he was a member of ansar al sharia, the local franchise of al qaeda. ansar al sharia was started last year to provide al qaeda in the arabian peninsula with foot soldiers and a new image. some experts question the exact relationship between the two groups, but ghaith found that they operated as one and the same. how clearly they referred to themselves as al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. and for fouad to talk to us, he would have to have permission from the highest authority. >> narrator: fouad said that us drones and the yemeni air force often attacked. >> (translated): they bomb people's homes to prove to washington they are truly fighting terrorism. but they have failed. >> narrator: he agreed to take ghaith on a tour of jaar. he wanted to show how al qaeda was effectively governing an entire city. >> jaar is really poor, is wretched. yet he points to all of this and he says, "this is the ultimate just city, because we're implementing sharia." >> narrator: but fouad told him that the attacks from both the americans and the yemeni air force made the

is there a danger that we are so focused on al qaeda that we will miss a second cousin of al qaeda that arises in brazil or someplace that constitutes a serious threat? >> i don't think so. that is reflected on this panel. closelyork area together to look forward to determine where that next threat is coming from. there very focused on activities of groups in north africa during that may simply butympathetic to out cato, have not reached the level of -- to al qaeda, but have not reached the level of pain al qaeda. i speak on behalf of the people working at the national center who are laser focused in trying to identify that next threat good will be -- next threat. will we be perfect every time? no, but we are focused on trying to see that next threat. that is something we are doing as a community. >> if i might add, domestic threats, we have not forgotten the bombing of oklahoma city in 1995. while, yes, outside threats can be undertaken within the united states. with homegrown terrorists, we try to look aboard -- we try to look across the board. >> are you seeing any increase in those

al-qaeda operative is in cussdy. son-in-law for usama bin laden and former al-qaeda spokesman.hat this operative was brought to the u.s. several days ago and has been cooperating with authorities. is in new york on friday. federal court. a seven-page indictment charging him in federal court. are back with the panel., this obviously creating a bit of an uprate. a lot of uproar on capitol hill. should. this guy is in gentlemen you could shoot him with a drone in the middle of the night and blow him away. like we did with al-awlaki. that he is here, magically he gets his mare ran da rights so that means we won't get information out of him. insane. is precisely -- gitmo was incidented as a way to have a site under which we could receive information over time. he arrives in new york on trial and lawyered up we will learn nothing. has a lot to tell us. a myth that iran and al-qaeda don't work together, because iran is shiite and al-qaeda is sunni.ly he was harbored in iran after 9/11 for several years. knows how it works and knows about the contact with al-qaeda. could tell us. are n

as affiliated groups and groups sympathetic to al-qaeda and al-qaeda message have grown in areas, formple, in north africa. >> more directly at home, it's the rationalization of individual -- radicalization of individuals on the internet who develop a desire and will to under take attacks. >> with the target of the u.s., including the cargo printer bombs in the fall of 2010, the al-qaeda affiliate in yemen, known as aqap remai remains the most able. >> the threat has not dissipated over the years. there is still a threat out there. >> after the 9/11 benghazi terrorist attack, intelligence officials say they aren't focused on the threat to high-risk diplomatic post. >> avoid the repeat of thefy yas sew with rice. >> don't do talking points. >> the f.b.i. director to explain the rules for tracking americans on u.s. soil, democratic senator ron widen isn't satisfied. >> i think americans are entitled to a direct answer to that question. >> intelligence officials warn one of the biggest threats to the united states could be self-inflicted. saying budget cuts could ultimately jeopardize th

one more thing about al qaeda before the war against iraq the u.s. media talked a lot about abu musaab cari who allegedly was in iraq and had connections with the iraqi regime we searched but didn't find miss sampson we had no connections with mossad or al qaeda there was an attempt to establish a connection with the taliban through one of the ministers who was in pakistan for iraqi intelligence proposed this but foreign minister tariq aziz said that it was an unstable regime and it wouldn't benefit iraq to have relations with it did iraq actually have w m d that could threaten the entire world or the region where. they fabricated a certain problem analyzed it and drew their conclusions based on that the data they receive from various sources was untrue this was their attempt of swaying public opinion in terms of the intelligence operation iraq was a closed country and they obviously had no sources within the country that would have told them the truth so they relied on other sources that fed them lies such as for instance photos of trucks portable l

