nonetheless the young man board add plight in amsterdam, he lad explosives in his underwear, boarded a northwest airlines flight bound for detroit and just before landing he tried to light the explosives after which he was subdued by passengers and nightcap. at first the secretary of homeland security said there wasn't enough information to put the young man's name on the no fly list. >> throughout the law enforcement community, no information that no fly list. >> napolitano's boss the president concluded that was hog wash. >> without this one report there were bits of information available within the intelligence community that could have and should have been pieced together. >> and republicans went for the jugular. >> the president has been downplaying the threat of terrorism since he took office. >> that is was south carolina senator jim dimint preceded by janet that poll tan no, the director of homeland security. this was a very near miss. aside from the fact nobody spot add guy who paid $3,000 cash for one way ticket to detroit, carried no luggage and walked into an airport with

al-qaeda linked group there and was trained, equipped with bomb components and sent to blow up the amsterdam to detroit flight on christmas day. yemen in response has said hundreds of troops to two

the suspect allegedly tried to blow up a flight from amsterdam to detroit on christmas day. >>> police arrested a man who barricaded himself in a family restroom at a seattle airport. officers say the man told them he had a gun and wanted to fly somewhere but didn't have a ticket. the man finally surrendered after about two hours. it turns out he was not armed. while negotiatorses were trying to convince him to come out of the bathroom, airport officials rerouted passengers through other checkpoints. >> i'm scared. i'm going to keep my distance and let the cops do their thing. >> i don't see why anybody would want to act crazy in an airport nowadays. it's hard enough to travel. >> the restroom was not located near any gates and there was only one door. so the man had no access to any other location. >>> conservative talk show host rush limbaugh says he is fine. he was released yesterday from a hospital in hawaii. limbaugh went in wednesday because he was having chest pains. doctors say tests showed he didn't have a heart attack. more importantly, he doesn't have heart disease. as evide

he was allowed to board the plane in amsterdam for detroit. while the watch list system was not broken, help the intelligence community needs information into the system needs to be strengthened. how do we fix the problem? today the president is issuing a directive to all agencies on the corrective actions he has decided on. there are more than a dozen corrective steps altogether, each assigned to an agency that is responsible for its implementation. he is directing that our intelligence community immediately begin assigning responsibility for investigating all leads on a high priority threats so that they are pursued and acted upon aggressively and that plots are disrupted. he is directing that we strengthen the analytic process. director of national intelligence blair will take the lead in improving day-to-day efforts. there will identify and analyze intelligence among the vast universe of intelligence we collect. that challenge, dealing with volumes of information, is growing every day. the president is ordering an immediate effort to stren

for example, let's use skiple the airport in amsterdam.he screening there is not disimilar from the screening in the united states. and the screening that abdulmutallab went through is not dissimilar to what he would go through many of the airports in the united states. what we have added and are adding domestically are more canines, more advanced imaging technology. now, airports in other countries -- or other countries have resisted using some of those items because of other concerns that they have, about privacy, for example. this incident, however, like i said is serving as a catalyst to re-open that dialog particularly with the airports in countries where we have a large through-put of passengers to the united states. >> and i want to come back to that. i'm assuming there will be another round of questions. i want to talk -- just we're going to shift totally off of this just for a second while i've got you here. we all know what's happened in haiti over the last 7 to 10 days. it's been devastating. and that is an understatement. there

it failed when this terrorist stepped onto the plane in amsterdam with the same explosives used by thehoe bomber, richard reid, or than eight years ago. but today i want to discuss another failure, a failure that occurred after abdul mutallab had already been detained by authorities in the troy, an error that undoubtedly prevented the collection of valuable intelligence about future terrorist threats to our country. this failure occurred when the obama justice department unilaterally decided to treat this foreign terrorist as an ordinary criminal. abdul mutallab was questioned for less than one hour before the justice department advised him that he could remain silent and offered him an attorney at our expense. once of for the protection our constitution guarantees american citizens, this foreign terrorist lawyered up and stopped talking. when the obama administration decided to treat him as an ordinary criminal, it did so without the input of our nation's top intelligence officials. the director of national intelligence was not consulted. the secretary of defense was not consulted. th

