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Soil. josh levs joins me now with a timeline. josh? >> ever since this happened it's been on my mind. we've been thinking about this too often, far too often, the stories of potential terrorism on the united states. we're taking a look back at our own reporting to see some of the big examples since 9/11. i can't tell you all of them because, unfortunately, there are too many, but here are some that will stick out in your mind as they stick out in mine. we will start with richard reid which was not long after 9/11. richard reid, the shoebomber, that was in december 2001. let's jump ahead to the...

>> bret: and always the richard reid example. december 2001 happened right after 9/11. >> right. three months after 9/11. one month after establishment of commissions and none of them existed. there was no alternative at the time. it was still a mistake. it's not a mistake you want to repeat ever. >> bret: that's it for the panel. stay tuned for update on someone you have been emailing us a lot about. a person very special to all of us at "special report."

>> bret: and always the richard reid example. december 2001 happened right after 9/11. >> right. three months after 9/11. one month after establishment of commissions and none of them existed. there was no alternative at the time. it was still a mistake. it's not a mistake you want to repeat ever. >> bret: that's it for the panel. stay tuned for update on someone you have been emailing us a lot about. a person very special to all of us at "special report." l nitrogn enriched gasoline? they clean up gunk left by lower quality gasoline. then they act as a protective barrier... that shieldsnd pro...

We've got to establish this is a country of law, and of constitutional rights, even if you're somebody that's a terrorist. >> jon, he's the problem with what bob just said. he's right, most of the people were not picked up on battlefields, they were picked up at zoos, they include pita and people that have nothing to do with defending the war on terror. that's why they're in civilian court. the issue is for the most serious of terrorists, for the joe eh padilla, enemy combatant of the bush administration, richard reid , which he waso whoa was captured in december 2001, the nation wasn't ready ...

As a police commander he has been killing taliban since december 2001. for the taliban, that means he's been a target for eight years. i have no idea how he's survived. "i protect myself," he says. "god has a date for everyone's death and when that day comes, they will die. but my day has not yet come." the men and boys he guides, guard the back door to kandahar. then comes territory fully patrolled by the taliban. through that mountain pass, just beyond his checkpoint, it's all taliban. as for our night patrol, we have just broken the muslim fast of ramadan and mullah and his forces in a neig...