yet at the same time, this is al qaeda. this is not even, you know, taliban and al qaeda. this is al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, and they just control a whole city. >> narrator: gaith was shown these pictures, filmed by al qaeda. local people had been summoned to the town's theater. it showed al qaeda fighters attacking a major army base near jaar. almost 200 yemeni soldiers were reported killed, and dozens of prisoners were believed to be held in jaar. jalal al marqashi, the top al qaeda commander in this region, was shown visiting the prisoners. >> it's unconceivable for a small unit of 60 fighters to achieve this kind of victory. i really wanted to see, did they actually detain 73 officers? >> narrator: ghaith asked to be taken to see the prisoners. after hours of negotiation, fouad got word he could bring him, but blindfolded. >> he said, "i will have to blindfold you," and immediately inside you as a journalist you realize, "ah-hah, that's the point when we're being kidnapped." you're very scared, but you can't run away. you are in the middle of that. we were driv

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

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

. >> osama bin laden and his al qaeda terrorists network are the immediate target. but the day after the attacks president george w. bush comes to the white house situation room and orders counterterrorism director richard clark to look into an iraq connection. >> when i said, mr. president, we will do that, of course, but we've done it before, and rather recently, and the answer has always been no. and it's likely to be no this time. he didn't like that answer. and he got mad. >> i was in the room during that time. and he was very adamant about perhaps seeing whether or not iraq could conduct such an operation against the united states. i was surprised when the president left the room. i said, i believe secretary wolfowitz got to him. >> paul wolfowitz, bush's deputy secretary of defense has had saddam on his personal enemies list for two decades. >> every time he survives something he sends a message to his enemies, i outlast my enemies, and if you are on the wrong list when i'm still around, you'll be in trouble. >> paul wolfowitz had become convinced that if we

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 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

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

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

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, whil, 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 waterboarded. was it worth to get bin

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

we know that he knew this offshoot of al qaeda in iraq was part of al qaeda. we know that --.now he knew it was part of the al qaeda? >> we don't know when he knew he knew it. if he knew it at the time he was doing it, that's a problem and conspiracy charge may be easy to prove. if he didn't he found out later, that could make it very difficult for prosecutors. alisyn:s because he fancies himself or identifies himself as freedom fighter. >> sure. this is a guy with big ego who outed himself on facebook. that is how the foreign policy reporters found this guy. he will be a nightmare for a defense attorney as a client. but the easier charge is, receiving, training from a designated terrorist organization which is a ten-year felony. that is slam dunk. he already admitted he did that. alisyn: he admitted he received training but he didn't think it was a terrorist organization. he thought it was freedom fighters. i'm quoting what has come out against assad's regime we know is hideous in itself. >> right. alisyn: but that doesn't complicate it? >> here's the thing. conspiracy requir

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

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

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

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 administrati and demands more oversight and accounts abity r dre stkes. 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 say we bl

>> 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

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

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

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

side of us i know some short guys who joined al qaeda just to get some money. so out of the hard and the model of several al-qaeda gives them money whereas the government abandons them farther from jail for those who would have paid to kill here on that of course. michaud well so they've ruined their futures that lives and their families find out. why for nothing goes. on october thirty first twenty ten a terrorist group claiming all kind of affiliations 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 of caused more than one hundred ten thousand victims essentially civilians. syria khaldiyeh and 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 obs

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

>> i certainly know of efforts that al qaeda has made. >> we don't disclose that the al qaeda organization is actively involved in seeking american citizens' support. in every war we have had, unfortunately americans have sided with the enemy, few in number. we had american citizens helping the germans who tried to blow up infrastructure in the united states. in world war ii. >> those cases were tried right down the hall from my office. >> it's a long standing proposition that an american citizen who joins the forces of our enemies can be considered an enemy combatant, do you agree with that? >> yes. >> the point i'm trying to make, hypothetically, if there are patriot missile batteries around this capitol and other key governmental infrastructures to batteries to launch, is that correct? >> to launch -- >> against the threat? if there was intelligence that an airplane was coming towards the capitol or the white house that had been hijacked, it would be ok for our military to act, wouldn't it? >> yes. >> it would be an imminent threat and the military has the legal authority under the cons