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brian ross is here to explain why. ian. >> reporter: bill, for all the warnings about and the money spent to prevent terrorism law enforcement authorities say facts show the greater and more likely threat in this country comes from people like the suspect in this case. people known as lone wolves. america has been plagued for decades by acts of violence attributed to lone wolves. the assassinations of the 1960s made household names of the men responsible. and the number of men, mostly young, who have sought similar notoriety, only seems to have increased every year since then. up to this weekend's accused murderer jared loughner. >> i think we call them lone wolves because it's like they can't work in a pack. in other words, they can't work in society. >> reporter: are there a lot of these lone wolves in this country? >> i believe there are thousands of people like mr. loughner. >> reporter: the loner who shot and killed the beatle john lennon is a textbook case. the common theme with mark david chapman and history's ot

. >>> and now, a brian ross investigation that is prompting congressional action. he brings us the story of female volunteers for the peace corps working overseas who say they were raped or sexually assaulted over the past decade. 1,000 of them coming forward. and brian ross is here now. i am staggered by that number, brian. 1,000? >> reporter: that's right. that is the number our invest grags found, more than 1,000 volunteers raped or sexually assaulted over the last decade, something the peace corps has worked hard to keep quiet. at the age of 23, jess smochek joined the peace corps out of a sense of idealism. >> i was, you know, going to go and do something wonderful. >> reporter: but within days of arriving as a volunteer in bangladesh, idealism met reality when she says a group of young local men repeatedly tried to fondle her and the peace corps ignored her pleas for relocation. >> we wanted to be pulled out of there. they wouldn't pull us out. >> reporter: three months later, she says, the same group of young men dragged her down a side alley and repeatedly

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brian ross investigates. >>> monster waters. some of the world's best surfers taken by surprise and swept under by these dangerously high waves. >>> and good morning, everyone. especially to our viewers out west. the oscar nominations are out. perhaps while you were sleeping. we have full coverage ahead. we were busy filling out our sheets as the nominations were coming out. how about you, george? >> absolutely. big day for the king's speech and "true grit." >> i'm in august because we're getting ready for the president's state of the union speech tonight. so many americans are going to look to washington to see what the president says about jobs and the economy. he's riding a wave of good economic news. the dow almost hit 12,000 yesterday, its highest level in 3 years. even though about 1 million jobs have been created over the last year, unemployment is just a bit lower than when the president took this podium last year. >> and there's a bit more republican has in that room this year as opposed to last. >>> also, george, we'll

brian ross report on u.s. program called spot. >>reporter: blending in the crowd of more than 160 airport across the country. teams of what are called behavior detection officers patrol the area outside of security. >> they are looking for suspicious behavior that might be indicative of terrorist intent. >>reporter: eyebrow are pulled down and together in both of these angry he can appreciation. expensive continual program. in which the officers are trained over 4 days with video like this one. >> probably saying something quite unpleasant on the left. >>reporter: and this series of photo to spot tiny facial micro expressions that show hidden emotion and terrorist intent. according to tsa consultant dr. paul he can. >> if you have one of those emotion you are going to it is going to appear in the face. if you are trying to condition seal it, it may well leak out and it might him if express. >>reporter: 3000 behavior detection officers have been trained in this method. and cost of 200 million dollars a year. even though critic say

chief investigative correspondent brian ross is here.n one case it even involved the murder of a volunteer. >> that's right, george. this is a story of bravery and betrayal. how a young volunteer's efforts to protect the girls at her school led to tragedy in which they've done their best to keep quiet. ♪ in the african country of benin here, 24-year-old kate puzey of atlanta was considered the perfect peace corps volunteer. >> i was at -- >> reporter: especially among the girls club she formed. for her seventh graders. >> the girls actually started having a voice within that club. >> reporter: but on a moonlit night in march 2009, someone sneaked up on kate puzey's unguarded home and killed her. as she leapt. >> her throat was slit. >> reporter: kate was the 23rd peace corps volunteer to be murdered since the agency started, but her grieving parents say for months the peace corps would not provide any details of what had happened or why as if officials were hiding something. >> we miss you, sweetheart. >> kate died in march, and by may n

brian ross investigates. >> reporter: america has been plagued for decades by acts of violence attributednly seemed to have increased every year since then. up to this weekend's accused murderer, jared loughner. >> i think we call them lone wolves because it's like they can't work in the pack. in other words, they can't work in society. >> reporter: are there a lot of these lone wolves in this country? >> i believe there are thousands of people like mr. loughner. >> reporter: the loner who shot and killed the beatle john lennon is a textbook case. the common theme with mark david chapman and history's other lone wolves is not ideology or politics or religion. in a prison interview with abc news, chapman told barbara walters why he killed john lennon. >> john lennon fell into a very deep hole. a hole that was so deep inside of me that i thought by killing him i would acquire his fame. >> reporter: the celebrity musician had somehow disappointed chapman. >> and i see this real somebody who i perceived at the time to be a phony. my nobody was wanting to strike down that somebody. i heard thi