he's reluctant to allow anwar al awlaki and makes it known that anwar al awlaki is not trusted on the battlefield and this for him is really where true leadership emerges and anwar al awlaki was not trusted in his mind. >> thank you very much. i'm from voice of america. we have nine hours broadcast in pakistan and afghanistan border region. as as a journalist and living in the region on the outskirts which is a very beautiful area, so i have this question in mind, does this document say how he get there from the mountains over whatever way he adopted to or somebody who brought him there. and the second question is while he was in pakistan, do the documents say any communication with the pakistani taliban and not only the taliban pakistan but also those base d there, an communication or targeted things. thank you very much. >> with respect to how he got to abbottabad i doesn't mention it. seems he would be very cautious because he's very careful about his movement and the movement of his, of his men. i would have expected him to have done his homework before he made the move and he doe

united states but were looking at the next couple of years the works of the individuals like anwar al-awlaki pushing out the al qaeda support of ideology, we didn't see a lot of pushback because the stuff wasn't generally translated and made available, it was briefed around all and i think a was generally. in this broader struggle. >> host: do you think you mean in the u.s. government there should have been greater awareness of the debate back and forth, was the u.s. public might have changed their point of view because of it or we are talking about trying to message it to the arab world? >> guest: i think all of the above. to make it clear to the media that this debate was happening in a range of remarks that several u.s. presidents meet, the current one, the previous one, could have at least integrated the schisms happening about al qaeda's use of violence. one recent very good case along these lines was the 2007 period where al-zawahiri pushes up these questions -- says he's going to take questions in the muslim world, and there's very little discussion or writing about him every interest

united states that were looking at over the next couple of years, the works of individuals like anwar al-awlakiwho is pushing out al qaeda supporter of ideology, we see a lot of pushback because the stuff wasn't generally translated and available. and i think it was generally, it was buried in this broader struggle. >> host: do you think within the u.s. government there should've been greater a awareness of the debate back and forth or that the u.s. public eye to change the point of view because of this, or are you talking about somehow trying to message it to the wider arab world? >> guest: i think all of the above, to make it clear to the media that this debate was happening. in a range of remarks that several u.s. presidents made, both the current one and the previous one, could have integrated the schisms happening about al qaeda's use of violence. do know one reason, or one case along these lines was in the 2007 period where zawahiri says he is willing to take questions from the oma across the muslim world. there is very little discussion or writing about it in the u.s.. it's really an int

bin laden wants to see, quote, the resume in detail of anwar al awlaki, a rising al qaeda star in yemen before the u.s. killed him. one more indication of bin laden's attempts to remain in control. >> the affiliates were making decisions on their own. they were making operational choices that he disagreed with. >> reporter: bin laden remained obsessed with security of himself and his family. five days before he is killed he warn, one of the most important security issues in the cities is controlling children. warning about letting them outdoors without an adult who will control the volume of their voices. you know, there's been a lot of talk about osama bin laden one year after he was killed, but one group of men, the navy s.e.a.l.s who conducted that mission and killed bin laden, the word is they're never going to talk. wolf? >> barbara starr at the pentagon, thanks very much. thanks to your colleaguesas well. while you can see some of the bin laden documents online, terrorism professionals in the government and one outside the government they have been studying them for some time now

. >> narrator: this was the home of anwar al awlaki, an american- born preacher killed last year in a us drone attack. >> narrator: the approach to the town of azzan was heavily guarded by al qaeda fighters. >> azzan is their fortress. when you reach azzan, you feel it's more sinister than jaar. the town is more desolate, more empty, heavily guarded. they very, very paranoid, far more than in jaar. i had many conversations with judges, clerics in azzan and they wouldn't let us film because no one was allowed to be filmed, to even have his voice recorded by the camera. no one was allowed to carry a cell phone. >> narrator: ghaith was shown the site of a us drone strike. >> these are the spots where the son of the american preacher anwar al awlaki was killed. >> narrator: the 16-year-old son of the al qaeda leader was a us citizen. >> his son and eight of his friends were sitting in this place and having dinner and were targeted by one rocket here, and another one there-- if you see, this big circle targeted them-- and then another rocket beyond this area. they say it's an american targ

obama close to keep the anwar al-awlaki opinion secret. the documents that his own administration has used to justify the killing of anwar al-awlaki and others. >> reporter: it's amazing in context. in the early days of the obama administration remember the release of all of the documents detailing the interrogation techniques, detailing all of the high value detainees interrogations, and how they went down. all of that came out over the strict objection of many people at the cia, many people in the intelligence community, and the reason why was because they were concerned about down the road the implications of that. now this administration is concerned about the implications of releasing other documents and other things related to the drone strikes. i think you are seeing an evolution from candidate to president, but it's pretty stark when you look back at the context of those early days. jon: there are many critics, including our own judge andrew napolitano that in essence the president has become judge, jury and executer in some of thes

