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Congress should use the hearings on the Detroit terrorism plot to focus on what happened, what went wrong, and what changes need to be made.

Consideration, it would seem is the differences in gradations and capabilities between what al qaeda was on 9/11 and shortly thereafter and what the al qaeda peninsula is capable of. it's capable of a whole lot less than the order of magnitude than it was in 9/11. >> you think the september 10th, 2011 al qaeda based in afghanistan stronger than its capabilities than today's aqp? >> yeah. look at what it's attempting, taking down the airliner for the christmas day plot, a variety of different embassy attacks, expand that to al qaeda and so forth. that's a whole lot less than using a complex, mu...

Said we need to focus on this but attention has been paid to the airlines over the years. and we are learning yemen officials say a u.s. cent -- u.s. drone attack has targeted al-aliwalki but missed the target and officials are in the confirming this drone attack against al-aliwalki, either. >>dave: early information is that we are getting some information on where he could be located but we have gone after this guy with a drone and he is the man that is connected to ft. hood and connected to the christmas day plot and the cargo plane plot. he is american born and some say he is the most dange...

Tell and chris voss who now works for inside security. many of the threats against the united states i guess sort of most grossly illuminated by the 9/11 terror attack, were coming from offshore. there's still some of that, abdulmutallab tried to blow up the plane on christmas day. increasingly we've seen threats from within. how do you fight that? >> this is the big challenge because since 9/11 the u.s. has done a lot to insure its borders are safer and it's harder for terrorists to come in imported from groups like al qaeda. there will be cases like the christmas day plot. not just about imp...

The times square bomb suspect went back to pakistan looking for help from the taliban. that dramatic claim made today by a senior administration official who says faisal shahzad had an attack in mind when he traveled to pakistan. and top advisers to the president also say the evidence now shows the plot was directed by the pakistani taliban. this development comes amid a big debate over the handling of terror suspects here in the united states. should they be read their rights, or should the rules be stretched to allow investigators more leeway? brian todd has been looking into this story for ...