had not made contact with him? you said it was what, six weeks after? reporter: yeah, remarkable stuff. it was a full six weeks after the attack the fbi team had been on the ground in benghazi a few weeks before. he told us no one had made contact with him. he said he would be happy to speak with the americans, not to say that showed any love for the americans however. he refused to condemn the attack. he sprained that the u.s. had brought it on itself for being involved with libyan affairs. and again, while he denied being a member of the al qaeda-linked ansar al sharia group, he did say he knew militia members. he said he would be in contact with them. he said he agreed with the aims, the goals of the group. his general mood, heather, i have to say, relaxed and defiant. at one point during the interview which we conducted in a terrorist restaurant of a hotel in benghazi, a u.s. surveillance aircraft circled overhead. i pointed to it. he looked up and he simply
officials, we spoke with him six weeks after the attack, after an f.b.i. team had spent time on the ground in benghazi. he told us no one reached out to him and he said he would be willing to talk to them if they did. he did not show any love for america. he refused to condemn the attack, explained the u.s. brought it on itself. while he denied being a member of the al qaeda linked group, he did say he knew militia members. he said he was in can t with them and he agreed in their principles and their aims. finally, his general mood was relaxed and defiant. at one point during the interview, which we conducted at a terrorist restaurant of the hotel at benghazi, we heard a u.s. surveillance aircraft buzzing overhead. i pointed up to it and he just shrugged. needless to say, our efforts to get in contact with him today have been so far unsuccessful.
with his goals and he agreed with what they were doing and what they were saying. one final antidote, during this interview we conducted at a terrorist restaurant of a hotel in benghazi, at one point i heard a u.s. surveillance aircraft, a drone buzzing overhead. i pointed up to him, i looked at him and he simply shrug ged, th defiance and the relaxed state he had at that time. the latest word we re getting from benghazi, he apparently is still out on the street. back to you. if they can t find him, they may need to call in your services again to locate him. greg palkot. fascinating look back. thank you. we want to turn now to the terrorist threat that sparked a worldwide alert this week and closed down u.s. embassy is in 22 different countries, yemen emerging as the focus of that feared attack. today, yemen says it disrupted an al qaeda plot to bomb major oil lines and take over the port. a suspected drone strike killed