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Functionally, one minutes away from blowing up when it was intercepted and defused. the reason why this is bombs were discovered was not because of x-ray detection or bomb-sniffing dogs or something, they were made successfully in a way that would have evaded all of those anti-explosive technologies. the way they were discovered at all was because of a tip from what appears to possibly have been an al qaeda double agent with saudi intelligence that this plot was under way. saudi officials shared that information with u.s. intelligence. that included the tracking number of those packages, and t...

Saudi officials shared that information with u.s. intelligence. that included the tracking number of those packages and that's how they were able to track and stop the printer cartridge bomb plot. those totally undetectable packages got out of yemen, made it as far as germany in within case and as far as the uk in one case. they were ready to be transferred onto planes bound for the united states. they were only found due to that tracking number and that tip. eventually, al qaeda in yem p, al qaeda in the arabian peninsula took responsibility for those bombs, and the cargo plane bomb. that's h...

Bill: peter, is there a certain threat out there they're picking up on we need to know about? >> reporter: they say they're playing ahead of terrorists instead of playing catch-up. they said there are hundreds or thousands of people carrying american or european airports to potentially fight in syria. they could get on board to go back to their home country. abc news reported that those westerners looking to carry out an attack are picking up pointers from innovative terrorists behind the underwear bomb, al qaeda in arabian peninsula, who were able to sneak an explosive device on the airplane ...