in donations, up until then had gone, here he is in louisiana, knocking on the door of the claritys president. Weve agreed to talk to you, answer nobodys agreed. So here is the question, its 64 million raised over three years. Thank you so much. And none of the money has gone to any veterans, maam . And here again, drew is at a small veterans shelter in birmingham, alabama, where some of the donations turned out to be not money or anything that charity actually needed, but candy. The great thing they sent us was 11,520 bags of coconut m ms. And at each step along the way, the private furnished raiser denied anything was wrong, that the way they took in donations and kept almost every single dime of it was just fine. Heres mark shallhoff reading a prepared statement. This is not making millions off the back of veterans. This is helping charities do good. You will see a very different story. Heres Senior Investigative correspondent drew griffin with an exclusive report, keeping them honest. Its one of the largest settlements ever recorded by the new York Attorney generals office. Theyve agreed to pay fines, change the way they do business and set a much more transparent course for Charities Across the nation. Eric schneider man calls the private Fundraising Firm despicable in how it has deceived the mostly old and gullible out of hundreds of millions of dollars. Some of these pleas were heart wrenching. They were hoping some poor particular veteran get a car and a better life, and weve now learned through our investigation, that in some cases those stories were totally fab rated. That the foundation at issue had never helped the veterans they used in their ads. Quadrica will pay a fine and forgive 13 million in dealt still owed it by the disabled national foundation. Youre getting back to me, is there going to be an issue. For years, ever since we found out these two groups have been taking your generous donations and pocketing almost all of the money. Were doing a story on quadriga arts. They had almost total control over the charity. In effect the charity was a front for quadrigas profit driven scheme. They got the folks who set up the charity going, they used their council to advise the charity, and they entered into a contract which enabled quadriga to control the flow of funds. It had total control and discretion of the funds going in. Out of a total of 116 million raised by the Veterans Charity over the years, 104 million of it, went to the direct mail fundraiser according to new york state. And most of the donations that it made called gifts in kind like those coconut m ms were useless to veterans. The abuses here really span the whole gamut of abuses that you could see in a charitable organization, thats why this is such an interesting case, they were falsifying the value of the gifts in kind, they were sending things that no disabled veteran needed. Like m ms, chefs hats. As a result of the settlement, the dvnf founding Board Members are being removed from the charity. Its executive director has already left, and the charity is banned from doing any business with quadriga art for three years. In addition to its huge debt, quadriga and its president must disclose its Fundraising Efforts up front so wouldbe charities understand how much of the donated money, your donated money quadriga will keep for itself. The donors intent in this case was to help disabled veterans, and take money people are trying to spend to help disabled veterans to feed your own overhead and pay executives off is pretty despicable. Drew griffin joins us now. Terrific work, truly keeping them honest. Secondly here, despicable, thats how new yorks attorney general describes this company. But theyre still in business. Right. And promising to do much better, in a statement to us, quadriga art, which is a family company, says an uncle who helped run it has resigned, the president , the nephew says, we have taken responsibility for the mistakes that were made, we deeply apologize for our actions and have taken steps to ensure that this situation will never occur again. As for disabled Veterans National foundation, the woman who slammed the door in our face gone. As are the founding members of our group, they go on, a spokesperson says, this is very significant and positive step for the dvnf that will enable us to improve the services we deliver and increase transparency with our loyal donors. If they just did anything, it would be an improvement, john. Is it wrong that im so surprised these two groups took in more than 100 million and did so little to help disabled vets that they both survived . This is the frustration that david fitzpatrick, my producer and i have had since we began this reporting on these charities. The laws in this country on fundraising, on nonprofits, on these charities, are so weak, you can literally get away with just about anything. Im not kidding. Thats why the best advice to anyone who is donating money is to not believe anything that comes in a direct mail advertisement, i wouldnt send a dime to anybody who sends you an advertisement from a direct Mail Campaign for a charity. And then check out the charities you are giving to. Check it out, just dont give money to these people, they are keeping almost all of it. Drew, its great advice, terrific reporting. Thank you so much. Make sure you set your dvr so you can watch 360 whenever youd like, next for us, the Supreme Court hands president obama and advocates say millions of women a big defeat on what obama care covers and also the president takes new action that could divide could invite i should say, more court challenges. The question tonight, is he doing what all president s do . Or is the constitutional law professor exceeding his constitutional powers . And later, we do have breaking news, were just getting in this video. This is israel tonight. Retaliating for the abduction and the killing of three teenagers. Stay with us. The last four hours have seen. One child fail to get to the air sickness bag in time. Another left his shoes on the plane. His shoes and a third simply doesnt want to be here. 