kind of yearbook full of photosswith names nd whereebouts of known and suspected terrorists like anwar al-awlakin killed ii yemen last year by a drone strike ordered by the president. part of a program some of his staunchest liberal allies now say has crossed the line.shamsi says, "it's unlawful beccuse it allows the president to kill people including s citizens farrfrom any theater of wwr. it's dannerous becauue t sets a precedent." spokesman jay carney was preesed todayy about how a nobel eacc prize winner can justify the program &pcarney sayy,,"the preeident also made clear from the outset offhis administration that we weee at all times going tt act in a manner that &pwwssboth llwful and consisten with our values." the adviser, john brennan, laidd out that legal justificatiin in a speech last month brennan says, "as a matter of international law, the united states is in an armed conflict with al-qaeda, the ttlibann and assoccated forcee, in response to the 9/11 attacks, and we may alss useeforce coosistent with our inherent riggh of national self- defense." llnguage former bbsh admini

people such as the american born radical cleric anwar al-awlaki killed by a drone in pakistan last year. there is no question the obama administration has been aggressively targeting militants and there has been quite a bit of success. but some critic including former white house officials told "new york times" it has turned into a take no prisoners approach of the kill first and ask questions later striking because the president has at the same time vocally opposed torture and has tried to shut the military prison at guantanamo bay. and now to the white house from ed. how is the administration reacting to this? >>reporter: well, you are right it puts the white house in a defensive posture because you have the president, a nobel peace prize winner trying to explain why he has a "kill "list and a firm constitutional law professor trying to explain how this comports with the constitution and united states and international law. white house spokesman charge any got a lot of questions about this at the briefing but insisted this is fully consistent with united states law. >> we were at all

. >> reporter: this was the home of anwar al awlaki, killed last year in a u.s. one attack. >> allegedly out of here where they can... >> reporter: the approach to the town was heavily guarded by al qaeda fighters. >> this is their fortress. >> when you reach azan, you feel it's more sinister. the town is more desolate or empty, heavily guarded. they are very, very paranoid,. i had many conversations with judges, clerics and they wouldn't let us film, because no one was allowed to be filmed to even have his voice recorded by the camera. no one was allowed to carry a cell phone. >> reporter: ghaith was shown the site of the u.s. drone strike. >> we saw the spots where the son of the american preacher anwar al awlaki was killed. >> reporter: the 16-year-old son of the al qaeda leader was a u.s. citizen. >> his son and aids of his friends were having diner and they were targeted by one rocket here, another rock threat, if you see this big circle targeted them, and then another rocket beyond this area. they say it an american targeted killing, for an american citizen.

he named anwar al-awlaki as leader of al-qaeda in yemen.uld like, further assure and for example over here we are genuinely assured after people go to the battlefield and are tested there. whether releasing the documents was driven by politics. >> the process of identifying and declassifying and reviewing them and analyze go them requires considerable time. because of the renewed interest on this anniversary in the mission that led to bin laden's demise, this as an appropriate time to release them. >> reporter: the apparent rollover, 9/11 suspects will be arraigned at guantanamo bay. >> john: a treasure trove have information. >> no grapevine tonight so we can bring you an installment of running with romney. he has been in the military and private sector and now politics. we'll meet him next. all of these friends swapped their imports for a ford. the escape definitely fits my lifestyle. it is 28 miles a gallon. that's pretty awesome. park assist? no hands. i didn't think that was possible. make me want the fusion. it's pretty. it's fun to d

also quotes what it says were the final instructions from the american-born al qaeda leader, anwar al awlaki, who was killed in a u.s. strike last september. al awlaki is quoted as saying, the use of chemical and biological weapons against population centers is allowed and is strongly recommended. and the magazine also urges its followers to obtain handguns and carry out assassination plots against americans with political and economic ramifications. american authorities say they could take down the online magazine sites at any time. but they're left up because it provides a valuable intelligence tool and allows authorities to track those who visit the sites. josh? >> brian ross, thanks for that. >>> police near phoenix says a white supremacist is behind a shooting rampage there. they say j.t. ready shot and killed his girlfriend and four people, including a baby, before turning the gun on himself. >>> and the san diego college student who was forgotten in a federal holding cell for five days is now suing the dea. daniel chong says he thought he was losing his mind after being left without f

