Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20120218:12:11:00
Surveillance since early december. he said he wanted to attack a restaurant or u.s. military forces. then he decided his target would be the capitol building, perhaps its new ununderground visitors center, likely to be crowded with tourists or u.s. senate office building. >> we've seen suspects that wanted to detonate a device but did it from a distance. in al khalify's case, he wanted to be the martyr. >> reporter: they set off explosives in a practice run. around noon friday in a parking garage near the capitol, the undercover agents gave him a vest loaded with what he thought were explosive...