within a half hour, tenet comes in and explosively tells about this high-level al qaeda operative who's these contacts. whoa. and we put it back in. >> that would be the dubious confession extracted from ibin al sheikh al libi the result of torture by the egyptians. >> both of us convinced ourselves that if the intelligence community believed what we were presenting, then we had to believe it. because they were the experts. >> i wrote part of the speech, and what i saw over the course of weeks, up until the night before he gave that speech, and in fact into the early morning, 1:00, 2:00 a.m. was does this fit? is this compelling? who can pick a hole in this? i'm going to stand in front of a billion people. what i say better be the clearest and most credible information we have. >> on february 5th, 2003, the moment of truth arrives. >> the 4,701st meeting of the security council is called to order. >> the world witnesses colin powell deliver the ultimate argument for war against iraq. >> what we're giving you are facts and conclusions based on solid intelligence. i will cite some example

it has to be a senior al qaeda leader. the executive branch has to review this and reach high confidence that the person reaches those criteria and were possible has notified congress in advance if that is possible and afterword. i would guess that the panelists would say we could agree on those criteria if congress were going to legislate and if there is some judicial role or not. but i appreciate your answers across the board. >> we have to be careful that it is not that due process is a requirement of judicial process. the way to ensure the government has provided the process that is due is not to simply take the government's word for it but to provide review. this court can look to the jurisprudence that the supreme court has articulated. with regard to what kind of due process is to an american citizen, even one that takes up arms against the united states. there is a lot we can learn with regard to the balance we should strike in those circumstances. if this committee is serious about codifying the standards, there i

why is al qaeda rising?>> plus, police find a bag of explosives next to the body in a college dorm room and we have the video the cops found as they went in. >>> and cbs demands employees to submit to health tests. if not, you pay a lot of money. is your employer next? and is this fair? let's go "out front." >>> good evening, everyone. i'm erin burnett. first heard here on cnn, the chairman of the house and senate intelligence committees telling wolf blitzer a short while ago there's a -- i want to quote their word. high probability that chemical weapons have been used in syria. >> i have a high probability to believe that chemical weapons were used. we need that final verification but given everything we know over the last year and a half, i, mike rogers, chairman of the intelligence committee, would come to the conclusion they're positioned for use and ready to do that or, in fact, have been used. >> or, in fact, have been used. the head of the senate intelligence committee dianne feinstein echoed that war

signs point to al qaeda. the decade-long war in iraq caused 4,488 american lives, more than 100,000 iraqi lives and more than $800 billion. today, another 55 iraqis lost their lives, 200 more wounded. there were 17 car bombs, 7 roadside bombs and 2 shootings that ripped through mostly shiite neighborhoods. arwa damon is covering the war since it began and in iraq tonight and i asked her how much strength iraq gained. >> reporter: there were huge swaths of the country controlled by al qaeda. now, that is no longer the case. and at one point al qaeda's capabilities in iraq were, in fact, significantly diminished. when's been especially disturbing that we have been seeing over the last few months is the reemergence of al qaeda, especially in iraq's al anbar province. there's been, for example, ongoing demonstrations. people demanding certain things, legitimate things from the iraqi government. at the same time we have also been beginning to see over the last few weeks al qaeda's flag raised, as well. you can ima

al-qaeda is finished, how can al-qaeda pull off an attack. >> sean: and we all agree that this was aboutst and foremost? that that had a lot to do with it. >> i also think that a lot of had to do with the obama narrative about promotion of democracy in the islamic countries. i mean, this is their -- we've never asked the question, why were we were benghazi in the first place? they keep talking about, for example, the consulate. there was no consulate in benghazi, they can't describe what that was, it was a diplomatic mission and some kind of an annex. because they don't want to try to say or explain what it was we were doing there in a place that was one of the most dangerous places on the planet for americans. >> and to tie the two points together about the media and about what we were really doing at that cia compound in benghazi. you think about watergate, you had incredible investigative reporting, digging 24 hours a day, seven days a week to try to unearth the truth and then you look at ronald reagan and iran-contra, not a dissimilar situation in terms of possible arms transfers to