he was allowed to board the plane in amsterdam for detroit. while the watch list system was not broken, help the intelligence community needs information into the system needs to be strengthened. how do we fix the problem? today the president is issuing a directive to all agencies on the corrective actions he has decided on. there are more than a dozen corrective steps altogether, each assigned to an agency that is responsible for its implementation. he is directing that our intelligence community immediately begin assigning responsibility for investigating all leads on a high priority threats so that they are pursued and acted upon aggressively and that plots are disrupted. he is directing that we strengthen the analytic process. director of national intelligence blair will take the lead in improving day-to-day efforts. there will identify and analyze intelligence among the vast universe of intelligence we collect. that challenge, dealing with volumes of information, is growing every day. the president is ordering an immediate effort to stren

the suspect is accused of trying to blow up that flight from amsterdam to droi. >>> the faa says it's looking closer at american airlines because their carrier had three landings go wrong last month. the first incident happened on december 13th when a plane landing in charlotte went off the left side of the runway. over a week later, another american flight overran a runway in kingston, jamaica, injuring 91 passengers. you can see the aftermath in this video. then two days later an american airlines plane hit a wingtip while landing in austin, texas. an american spokesperson told cnn the airline is cooperating with the investigation, which he says is routine in landing incidents. >>> well, it takes ink to make a tattoo. and for the police to take a fingerprint. but you're not going to believe what a couple did with one that got them the other. >>> about 15 same-sex couples in new hampshire rang in the new year exchanging wedding vows in the cold. the state's new law legalizing same-sex marriage went into effect new year's day at midnight. couples said "i do" while strang outside the n

at the amsterdam airport, abdul mutallab was subjected to the same screening as other passengers. he was required to show his documents, including a valid u.s. visa. his carry-on was x-rayed. he passed through a metal detector. but it cannot detect the kind of explosives in his clothes. the screening technologies that might have detected these explosives are in use at the amsterdam airport, but not at the security check. -- he passed through. most airports in the united states do not yet have this technology. there is no silver bullet to securing the thousands of flights domestic and international. it will require significant investments in many areas. that is why, even before the christmas attack, we increased investments in homeland security and aviation security. this includes $1 billion in new systems and technologies that we need to protect our airports -- more passenger and baggage screening and more advanced explosive detection capabilities, including those to improve our ability to detect explosive used on christmas. these are major investments and they will make our skies

host: in amsterdam, what was different? caller: that was enormously different, first we were called earlier to the gate from the lounge. and every single piece of hand luggage was opened and examed. after going through the normal x-ray bin and going through the x-ray machine. walking through the x-ray. but every single pieces of hand luggage, were opened and lots of questions were asked. what is this and that. and every camera case was opened and every mobile phone case was checked out. and it took a long, long time. every single passenger was patted down and thoroughly. host: let me ask, was it worth it? did you feel safer? anything should be done differently? caller: it's very hard to tell, it's really, really hard to tell. i doubt that something that would have been of great danger on the plane would have been found because those people doing those things are quite clever and concealing whatever is being carried. and the rest of us are just carrying our normal change of underwear on long, long flights. so it's really dif

in the wake of this attempted terror attack on that flight from amsterdam to the troy, -- to detroit. >> president obama is really looking at this issue with two different reviews. he has ordered that basically all the intelligence agencies appear in the situation room on this coming tuesday. he is coming back from hawaii, and there will be a meeting asking what they did, what went wrong, and what should be done better the next time. the lot of folks are talking about folks who will lose their jobs. >> there have already been some changes in airport security. >> there is a major change, you might call it was i-profiling. -- quasi-profiling. passengers from the 14 countries coming in on international flights will be subjected to some heightened level of security in the airports, an interesting move from the obama administration. i think you'll find a lot of people, regular air travelers who view a lot of these measures as an unnecessary and unhelpful. you find people who do not travel as often want to feel very secure when they apply and are interested in having these measures carried

airliner down from amsterdam to detroit.ight now, still unknown exactly how long the embassies will remain closed. >>> earlier today on cnn's "state of the union," the united states is working very closely with the yemeny government on property security precautions. >> both this morning as well as last night and there are indications that al qaeda is branning to carry out an attack against targeted inside -- possibly our embassy. when we do is take every measure possible tone sure the safety of our dip low sxhatsz citizens abroad. the decision was made to close testimony bassy. working close with the yemeni governments on taking the proper security precautions. >> poor judgment or criminal behavior? that's precisely what police are trying to figure out as they investigate the allegations into two washington wizards basketball players who displayed guns in a locker room. the nba wants to know what happened as well here. witnesses say that gilbert arenas and another player were having a dispute over gambling debt over christma

