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Qaeda hit list of sorts in their "inspire "magazine. does that detail tell you anything or do you read anything into that detail in terms of the nature of this attack? >> well, that could then indicate that aqap al qaeda in arare yan peninsula could have carried out the attack if he was listed, as you indicate inside inspire magazine which is their magazine down in yemen. so, we know from past foiled attacks as well as successful attacks that aqap has been a very expeditionary affiliate or arm of al qaeda's broader global network. they've been able to get an individual abu mutallab on a flight...

That do not contain metallic components in it, and therefore pass through a certain metal detector system has been proven two months after 9/11 by the shoebomber richard reed and eight years later by abu mutallab, the so-called underwear bomber and both of them carried devices that did not contain any metallic elements and were able to take their devices onboard. what i make of the latest news is that there's probably some more pinpointed intelligence that indicates to the possibility that there is an intention to use these techniques sometimes in the future to actually act against american af...

What those guys do on a daily basis around the world. so part of this book tells the story of jay sock operateses. i don't ming well the powerful, chris. my sources are guys doing the operation, mid level guys to lower level guys that are a part of this apparatus. and there are books that are published that are based on the leaks from the white house. my book tells the story of the foot soldiers in these wars, and also tells the story of the civilians who live on the other side of our missiles or the other side of the night raids. try to tell a story that was multidimensional and had both the ...

He has no doubt this was terrorism. more of our conversation with senator lieberman. >> i don't know that this terrorist attempt was related to an islamist extremist terrorist group. but over the last year, we have had a series of attempts by islamists extremists terrorists to attack the united states. increasingly, they seem to be smaller events, not a big 9/11 type attack. three of them broke through our defenses. the one in arkansas last spring, which people don't remember, where an individual walked in to a u.s. army recruiting station and killed a recruiter simply because he was wearing a...

Off? >> well, i think the abu mutallab attempt is an example. he had an explosive device in his underwear. it was a faulty device. they are unable to carry out these large scale attacks, so they are now opting for individual operatives to carry out the smaller scale attacks. they recognize that they are in need of some kind of demonstration of capability that they have not been able to show because of the tremendous work across the board, not just here in the united states between law enforcement and intelligence, but with our partners. pakistani, saudi, yemeni partners. this is helping us to ...