detried as an american and a scientist. >> telling how iraq provided trainings in these weapons to al qaeda is now detained and he's told his story. >> powell is referring to innen al sheikh, the same detainee they labeled a fabricator. powell takes 90 minutes to run through his persuasive litany of evidence. most of it will turn out to be at best inaccurate. >> thank you, mr. president. >> if you look at that speech in retrospect, there's a little too much of what we think and too little of what we know. that's on us as intelligence professionals. >> secretary powell set aside his misgivings and staked his integrity on this one moment, selling the war. >> though powell or anyone from the intelligence team lied, we did participate in a hoax. morning, brian! love your passat! um. listen, gary. i bought the last one. nice try. says right here you can get one for $199 a month. you can't believe the lame-stream media, gary. they're all gone. maybe i'll get one. [ male announcer ] now everyone's going to want one. you can't have the same car as me, gary! i'm gettin' one. nope! [ male announcer ]

al-qaeda is finished, how can al-qaeda pull off an attack. >> sean: and we all agree that this was aboute election, first and foremost? that that had a lot to do with it. >> i also think that a lot of had to do with the obama narrative about promotion of democracy in the islamic countries. i mean, this is their -- we've never asked the question, why were we were benghazi in the first place? they keep talking about, for example, the consulate. there was no consulate in benghazi, they can't describe what that was, it was a diplomatic mission and some kind of an annex. because they don't want to try to say or explain what it was we were doing there in a place that was one of the most dangerous places on the planet for americans. >> and to tie the two points together about the media and about what we were really doing at that cia compound in benghazi. you think about watergate, you had incredible investigative reporting, digging 24 hours a day, seven days a week to try to unearth the truth and then you look at ronald reagan and iran-contra, not a dissimilar situation in terms of possible arm

on the path of defeat. >> al-qaeda on the path of defeat and osama bin laden is dead. >> al-qaeda ispath of defeat and osama bin laden is dead. >> sean: that is obama again and again taking out osama bin laden and on the campaign trail, while bin laden's death was milestone, reality is al-qaeda is still thriving. we saw it at its worst in benghazi when four innocent americans when the first ambassador killed in 30 years as well as two navy seals were killed. what is it going to take for our commander in chief to acknowledge the fact that we are still fighting a war against terrorism. joining me is mike gauss and pam geller is here. first segment we played a tape of barack obama we were guilty of torture. didn't we play that tape? and he apologized for torture but enhanced interrogation gave him to get the real name that got us to bin laden. without that, no bin laden? >> but i don't think we can approve of torture. what if our soldiers are caught in another country? >> shep: assume without that intel, no bin laden. is it notdz word khalid shaikh mohammed and three people to get water

month their tracks target both officials and voting stations and are believed to be the work of al qaeda cells argues loosely kavanaugh who has just returned from the country she's been encouraged see when you're traveling in iraq and you're in a place that seems unstable and such or with a bleak picture how do you cope and what was your impression when you were on the ground i mean the iraq that we saw it really felt like a country that was still in some ways a war zone and on one hand you do have relative stability in the sense that there aren't tanks shooting there aren't so. with guns fighting but almost anywhere you go the first thing you see is massive blast walls all around the streets to protect various buildings from suicide attacks such as the ones that took place today iraqis daily lives our lives were guided by checkpoints that are set up almost everywhere the dictate where people can go anywhere you look on the street you see police officers military soldiers people with guns there may not be daily fighting and shooting but it feels like a country that is still under a milit

there have been other americans associated with al qaeda. ahn, remember that name, the first american charged with treason since the second world war. back in 2010 he released a video urging muslims to attack london, paris and detroit. anwar al-awlaki, the first american citizen to be targeted and killed in a u.s. drone strike. he became involved with al qaeda in yemen advocating for holy war against the united states. and ahmed bim first known american suicide bomber after he blew himself up in somalia. that killed 20 people there. alisyn: let's look at bigger picture of al qaeda and extensive reach worldwide. al qaeda cells and associates have been located in more than 70 countries in the past several years the terror group has expanded its presence in at least 12 countries. at least since 2000 al qaeda and its affiliates carried out more than 600 attacks, killing more than 7250 people. bill: in the meantime there are more headlines this morning because there are fresh threats again from north korea. kim jong-un, the new leader there, sayin