. >> reporter: whatever primary screening the suspect had in amsterdam didn't detect the explosive. could secondary screening have picked it up? rapid scan systems makes a body scanning machine. the tsa ordered 150 of them for u.s. airports. i f i go through one with a liquid container and a knife hidden on my person. this scanner can see right through my clothing. i've covered my private areas. the knife and liquid bottle are detected and pinpointed on avatar figures. those figures are sent to screeners and tell them had whi which part of the body to search. >> the system is designed to be able to detect the differences between the human and nonhuman material. and therefore we do believe that even though it might have taken a certain shape or certain density, that the system is certainly designed to pick up material such as explosives as the ones that were allegedly used in this action. >> reporter: another technology available, so-called millimeter wave machines, microwave technology, not as sensitive but could have detected this explosive. the amsterdam airport, cnn learned, has

>> so that this ban weapons subject to extra inquiry in amsterdam if this had been pushed forward. >>britain did not allow this man to have a visa. do we share information with great britain and other eu countries as to who is on their list? >> we share some, but that is one of the reasons why we have embarked on an international efforts, because that information sharing needs to be tighter than it is, more real time that it is, and more complete than it is and is complete air environment. >> and to clarify, he was denied his visa for non-terrorist reasons. the british did not have information that he was associated with terrorism and other than that which we talked about and signals intelligence. >> but we are working out arrangements with other countries to share in affirmation about people who should be on watch list. >> absolutely. >> how many people were recommended for all watchlist, the way he was by our embassy, that were not added to the watch list in 2009? >> i will have to take that for the record. it is quite routine that this field makes a blanket recommendation for his i

how did 23-year-old nigerian umar farouk abdulmutallab get on an amsterdam to detroit flight with explosives on his body. the suspect in the bombing over detroit was able to pass through security despite carrying an explosive powder. it could have been picked up by a high tech scanner. some say they see too much and can violate a passenger's privacy. >> reporter: in an off building some of the advanced scanning machines in the country are made. rapid scan makes a low level x-ray machine that provides a two-dimensional image of the company. >> we believe that this is the best technology to go along with the metal detectors and the baggage screeners already out there. >> reporter: i tested it to find out why. at first it scans the front of my body and the brack. for privacy i hold a thick stack of paper in the process. within seconds the image appears on a computer. it clearly detects the paper and my microphone. >> any normal detector would detect this knife but not this liquid. >> this picks up liquids and other threats that are concealed under your clothing. >> i tried that out as well. the

maybe americans will say we are not going to amsterdam. >> my grandmother lives there. >> we have too a better job with security, because we took away their liability also with 9/11. this is a will have away from capitalism. >> this is not about >> you drivers and things like , this is -- this is not about screwdrivers and things like this this is about people. if you interview you don't need this other stuff. let 'em go to israel and see. >> what is the gateer threat to line -- what is the great he threat inability to fly to yemen or americans who are afraid to fry period. airlines being a valuable partner in making this happen. >> the greatest threat to airline security is militant islam that's why the focus is an unbelievable distraction. we've banned liquides. now gout to take your shoes off. you are fighting a war the businessman, against productive individuals who might want to travel internationally to make money. you are fighting a war against folks who -- [ talking over each other ] >> this will be akin to trying to fight world war ii by regulating german sausage stands, it

