go after the target of opportunity where people are not looking, not prepared. do that with some preop rational surveillance. this is what makes this case so difficult for law enforcement and security, again, these are guys had no prior footprint within the legal community, they hadn t been stopped, hadn t had arrest records and they got radicalized beneath the radar screen and go and develop a device using home-grown materials and they go around and say we are going to strike on no prior conceived timetable -fpblt it s very hard to pick up. jon: three of dzhokhar s friend have been arrested in recent days for having made a role in the aftermath of the investigation. no evidence i m aware of to this point that they actually helped in advance of the marathon bombs. it s just breaking according to the associated press that customs officials are now being ordered effective immediately to verify that every foreign student arriving in the u.s. has a valid student visa. now, why in the wor
arthel: welcome to a brand-new hour of happening now . i m arthel neville in for jenna who is on assignment for happening now. jon: good to have you here. jenna will be black monday. i m jon scott. secretary of state john kerry and vice president joe biden taking part in a state department ceremony honoring employees who have died serving our countries. eight names added to the plaque in this year s ceremony including that of ambassador chris stevens and three other americans killed in the benghazi terror attacks. this comes as congress is set to hold more hearings on the attack on the u.s. consulate and the inspector general of the state department ordering an investigation of the blue ribbon panel of investigators who looked into the september 111th attack. that angle of the story broken by our own james rosen, our chief washington correspondent who joins us now from washington. james. reporter: jon, good afternoon. even as the benghazi story deepens with the investigators them
one, is why did they not get at the facts? was he not briefed on this? was he not briefed on people that wanted to get their own attorneys? i find that very interesting, and if he s not being briefed on it, why not? jon: when you first hear the president s response, judd de, i don t know i always have to ask what the intent is. he said, i am not familiar. of course. jon: it wasn t a denial. i think that was a denial. come on, ellen from the beginning this administration s mo has been to delay, delay answering questions on benghazi. first it was to get them through the election. now it s to avoid an investigation of a cover up. cox on. you don t know and you re not briefed if you don t want to answer a question. jon: when jay carney thaobg to the podium and said essentially benghazi happened seven months ago, as though it s ancient history. i disagree with that. listen if i was the president of the united states, which i m
reporter: i.c.e. agents are called to upscale home of a saudi military attache on tuesday. they removed two alleged victims, two filipino women who claimed the saudi attache confiscated their passports and made them work long hours without pay. our local affiliate reports that one of them tried to escape in the gap of a front gate as it was closing. wttf interviewed a neighbor of the compound. i m in shock because i live down the street and things like this don t happen in mclain. i feel bad for the women if the story is true and awful and very frightening and considering next to cia, why would it be happening here? reporter: immigrations and customs says their investigation is ongoing. our local affiliate report that is a spokesman for the saudi embassy told them the compound is separate from the embassy which is downtown but the spokesman offered no comment beyond that, jon. jon: i know this case is getting a fair amount of attention but human traffic something not uncommon eve
people. this after the president warned the bashar al-assad regime that doing so would actually cross a red line triggering some kind of nonspecific u.s. intervention. here is house intelligence committee chairman mike rogers. it didn t be a dotted line, it didn t be anything other than a red line. more than just syria, iran is paying attention to this. north korea is paying attention to this. i think the options aren t huge, but some action needs to be taken. jenna: others point to the examples in our past. for example, point to iraq and urging the president to make sure that he has all the facts before taking action. i appreciate his deliberate approach to this. you know, we ve had a little problem with going to the u.n. with the idea of weapons of mass destruction before, so we certainly want to finish the investigation. jenna: jonathan chancellor is vice president of research at the foundation for defense of democracy. a lot of argt abouticy and actionnd are the