so nobody has got an al qaeda card. everybody is in al qaeda. so we say that unless you can prove that you're not attacking us because we know the history of al qaeda is to continue to attack us, we can preemptively attack you. but now we're talking about bringing that kind of gobbledygook, jumbled logic to the united states, are these going to be the standards by which we kill americans? ackerman goes on, for an adversary attack to be imminent and a preemptive u.s. response justified, u.s. officials need only incorporate considerations of the relevant window of opportunity, the possibility of reducing collateral damage and the likelihood of heading off future disastrous attacks on america. so if we say al qaeda is always attacking us and we say you're part of al qaeda, then we can kill you, but the thing is that that's an accusation. if you are a u.s. citizen and you live in san francisco or houston or seattle and someone says you are a member of al qaeda, shouldn't you get a chance to defend yourself? shouldn't you get to go to court? shouldn'

al-qaeda the army the militia everyone was fighting men. abandoned bodies became prey fit to be devoured by stray dogs that my little girl saw dogs eating the dead which i had never seen before in my life packet which is what me ritual for the apathetically of. living in baghdad means surviving attacks but it's also an every day by. in the capital of the world's third biggest oil producer the electricity system works for just a few hours a day. the best business in china is selling generators. for khaled my driver a visit to the barber after ten days on the road should be a moment to relax a moment of peace but nothing is that simple. yes quite simply hell here sheer hell. it's not a normal life like other people have around the world. may god act to improve things so what do you say to that will know for sure god is good. but i'm. so hard she got a school teacher she's invited us to dinner. i'm . out of here twenty years of war how have you got through it as a woman. i grew up in the mail on your head. first the war with iran then the emba

operatives are still communicating with the al qaeda core.he will probably give us details about what he knows about the extent of the network through out the milled east. >> he is expect to do appear in a new york federal court this morning. it serves as a real test for the obama administration's desire to try terrorists as criminals during outrage among some republicans. >> this guy didn't rob a liquor store. he's a spokesman close to as you can see the people who killed over 2900 americans. now we have got our hands on him. why in the world are we treating him as if he's some common criminal and why in the world is he not at guantanamo bay. >> that raises the question about whether or not abu ghaith should be treated as an enemy combatant. they were many kept out of the loop on this by the white house. >> this is such a weird story. i thought the whole thing had been settled more than a year ago. new york city was going to have some guys here everybody balked them and let congress decide they were going to get them not here. >> last year t

ten years ago, he was an al qaeda insider, very close to osama bin laden. he came down on the side of yes, we should attack the united states. so a major figure, but it's not clear over the last ten years how operationally involved he has been within the terrorist network. and clearly now, he's going to be tried in new york. the family is here in new york will get to come to the court and see justice be done. >> bob, you know more about the cia's operations than many people. what do you make of this? it's pretty bond-like, isn't it? the way they swooped on this guy and pulled him into new york. clearly, caused a lot of eruptions over in washington. what do you think of the operation itself? >> oh, i think it was well done. i mean, picking him up in turkey, getting the turks to go along with this. there couldn't be exactly ecstat ecstatic about this, having a person like this crossing their country. shifting him to the jordanians who absolutely would go along and not send him on to kuwait, as was the plan originally, to extradite him, and then get him to new

affiliated groups are certainly questionable as to their origins and i think that al qaeda is in many ways that destabilizing force that is needed in order to create the necessary chaos and pretext in iraq for some kind of an intervention whether that be indigenous regime change or from the outside but the political crisis is taking on a geo political international dimension and that is the real story here. from the frying pan into the fire syrians who fled the conflict in their homeland met with a cold a welcome abroad well we'll have more on that in a few minutes with. the russian foreign ministry has accused the us all they're interfering in moscow's affairs is a follows criticism from washington over a series of inspections targeting n.g.o.s are based in russia maria for national can now join as i live with other details maria what exactly has been said and why . wellmost going dude has accused washington of bare-faced interference into the country's internal affairs that's after us state department has described searches of around two thousand of non-government organizations thro

we have killed five al qaeda guys. it's very difficult sometimes to know who it is on the ground that you are firing at. >> all right, let me close this by asking what is going to change. looking at all the things we've talked about, michael, what's going to change? ness. >> i'm not convinced anything will change in the short term unless congress pushes back against the administration and demands more oversight and accounts ability for drone strikes. i'm not convinced the administration is going to want to tie its hands in the way that it would need to in order to open this program up and give it sunlight so unless congress does its job i'm not sure much will change. >> peter, what is going to change? >> more drones and more people's hands, not just dates but nonstate actors. but also hopefully a little bit more understanding of the technology that means people can't stay quiet about it the way congress did for the last ten years. >> rosa? >> more what's going to change in ten years time we're going look back on in and