at the amsterdam airport there were full body scanners in place. they were not used for the airline that was going to come here to the united states. but i think those body scanners and other things need to be part of this. >> would those scanners have detected the level of petn that abdulmutallab was carrying? >> i think it's unknown. but i think it would have enhanced our potential for actually identifying it. >> why is he being treated as an enemy combatant instead of a criminal? >> we're a country of laws and what we're going to do is make sure that we treat each individual case appr do is make sure that we treat each individual case re, the former shoe bomber, all of them were charged in criminal courts, were sentenced in some cases to life imprisonment. have tools available whether it's enemy combatant or charge them criminally. we look at the cases and in this case decided it was best to charge them criminally. >> would there be additional intelligence that could be gleaned by making him an enemy combatant? do you believe whatever you are le

at the amsterdam airport, there were full body scanners in place. they weren't used, in fact, for the airline coming here to the united states. i think those full body scanners as well as other things needs to be part of this package. >> would those scanners have detected the level of petn that abdulmutallab was carrying? >> i think it's unknown. but i think it would have enhanced our potential for actually identifying it. >> why isn't he being treated as an enemy combatant instead of aa criminal? >> first of all, we're a country of laws. what we're going to do is to make sure we treat each individual case appropriately. in the past, richard reid, the former shoe bomber, zacarias moussaoui, jose padilla, all of them chanch echarged in crimina court and sentenced to life imprisonment. we have these tools available, whether it's an enemy combatant avenue or charge them criminally. we looked at the cases and decided it was best, in fact, to charge him criminally. >> would there be additional intelligence that could be gleaned by making him an enemy com

>> we are looking at this carefully, there were full-body scanners available at amsterdam.hey weren't used, but those need to be a part of this package. >> would those scanners have detected the level of dtn that abdulmutallab was carrying? >> it's unknown but it would enhance our potential to identify him. >> tim starks, again that issue is something that libertarians will be aiming for. >> yes, there was a vote in congress on the house side to limit the use of those body scanners. that's the way that people were look and now a focus that we may need more. there is a significant amount of money in the pipeline to buy hundreds more of the body scanners. the question is if you can speed it up and a question of technology, whether the technology there works effectively and quickly enough to use them all the time or just for certain, select people. these are the questions that will have to be addressed. >> and pam hess, will al-qaeda figure out other ways to breach the system? >> that continues to be the question, that the enemy is one step ahead. we are always looking for the

follows the arrest of a nigerian man, abdulmutallab who allegedly smuggled explosives on a flight from amsterdamo detroit on christmas day. >> some international flights from the countries of interest land here at newark liberty airport. most of the passengers we spoke too welcome new rules to increase safety. >> i don't think it is the ideal solution but i think it is something that needs to happen if people are going to feel safe traveling. >> security lines seem to be moving normally this morning, but it was a very different scene here last night. man slipped past security, entering a gate area through an exit. the security grounded flights for six hours and thousands of passengers had to be rescreened. >> we were on the plane ready to leave the gateway, and they told everybody you have to deplane and take everything with you. >> and travelers can expect more security changes. president obama meets tomorrow with top security advisers to discuss what else can be done to keep the skies safe. janet choi,s which news, newark, new jersey. >>> you can learn more about the increased security measure

at the amsterdam airport, there were full body scanners and place.here were not used for the airline that was coming to united states. those needs to be part of the package. >> what these scanners and p detectetn the level of which eight detected the level of -- detected the level of petn? >> i think it would. host: that issue is something that libertarians will be aiming for. >> there was a vote in congress to limit the use of body scanners earlier this year. that is the way everyone was looking then. now there

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>> yes, sir. >> so that this ban weapons subject to extra inquiry in amsterdam if this had been pushed forward. >> yes, sir. >> great britain did not allow this man to have a visa. do we share information with great britain and other eu countries as to who is on their list? >> we share some, but that is one of the reasons why we have embarked on an international efforts, because that information sharing needs to be tighter than it is, more real time that it is, and more complete than it is and is complete air environment. >> and to clarify, he was denied his visa for non-terrorist reasons. the british did not have information that he was associated with terrorism and other than that which we talked about and signals intelligence. >> but we are working out arrangements with other countries to share in affirmation about people who should be on watch list. >> absolutely. >> how many people were recommended for all watchlist, the way he was by our embassy, that were not added to the watch list in 2009? >> i will have to take that for the record. it is quite routine that this field makes a