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Today a sharply dwi vided court ruled on one such case, striking down the requirement that Family Owned Companies in this case, hobby lobby pay for Insurance Coverage for comprehensive Birth Control, saying it violated a federal law protecting religious freedom. At issue in this case are specific Birth Control methods, including plan b, the company did not object to other forms of contraception, including Birth Control pills and condoms. The center is notably Ruth Bader Ginsberg says, the ruling invites more companies to seek more religious exemptions to more laws. Jeffrey toobin joins us. This was billed as the biggest decision of the term. It was going to perhaps determine whether or not corporations had religious rights. It was going to weighin on obama care, change it for the future here. We have a 54 decision, what have we actually learned from this now . Weve learned a lot, john. We learned that corporations can assert the right to freedom of religion, we never knew that before, that was something that some courts had suggested, but now we know we can. Also we know that thousands of employees of hobby lobby and thousands of other women are now in the position of losing part of their Birth Control benefits. Part of their health care benefits. Their right to certain forms of Birth Control, and in a larger sense we now know that corporations can assert the right that they dont want to pay for certain kinds of medical procedures, and the courts are going to have to sort out which procedures employers can take away from their employees. This is going to be a complex and lengthy undertaking. Its just begun. We know there will be a lot more questions and a lot more cases goingforward. What we also know is, this is not a decision that the white house wanted. This is something that rules against them and against their interests. However, whenever you have Something Like this, there are people who say, democrats will fundraise off of this, this could galvanize women voters in the midterm. What do you make of that . Both are true. First of all, obviously the white house did not want this decision, because its another ching in the armor of obama care which has been sort of whittled away from all angles. And what they also know, however is that this is an issue they can keep pounding at, because the question of womens reproductive rights, what are the rights of a Corporation Versus a person are things that could be used in a political campaign. The Obama Administration can issue some regulations which would find a way to pay for this kind of contraception through Health Care Subsidies or the exchanges this the second thing they could do, i think theyre going to find a way to raise this on the floor of the democratic controlled senate, have a vote on it, even though they know that it will fail. But they can remind voters heading into 2014 about the socalled war on women, we spoke about during the last election, and hopefully increase that gender gap to that advantage. There was a lot that went on in washington today, not just the decision from the Supreme Court, this announcement on the irk u of immigration, i want you to listen to part of the statement the president made at the white house today. As we speak, there are enough republicans in the house to pass an immigration bill today. I would site it into law today. And washington would solve a problem in a bipartisan way. But for more than a year. Republicans in the house of representatives have refused to allow an up or down vote on that senate bill or any legislation to fix our broken immigration system. The president saying that Congress Wont pass legislation so hes going to take presumably executive action after the summer here. The constitutions not exactly written that way. What can he actually accomplish here . Well, its very hard to know. One of the things he announced today is that the department of Homeland Security under his orders will move assets from the interior of the country to the border. Theres no doubt that thats constitutional. When you start changing the rules about who can get into the country and how long they can stay and what the conditions are for where they can stay, and spending money for the care and feeding of particularly young people, thats where things start to get more dicey, because it is under article one of the constitution the right of the congress to pass laws and the right of the president to execute the laws. But those terms are not necessarily selfevident and the Supreme Court has twice in the past week said, you know what, president obama, you reach too far with recess appointments and here in the hobby lobby case, so, you know, its perilous. Gloria bore ger, jeffrey toobin, thanks so much. 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