i think al-qaeda's alive and well.all those who have been fighting this war for a very long time, multiple tours in iraq and afghanistan, you've tried to keep the war over there so out doesn't come here. to the failed plots that have been broken up by the cia and fbi, god bless you. we've got to be right every time. they only have to be right once. and if you hi the homeland is not -- if you think the homeland is not in the desire of al-qaeda, it is absolutely on the top of their list. and they're recruiting american citizens to their cause. and unfortunately, a few will probably go over to their side. thank god it will be just a few. but to take this debate into the absurd is what i object to. we can have reasonable disagreements about the regulatory nature of the drone program should it be under the department of defense, what kind of oversight congress should have. i hi that's a really good discussion, and i'd like to work senator durbin and others to craft some -- you know, the detainee treatment act was where cong

he made ominous threats on behalf of al qaeda in the days after 9/11.o fly in planes or live in high towers. the storm of planes will not stop. there are thousands of young muslims who are desire martyrdom in the path of allah. for more, susan candiotti is in new york. >> reporter: kate, his video messages spewing hatred and dire warnings to americans after 9/11 have finally brought suleiman abu ghaith to an american courtroom. he entered the courtroom looking and acting much differently than the al qaeda spokesman so often seen next to his father-in-law, osama bin laden. in new york federal court, he looked older, balding, his dark beard now gray. gone was the fiery rhetoric. he quietly said yes when asked whether he understand the charges and left it to his lawyer to enter his plea, not guilty. but behind the seens, abu ghaith is talking to investigators. prosecutors dropping a bombshell, revealing he made a 22-page statement after his arrest, possibly powerful evidence. >> prosecutors always want statements from a defendant. so the fact that he gave

is there a danger that we are so focused on al qaeda that we will miss a second cousin of al qaeda that arises in brazil or someplace that constitutes a serious threat? >> i don't think so. that is reflected on this panel. we all work area closely together to look forward to determine where that next threat is coming from. we are very focused on the activities of groups in north africa during that may simply be sympathetic to out cato, but have not reached the level of -- to al qaeda, but have not reached the level of pain al qaeda. i speak on behalf of the people working at the national center who are laser focused in trying to identify that next threat good will be -- next threat. will we be perfect every time? no, but we are focused on trying to see that next threat. that is something we are doing as a community. >> if i might add, domestic threats, we have not forgotten the bombing of oklahoma city in 1995. while, yes, outside threats can be undertaken within the united states. with homegrown terrorists, we try to look aboard -- we try to look across the board. >> are you seeing any

moscow assassinations bombings and attacks set the stage for the next iraqi election with resurgent al qaeda cells boasting that they're stronger than ever a report coming up this hour. angry crowds in cairo demand the resignation of the prosecutor general after arrest warrants were issued for four leading pro-democracy activists again live comment coming to. also headlining. the pressure to end their hunger strike while r.t. struggles to break a wall of silence from washington over the weeks long protest. and cleared of illegal protest charges in bahrain after spending two years behind bars we'll be hearing from a medic with firsthand experience of the case. hello very good evening if you just joined us kevin owen here live at the new center tonight at eight pm moscow time as you just heard in our top story nineteen people have been killed a suicide attack struck several mosques in iraq the latest in a bloody campaign this playing on sectarian divisions regional iraqi election candidate narrowly escaped an attempt on his life after a bomb found in his home was disarmed five other candidates