situation regarding the terrorist incident that took place on the plane traveling between skiple and amsterdam and detroit? >> i think the whole house will echo what he says about the damage that is done in our country by drugs that come from afghanistan. i'll be very happy to meet him to talk about these issues. now since the christmas incident in detroit, we have as a home secretary reported to this house yesterday taken a number of actions in key areas. aviation security, the first of a new generation of full body scanners will be in operation in heathrow across the united states and across the united kingdom. while the person involved in the detroit incident was refused a visa and was not on a watch list, and was on our watch list, we are reviewing and enhancing our watch list arrangements and given the changing security nature, i'll ask the cabinet security that any lessons learned from recent events should be considered and whether we can further and better coordinate and intergrate the work of the intelligence services and the service that is available to us from them. >> mr. david came

you know, there was equipment in the airport in amsterdam that could have theoretically detected this device. it wasn't used because of privacy concerns. it's just amazing to me... (garbled audio) çñ >> going to be playing out. really the question is in early march. the obama administration is going to have to notify congress within 45 day. they're going to bring the 9/11 master mind self-confessed to new york city with four other top-ranking al qaeda terrorists for their trial to stand trial in a regular criminal court. that is unlikely really to take place, the entire thing this year. yeah, you're going to start seeing pretrial motions, lawyers arguing that their rights have been violated. motions for dismiss this indictment for outrageous government conduct. this decision by the obama administration, his attorney general eric holder, really i think represents the most significant break the obama administration has made away from bush administration policy. i agree with david. the supreme court has decided they should get some rights. holding criminal trials for these enemy combatan

situation in respect of the terrorist incident that took place on the plane travelling from schiphol in amsterdamto detroit? >> the whole house will echo what my honorable friend says about the damage done in our country by drugs that come from afghanistan, and i would be very happy to meet him to talk about those issues. since the christmas day incident in detroit, we have, as the home secretary reported to the house yesterday, taken a number of actions in key areas. in aviation security, the first of a new generation of full- body scanners will be in operation at heathrow within a few weeks, and then, over time, in airports across the united kingdom. although the person who was involved in the detroit incident was refused a visa and was on our watch list, we are nevertheless reviewing and enhancing our watch list arrangements, and given the changing nature of security, i have asked the cabinet secretary to ensure that any lessons that can be learned from recent events are considered and to examine whether we can further co-ordinate and integrate the work of the intelligence services and better

. >> reporter: abdulmutallab smuggled the explosives through checkpoints at amsterdam and nigeria, raising new questions about international security. on monday homeland security officialless travel to major airports around the world to review screening procedures on flights bound for the u.s. the solution, some say, may be these high-tech full-body scanners, security screeners can literally see everything. right now there are 40 full-body scanners in use at 19 u.s. airports, including albuquerque, las vegas, miami, san francisco, tulsa and salt lake city. add now the tsa has ordered 150 more to be deployed this year. while the exact locations are a well-guarded secret, officials say boston logan and newark liberty are likely candidates. >> it's a necessary evil, i guess, for me. >> for the security of hundreds of people i think that it should be acceptable to be able to view a body like that just to make sure that we're all safe. >> reporter: the rules change from flight to flight. some airlines have disabled the in-flight entertainment. others haven't. some won't allow you to use the bat

it just opened at a film festival in amsterdam. you can buy the dvd on our website. americancasinothemovie.com. >> what makes this a success? >> one that we like best is when people say that they understand. they did not understand why the economy spun out of control or what happened on wall street. they see the film and understand. >> when this film first open, it was at the tribeca film festival in the spring. we had a three screens and they were packed with wall street people -- they had three screenings and they were packed with wall street people. these guys stood up and started talking to each other and they gave them the first opportunity to really -- they were right -- they were yelling at each other. it was quite lively. it was exciting to see why street reacted this. it was the first time a lot of those people understood what a fact they have on people's lives. -- what the fact they have on people's lives. -- what the fact they have on people's lives. >> -- what effect they have on people's lives. >> the agencies would not run their own. when they raidted a

