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kidnapping are alive and safe at this hour. joining me now on the phone, cnn's martin savage and sunny hostin and on the phone, adam mayes' sister-in-law, bobbi booth. martin, what do you know? >> this drama played out right in the same area where it took place. in other words, where the bodies were first discovered of joanne mai bain and adrienne bain. there were mississippi highway patrol special operation, s.w.a.t. team in other words, as well as mississippi game and fish. for reasons unclear at this particular point in time, there was a section of wooded area in that county where...

al qaeda to destroy a u.s.-bound airliner with an improved underwear bomb was actually a double agent. instead of carrying out the murderous mission, he delivered the bomb to u.s. intelligence officials. "the new york times" reports the informant is an intelligent agent for saudi arabia. susan mcginnis is in washington with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. an incredible intelligence coup. the al qaeda affiliate developed this advanced bomb. they think they're giving it to a suicide bomber but they hand it right over to an agent working with the cia. officials say ...

airliner with an improved underwear bomb was actually a double agent. instead of carrying out the murderous mission, he delivered the bomb to u.s. intelligence officials. "the new york times" reports the informant is an intelligent agent for saudi arabia. susan mcginnis is in washington with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. an incredible intelligence coup. the al qaeda affiliate developed this advanced bomb. they think they're giving it to a suicide bomber but they hand it right over to an agent working with the cia. officials say al qaeda in the arabian pen ensue...

al qaeda to destroy a u.s.-bound airliner with an improved underwear bomb was actually a double agent. instead of carrying out the murderous mission, he delivered the bomb to u.s. intelligence officials. "the new york times" reports the informant is an intelligent agent for saudi arabia. susan mcginnis is in washington with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. an incredible intelligence coup. the al qaeda affiliate developed this advanced bomb. they think they're giving it to a suicide bomber but they hand it right over to an agent working with the cia. officials say ...

method. they are sophisticated people. they never stop. >> this plot is said to be the work of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula meaning yemen. we're following the take down with barbara starr at the pentagon. what do we know about the device? >> reporter: the fbi is in possession of the device and trying to determine whoa made it and how it was made. according to the fbi, the latest indications are it was very similar to previous devices that al qaeda and yemen has used. most likely with very little metallic content or no metallic content. that means very difficult for the screening...