>> know, the al qaeda threat traditionally, core al qaeda has been greatly weakened, but there is al qaeda in different places that we have to be concerned with. >> what would your message be to any american citizens thinking about collaborating with al qaeda to attack the united states at home or abroad, what would you say to them? >> if you align yourself, you do it at your risk. and you are in fact taking arms against your nation and you will be subject to the full weight of the american military. >> and law enforcement community. >> yes, law enforcement community as well. i believe that article three courts have a robust role and i also want to say to military commissions, that they have their place as well. you agree with that statement? >> sure, yes. >> let's turn to a topic where we won't agree. this committee will be taking up legislation about banning assault weapons. are you familiar with the gun the turn to? >> yes, i think i might have shot one at the fbi academy. >> are you aware that over 4 million americans have purchased these weapons? >> i know it's a very popular wea

how he was caught, how he'll by tried and what it does to al qaeda.n us tonight. >> also, tonight, the week's most unforgettable moments from jodi arias on the stand, to the rare jury questions to what happens next. >> we begin with breaking news. thehe the head of one of america's biggest airlines speaking out on thedition to allow knives on aircrafts. >> he wrote, quote, we must object to the decision to allow small knives back in the aircrafts. joining us is the international president of the association of flight attendants. what do you make of this? you must be pleased that the delta ceo is weighing in on the side of the flight attendants. why are you opposed to this? >> it's completely unnecessary to introduce a weapon to the aircraft. introduce knives back into the cabin. makes no sense. >> is it out of concern for the safety of flight attendsants and other personnel onboard the aircraft that is your primary concern here? >> well, as flight attendants, we're in charge of the entire cabin. so our job is to be the first responders in any event an

not of us i know some of your guys who joined al qaeda just to get some money. so out of the car then the model of several al qaeda gives the money whereas the. government abandons them by the barrel of laws. that paid to kill here on that of course. about michelle obama so they've ruined their futures that lives and their families find out oh my while. my for nothing goes. on october thirty first twenty ten a terrorist group claiming all kind of affiliation occupied the catholic cathedral in baghdad. five suicide bombers activated their explosive belts fifty eight people were killed. in nine years of occupation of civil and religious wars and attacks a cause more than one hundred ten thousand victims essentially civilians. in. syria khaldiyeh an orthodox and armenian churches have become choice targets. al qaeda assassins and sunni and shia fanatics agree on nothing except only victim the christians they accuse of being western crusaders. baghdad is a raising its illustrious christian past. checkpoints abound every hundred meters crossing baghdad is a permanent

if there is an al qaeda operative, u.s. citizen, who is helping the al qaeda cause in a cafe in the united states, we don't want to blow up the cafe. we want to go in there and grab the person for intelligence purposes. the reason we're using drones in afghanistan and pakistan, we don't have any military presence along the tribal border. the reason we're having to use drones is we can't capture people. the preference is to capture them, not to kill them. but there are certain areas where they operate that the only way we can get to them is through a drone strike. and i would say this -- >> could i just say to my friend, there is scenarios where there could be an extreme situation where there is a direct threat. we could draw many scenarios. a bomb laden explosive laden vehicle headed for the nuclear power plant, where the president of the united states may have to use any asset that the president has in order to prevent an impending catastrophic attack on the united states of america. and that is not -- that is within the r

officials say he was tapped as al qaeda's spokesman after the september 11th attacks. in other words, he was a big catch back then, or so it would seem. the decision to handle his case in the civilian court has reignited a bitter debate. two journalists who have ever interviewed bin laden are here. peter, what do you make of this? is this really a big catch? >> this is a guy who made a poor marital choice, which was marrying one of bin laden's daughters. as a result of which he was part of a bin laden inner circle, but he's a propagandist. he's -- you know, even the indictment itself doesn't mention any actual terror plot he was involved in. john will also remember he kind of -- there was a period where he was somewhat public in the late '01, early 2002 time period and then he disappeared from sight because he wasn't that important. he was living on some form of house arrest in iran and has little impact on al qaeda since or even when he was being very prominent. it was really mostly just making statements and, you know, statements were very poisonous statements, but t

:it is safer today from a terrorist attack launched by al qaeda from overseas. some would say if it is not broke, don't fix it. the problem, however, is that the american public is suspicious of executive power shrouded in secrecy. in the absence of an official picture of what our government is doing and by what authority, many in the public envisioned the worst. they see dark images of civilian and military national security personnel in the basement of the white house, acting as prosecutor, judge, jury, and executioner. going down a list of americans deciding for themselves who shall live and who shall die, pursuant to a process and by standards no one understands. our government in speeches given by the attorney general and myself makes official disclosures of large amounts of information about its efforts and the legal basis for those efforts, but it is never enough, because the public doesn't know what it doesn't know, but knows there are things the government still withholding from them. the revelation 11 days ago that the executive branch does not claim t