it is of great concern abdulmutallab was able to penetrate airport security at amsterdam.he precise aim of making detection by existing screening methods extremely difficult. abdulmutallab underwent a security check at the airport in amsterdam, as do all passengers transferring from nigeria to another flight of the the it -- although theç airport was using some of these in trial, there were not used for that flight. he passed through the metal detector. however, certain types of explosives, without metallic parts, which can also be concealed next to the body, cannot be detected by these technologies which is the reason why airports also search passengers at random. to defeat the terrorist threat requires constant vigilance and adaptability. a great deal of progress has been made in enhancing aviation and border security since 9/11, but terrorists are invented. the scale in nature of the threat changes and new technology needs to be harnessed to meet new threats, whilst minimizing inconvenience to passengers. last year, we issued a new public guidance to the industry on ou

taken a particular part of the state department data, which is where that had been available in amsterdam and rather than in detroit, he would have them pulled aside for secondary questioning or we would have recommended to the debt that they recommended the to the dutch that they pulled him aside. -- we would have recommended to the dutch that they pulled him aside. it is available before someone boards and airplane. >> you are putting it into the hands of the foreign governments. >> in amsterdam, we have some u.s. officials located there. they will get in. >> the state of the union is tomorrow. i am wondering if you or your department has any input in that? >> i do not think it appropriate to talk about what the president is like to talk about tomorrow. >> did to put any input into it? but again, we are always of the input. >> thank you for meeting with us. you did some sunday talk shows. you are asked if it was an al qaeda plot in the said it was too early. the next day, the president called it an isolated extremists. after that, the president came up and it became clear it was not an

and security measures in amsterdam as well as the country of origin as he flew to the u.s.?ea is that anyone in originating from or traveling through. if the alleged bomber had gone through lagos to do o -- to dub non to amsterdam he would have gone through the same scrutiny. host: back to the phones. south carolina, mary on the line for democrats. caller: i have a couple questions. one, when did all this start? what did we do as american that is so bad that the islam world is so against us? i don't understand that part. what did we do to make them hit as the way that they do? the second one -- could you explain something, from when 9/11 happened, the bush administration had intelligence on the proposed attack for five months and did nothing about it and went on vacation. could you verify that that he had five months' advance intelligence? he did nothing. the next thing i wanted to ask, is it possible that something can be done about the republicans? they just keep on talking about the president not knowing what he was doing and i think he is doing a good job because of what

it is of great concern abdulmutallab was able to penetrate airport security at amsterdam.se aim of making detection by existing screening methods extremely difficult. abdulmutallab underwent a security check at the airport in amsterdam, as do all passengers transferring from nigeria to another flight of the the it -- although theç airport was using some of these in trial, there were not used for that flight. he passed through the metal detector. however, certain types of explosives, without metallic parts, which can also be concealed next to the body, cannot be detected by these technologies which is the reason why airports also search passengers at random. to defeat the terrorist threat requires constant vigilance and adaptability. a great deal of progress has been made in enhancing aviation and border security since 9/11, but terrorists are invented. the scale in nature of the threat changes and new technology needs to be harnessed to meet new threats, whilst minimizing inconvenience to passengers. last year, we issued a new public guidance to the industry on our techni

the airport in amsterdam, the screening there is not dissimilar from the screening in the united states, and the screening that abdulmutallab went through was not that dissimilar. we want more explosive detection, more technology. other airports have resisted some of those items, because of other concerns that they have about privacy, for example. this incident is serving as a catalyst to reopen that dialogue, particularly with the airports and countries where we have a large throughput of passengers to the united states. >> i want to get back to that. i assume that there will be another round of questioning. i was shipped off of this to something else why have you here. we all know what has happened in haiti over the last seven to 10 days, it has been devastating. there is an issue about adoption potential, haiti children who had been left without parents. we have about five families here who have completed paperwork to get the children from haiti. and yet they are being held up. i need to get a commitment from you that the citizenship and immigration services will work with my office