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anwar al awlaki, the yemeni cleric accused on some of the attacks of the united states. talks about al awlaki to take over leadership there. bin laden says i hear what you are saying, but where i come from, we like to see people tested on the battle field first. he hadn't been to the battle field. you can see the jealousies emerging. >> you talk about paranoia. it is fascinating when you read through the documents. did you find anything in there that showed that bin laden knew al qaeda was getting weaker and the u.s. was stronger? he always came off in the recordings and statements like he was unbeatable. it looks like he realized he could be beat. >> reporter: this absolutely emerges. one of the things you think about al qaeda and they seem to be able to do what they want to be able to do. bin laden is a son of a billionaire. saudi businessman billionaire. we see him directing one of the operatives to travel from pakistan and afghanistan region halfway around the world to try to raise $200,000. that is something we weren't aware of. this sort of idea that the united sta

government official tells fox that both men are connected through maker to the american cleric anwar al-awlakican on the cia kill or capture list. al awlaki killed by drone strike in yemen september 30th married the sister of the two al qaeda members targeted today. at least one of the brothers studied under the radical american cleric in this mugshot of al awlaki is from a prosecution charge in san diego from the late 1990s. today's drone strike is part of a broader pattern, one where protestor gays of humane society protege. though the cia does not comment on the campaign. describe the men as collateral damage and not the intended targets, trace. >> catherine, now the defense secretary has gone on the record about these drone strikes? >> well, trace, when it comes to weakening al qaeda in yemen. the secretary of defense and former cia director told abc news the drone campaign is the tip of the spear. >> first and foremost, i think this is one of the most precise weapons that we have in our arsenal. number two, what is our responsibility here? our responsibility is to defend and protect the u

government official tells fox that both men are connected through maker to the american cleric anwar al-awlakie cia kill or capture list. al awlaki killed by drone strike in yemen september 30th married the sister of the two al qaeda members targeted today. at least one of the brothers studied under the radical american cleric in this mugshot of al awlaki is from a prosecution charge in san diego from the late 1990s. today's drone strike is part of a broader pattern, one where protestor gays of humane society protege. though the cia does not comment on the campaign. describe the men as collateral damage and not the intended targets, trace. >> catherine, now the defense secretary has gone on the record about these drone strikes? >> well, trace, when it comes to weakening al qaeda in yemen. the secretary of defense and former cia director told abc news the drone campaign is the tip of the spear. >> first and foremost, i think this is one of the most precise weapons that we have in our arsenal. number two, what is our responsibility here? our responsibility is to defend and protect the united sta

most famous strike is the one that took occupant anwar al-awlaki.ed the fort hood massacre and the attempted christmas day underwear bomber. al awlaki was killed last year in yemen. the controversy is all over this policy. now the revelation of the kill list is raising more questions. chief white house correspondent ed henry has the news live from the north lawn. ed, i know even some the president's supporters is wondering whether this is legal. >> that's right, jon. they are looking at nobel peace prize winner in the president who now keeps a kill list insides oval office, essentially and it gives him great executive power. something he railed against in the 2008 campaign because is he essentially the judge, jury and executioner, potentially here in ordering these drone strikes for in some cases suspected terrorists. people who have not been brought to trial. we don't know for sure whether they are terrorists but he makes the judgment as commander and chief they are a threat to the united states. none the less, that strong outrage from the aclu. ta

al-qaeda and at rainian peninsula formerly by the late -- the arabian peninsula formerly by the late anwar al-awlaki and it talks about how to penetrate and beat the system of using different variations and molecular compounds of petn so that it doesn't get detected as it almost was detected in the famous underwear plot in 2009. so they're actually -- they're three years ahead of us in discussing ways of increasing their technology to avoid detection and they're doing this all the time. look, the whole system for them is how to beat us at the first level, okay? we're always fighting the last war. at this point our intelligence was great. it came from a variety of sources. the person who is in now u.s. custody may have been a mule. he had an american passport. the report was he was going to buy his ticket in cash at a counter. that's a red flag for anybody who buys a ticket. so thank god the u.s. picked it up ahead of time and they are definitely testing the compound to see whether a new system of let's say detection systems are needed around the world. >> certainly it's our job to stay one step ahea

