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Terrorism experts that were a little apprehensive to believe anything that he said. well, what's his motivation to really talk to authorities? and if, in fact, these raids and subsequent arrests were as a result of what he was saying, how much can we trust his tips or what has followed? >> well, that's the purpose of the raids is to try now to check out things that he's saying. you see similar things going on in pakistan that the pakistani authorities are involved in. you're right. they have to take everything he says with a grain of salt. but it does seem that it is accurate to say that at le...

Helped finance faisal shahzad's plot. john brennan says the group is closely tied to al qaeda. francis townsend calls it another wakeup call for the united states. >> i think what we take from this is, these small regional groups that share this sort of ideology and the tactics of al qaeda have got to be taken serious as threats directly to the united states homeland security. >> we have to understand that we have this new threat vector, the tactics are evolving and changing and we have to be ahead of those tactics, on top of those tactics, on top of the people that might be perpetrating terro...

Between this bomb and improvised explosive devices used in failed bombings in the u.k., amy kellogg live in london and what if any links are established between the failed car bombings in london in 2007 and this incident? >> as far as we know, no direct links have been established, but, terrorism experts point out that there are tactical similarities in both cases, these attacks were carried out by people, attempted attacks, i should say, carried out by people with a lack of experience. the terrorism expert we spoke to this morning says the fertilizer used was simple fertilizer, not strong eno...

Steve centanni is live for us. >> reporter: hi harris, this case, pointing to traub ling new trend in the world of radical islamist plots. if the charges against jihad jane are proven to go true it shows terrorists are trying more than ever to blend into the rest of the population, hoping their activities will go unnoticed until it's too late. colleen larose, a prime example of a suburban american who looks like a soccer -- soccer mom. in february '09 she e-mailed a coconspirator overseas, suggesting her physical appearance would allow her to blend in with many people which may be a way she sa...

I think people are going to say it is terrorism. he had an ideology. he had a political dogma and point to make. he used violence to further that political agenda and was willing to kill himself and innocents to do it. so in that sense yes, it is terrorism. certainly if you're inside a building and see a plane coming at you, you are terrified. it's not part of a larger group but has all the feeling and all the indications of terrorism. >> so is this, i mean, would he be considered a lone wolf? the government put out a report a while back that caused some controversy about lone wolfs. would he ...