as for those full body scanners that weren't used in amsterdam, former homeland security secretary michaelhernoff predicted security will trump privacy concerns very soon. >> at the end of the day no one has come up with a better solution. keeping your fingers crossed that the enemy won't figure out this vulnerability is a very foolish way to manage security. >> reporter: melanie alnwick, fox 5 news. >>> despite criticisms, brennan said the white house will press ahead with the closure of gitmo and continue releasing detainees to yes, yemen on a case-by-case basis. last week, six were released under the bush administration. few detainees let out in 2006 and 2007 say their branch of al-qaeda based in yemen is behind the christmas day bombing attempt. >> i am very disturbed by that. everybody ought to admit the bush administration made a big mistake in transferring tse detainees, these errorists, back to other countries. >> nearly 100 yemenis are being housed. the plan is to house some of them in northern illinois. >>> an intense manhunt after a thanksgiving day massacre is over. authorities

administration has been finger pointing over who in the government let a murderous thug on a plane in amsterdame tried to explode over detroit. first, the government said that the system worked. then the president said it didn't. then he announced that the intelligence communities and security people would start to talk to each other so the bad guys could be kept out. weren't they supposed to be doing this all along? newark liberty airport last sunday, tsa agent left his post and a young man walked past it in order to kiss his girlfriend cowb goodbye. the young man turned around and left the secured area and left the airport. so far, no harm, no foul. but because the government surveillance cameras in the airport didn't work, the feds panicked and ordered 10,000 passengers to leave the terminal to go out in to the 15-degree newark, new jersey cold evening. and then re-enter the airport. flights were delayed and missed. kids did not get to school on monday morning. and soldiers were listed as awol. all because the government overreacted to a kiss. this humiliated the feds. new jersey's 86-year-o

now somebody gets on an airplane in yemen and transfers in amsterdam. what kind of threat to do we have in the world of transportation that says it is fine for tsa to be doing this, but it will not have any impact on the kind of thing that we saw with the christmas pa bomber? give me your reaction on how technology can be used and how we can get other countries to use it. >> do not know anything that has frustrated me personally more than the inability over a period of years to develop adequate detection equipment. the most serious thing, in my mind, is the inability to detect nuclear materials. and knowing and spend a lot of money at that. this is a problem that goes back well before 9/11. but we still have not come up with it. so i think there has to be a crash effort, if you will, in the search and development in the scientific community to develop better technology here. the hijackers got on those airplanes in at 911 with four- inch blade knives. they knew you could not get on with eight-inch blades. these people are very sophisticated about our vul

he boarded an airplane in amsterdam without a checked bag and had explosives in his underwear. what got in the way? >> first of all, when the british turned down mr. abdulmutallab for a visa because of immigration concerns. he put on his form a school that he wasn't -- that didn't exist. that was not related to terrorism at all. we had the information throughout the course of the summer and the fall about al qaeda in the arabian peninsula's plans to carry out attacks. we had information about umar farouk but didn't have any type of information that really allowed us to identify mr. abdulmutallab. the system did fail. everybody -- a lot of people buy their tickets in africa with cash. that is the way things are done because there's so much fraud there. that wasn't a necessary bell. people in the airport didn't know he bought the ticket for cash. he did bring on carry-on luggage. tlrp there were a lot of things out there. we're doing the diagnosis, figuring out how we could have stopped this. >> are you saying there isn't a way you could have stopped it? >> i'm saying there was i

. >> abdulmutallab snug smug ld the explosives through checkpoints in amsterdam and nigeria., homeland security officials will travel to major airports around the world to review screening procedures on flights bound for the u.s. the solution some say may be these high-tech full body scanners. security screeners can literally see everything. right now there are 40 full body scanners in use at 19 u.s. airports, including albuquerque, las vegas, miami, san francisco, tulsa, and salt lake city. and now the tsa has ordered 150 more to be placed this year. newark liberty and boston logan are likely candidates. >> it's a necessary evil, i guess, for me. >> for the security of hundreds of people, i think that it should be acceptable to be able to view a body like that, just to make sure that we're all safe. >> reporter: the rules change from flight to flight. some airlines have disabled the in-flight entertainment. others have. some won't allow you to use the bathroom within an hour of landing. others will. >> expect the unexpected. a lot of these security regulations are in the han