described as a yearbook with photos and name and whereabouts of known suspected terrorist like sawk anwar al-awlakiican killed last year. a program some of his a lice now say crossed the line. >> it allows the president to kill people including u.s. citizens, far from any theater of war. it's dange rouse, because it sets a precedent. >> carney was press it how a nobel peace prize win ker justify the program? >> the president made clear from the outset of the administration we were at all times going to act in a manner lawful and consistent with our values. >> the president counterterrorism advisor john brennan laid out the legal justification in a speech last month. >> matter of international law, the united states is in an armed conflict with al-qaeda, taliban and associated forces. in response to the 9/11 attac attacks. we may use force consistent with the right of national self-defense. >> language former bush administration note is strikingly familiar to republican justifications that candidate obama ripped in 2008. >> represents a 180 in the direction. hypocritical, he continues to criticize t

we know about the high profile strike that taobgd out anwar al-awlaki last year, the american-born muslimric who was linked to the fort hood shooter and underwear bomber. now, something that caught our attention, pbs front line, a documentary, gives us an inside look, a report of that very unprecedented access into what's going on inside yemen. >> this is where the son of the american preacher anwar al-awlaki was killed. >> the 16-year-old son was al-qaeda leader was a u.s. citizen. >> his son and aides of his friends were sitting at this place having tkeurpb and were targeted by one rocket here, another rocket there if you see this big circle. and another rocket beyond this area. they say it's an american targeted killing of an american citizen. jenna: where he was by the way was a very isolated area in yemen where apparently al-qaeda has taken over the entire city. frederick leary is a senior associate in the middle east program at the carnegie endowment for international peace and joins us to talk about this situation in yemen in general. so fred, let's start to -- kind of, again, gene

last year, the president okayed a drone strike that resulted in the death of anwar al awlaki. he was an american and a key leader of that group. al awlaki's death does not appear to have slowed them down. catherine catherine herridge now with the meat of the story. she is live with us in washington. the word of the possibility of more bombs and more bombers out there. what details do we have? , well, tonight a congressional source briefed on the intelligence says that aside from this device, there is a second threat stream coming out of the middle east involving surgically implanted devices. also in a rare and detailed statement. the fbi confirming that the device they have is similar to the underwear bomb and it does not contain metal there are improvements to the detective ton nation mechanism. it was picked up before the yemeni suicide bomber had bought his plane ticket. the bomber's location is not publicly known at this time. u.s. officials also believe a saudi bomb maker is behind these devices. u.s. officials believe eastbound brie hermine ebra hermine is one of the best

cole" and because he's thought to have been the top operational person in al qaeda who succeeded anwar al awlaki officials say this latest plot wouldn't have gone forward if he hadn't personally approved it. >> let me ask you about this -- could there be fallout that the fact that this double agent was essentially uncovered? >> reporter: two issues here. one is the existence of this operation itself. and that's something that the administration and congressional leaders say they want to investigate. how during the fact that this operation was still going on last week before it became public, how did work of that begin to leak out? we though that word of it was received by the "associated press." the. the a. claims it held off on the story until it was told it was no longer dangerous to do so. but congressional leaders and administration leaders say they want to investigate this. >> two parts to the investigation, could it have been detected and how much damage could it have been done? >> reporter: of course, in terms of could it have been decked, it doesn't really present any challenge different

now, remember, the feds say radical american anwar al-awlaki helped launch terror plots against the united states from yemen. they include the failed underwear bombing, the first one. the fort hood massacre and the botched times square car bombing. of course, that was before al awlaki got droned. the u.s. border patrol is changing its tactics, too. wait until you hear this. the agency is now planning to focus more on people who keep trying to get across the border. repeat offenders. and officials say they're also going to rely much more heavily on, all together now, drones to catch illegal immigrants and stop drug trafficking. right now the border patrol has nine predator drones they report in different locations. officials plan to nearly triple that number they say in the next few years. they say eventually they will be able to put a drone anywhere in the country within three hours. trace gallagher tracking developments from our west coast news hub. explain the change in strategy here, trace. >> well, instead of building more fences, shep and adding surveillance cameras and fences along t

the documents suggest bin laden might have been a bit jealous anwar al-awlaki describe describing himhe real deal. armchair jihadist asking him to fighter bin laden to grade. september 2010 bin laden wrote we would like further assurances for example over here we are genuinely assured after people go to the battlefield and are tested there. the documents also turn conventional wisdom on its head and final years bin laden was not so isolated corresponding with at least a half dozen of his lt., shep. >> there are questions about the timing of all of this, cat. >> debriefing today the white house was purendz twice to explain timing was driven by politics the process of identifying them, declassifying them and reviewing them and analyzing them required time. renewed interest on this anniversary in the mission that led to bin laden's demise that this was deemed an appropriate time to release them. >> and the apparent rollout is not over yet. this weekend the 9/11 suspects including coal lead sheikh mohammed arraigned in guantanamo bay. second time ksa and others will be arraigned in the mi