starting next week after a failed christmas day terror attack on a are in west airlines flight from amsterdam 23-year-old nigerian man is accused of trying to blow up that plane with explosives hidden in his underwear. tsa will send agents to international airports to check their security procedures. now back to on the record special about sarah palin. >> greta: governor palin seems to have found her favorite way to express herself. not traditional. facebook you are now speaking to people on facebook are you actually doing this? do you have a staff? >> i have a small staff. no, i'm actually doing it. >> you have a very small staff. >> this morning i post -- last night couldn't sleep, couldn't sleep, kind of burning in me again with this reminder, all you -- i use facebook to remind americans on i'm this book tour. they shout loudly they say we to get this country back on the right track. the things going on now we don't agree with. why haven't congress listening with health care reform? couldn't sleep last night wants to -- wanting to put my thoughts, my heart on paper. posted this morning an

investigators say that the nigerian man tried to ignite a bomb in his briefs during a flight to detroit from amsterdam, but they failed. it set off a little fire in his lap and passengers helped subdue him. today the suspect stood before a federal judge in detroit. he entered a not guilty plea an the suspect's behalf. the judge also asked the man whether he understood the charges he faced. his one word reply, yes. protesters outside, a lot more vocal. >> we're going to let the terrorists know that you want us, we're here, we're on camera, you want to kill us? there is the bull's eye right here. come kill us because we're americans and we're muslims and we're against you. >> local muslims speaking out against this activity. some of the protesters waving american flags as they stood in the street outside the courthouse. demonstrated against the suspect accused of trying to send hundreds of people to a firey death. team fox coverage, major garrett at the white house. a terror plot targeting new york city. a separate incident. katherine on the problems raised when the military targets al-qaeda who is an a

particularly individuals coming from third world countries through transit areas into major airports like amsterdamis all reminds me -- sounds like shutting the barn door after the horse is out. when we see it's from nigeria, now we'll start focusing on african countries. when it was shoes, we took off shoes. you're saying the new streamline intelligence agencies do work. you're saying all the extra staff is helpful. what are you describing that could be the fix? >> there's always some amount of kiddie soccer involved where everyone rushes to the ball. here it's perhaps nigeria. we need to focus, and particularly with respect to profiling. profiling should be a combination of intelligence and other factors. now we know the danger of somalia as well as other countries that are now on our target list for where training centers are being conducted. and so we need to check for passports for when individuals have visited these countries and to make reasonable calibrations about secondary screening, questioning individuals. some amount of what the israeli president was right. one of the things we have to

abdulmutallab is now in federal custody as you know, after he boarded a northwest airline flight in amsterdam, armed with powerful explosives, capable of bringing the plane down, though they failed to ignite. president obama today promising to track down all those responsible for the plot and also defending his administration's anti-terror policies. >> i made it a priority to strengthen the partnership with the yesm meeyemeni governm. even before christmas day we have seen the results. training camps were struck, leaders eliminated, plots disrupted. all those involved in the attempted act of terrorism on christmas must know you, too, will be held to account. >> julie: based on the president assessment, holding them to account will essentially require an increased anti-terror effort in yemen. a country considered a growing safe haven for terrorists, where the u.s. has been monitoring al-qaeda for some time now. molly henneberg is live with the very latest. hi, molly. >> hi, julie. president obama says the u.s. is at war against a, "far reaching network" of violence and hatred. the investigatio

. >> was there a contractor used for a security in amsterdam? >> the screening at the airport was done by dutch authorities. they did the screen that was described earlier this afternoon, the hand luggage was screened, the passport was checked, he went through a magnetometer. that was done by dutch authorities. >> what did you find out about why. >> al qaeda is an organization that is dedicated to murder and wanton slaughter of innocents. would they have done of the past two decades is to attract individuals like this attacker and use them for these type of attacks. he was motivated by a sense of religious fervor. al qaeda has corrupted the concept of islam so they can attract these individuals. they have the agenda of destruction and death. >> it's because of religion? >> it is because of an al qaeda organization that uses the banner of religion in a perverse and corrupt way. al qaeda is determined to carry out attacks against us here the u.s. >> what was learned while the flight was under way? there have been stories suggesting that additional