catherine herridge at the state department. catherine, secretary clinton also said we have to pay more attention to the threat from terrorists in north africa, which you have been telling us really here for months. >> well, shep, secretary clinton said publicly today what intelligence officials have been saying privately that the libyan weapons are fueling the instability in north africa. today secretary clinton making a direct link between the libyan weapons and the algerian hostage crisis last week that killed a handful of americans. what we heard from clinton today, citing these images from the site intelligence group this is really more evidence that al qaeda in north africa does possess the libyan weapons and that al qaeda is not dead. that the next front is in north africa. secretary clinton also asked about an august 16th classified cable first reported by fox news that summarized an emergency meeting where the staff on the ground in benghazi told her office that they could not defend against a coordinated attack. >> an

chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge is live in washington. when did these health problems start for the secretary? >> reporter: well, rick, for nearly a month secretary clinton has been dealing with health problems which began, according to her staff, after being overseas. on fred, december 7th, mrs. clinton has a stomach virus. the following tuesday, a trip canceled sending a deputy in her place. on saturday, december 15th, her aides say mrs. clinton became dehydrated from the stomach virus or which led to a blackout causing the concussion, and then last weekend on sunday b aides confirming the discovery of this blood clot. clinton's aides have not said when the fall happened, where she was when it happened or whether she was alone when it happened. rick: a lot of lawmakers want to hear from secretary clinton. they want her to testify on the terror attack on our consulate in benghazi that claimed the lives of four or americans. what does this mean for a timetable on a possible date for the secretary to testify? >> reporter: any day for clint

in washington, catherine herridge, fox news. >> bret: a a former c.i.a. sentenced for two-and-a-half years in prison for revealing the name of a covert agent to reporter. they sayion kiriaakous a whistle blower that exposed use of torture. p.c.s say he wanted to be famous. central command chief general james mattis was fired without receiving a phone call from anyone at the white house or the pentagon. we told you monday he was in trouble for questioning civilian officials over the plan for military action against iran. we were told he got the news from the news media while travelling. still ahead, changing the way the electoral college elects presidents. what is in the works or could be. first, era of spring is over but the winter of discontent is not. >> bret: you are looking live in cairo's tahrir square. right now it's pretty quiet. early in the morning. a few hours ago it was full of activity. not everyone in egypt is happy with what occurred since the arab spring revolution two years ago. many of them voiced displeasure there today. correspondent co

catherine herridge with the news tonight live in washington with more now. catherine?ell, thank you, bill, good evening, fox news confirming today to a law enforcement source that the fbi was not told in advance the benghazi suspect was being released in to your tunisia. video shows the suspect walking out of jail a free man. >> these images released by ansar al sharia a tunisia extremist group with claims to al qaeda shows one of the key suspects in the 9/11 benghazi terrorist attack. he was freed january 7th after tunisia authorities cited a lack of evidence. >> a lot of these groups are emboldened after benghazi and series of missteps by the american groivment trying to investigate what happened in benghazi. >> after he was interviewed on al sharia posted pictures showing the three fbi agents involved. >> it was meant to be provocative and meant to show that the fbi cannot operate with total immunity else somewhere. >> the head of the house intelligence committee who is regularly briefed on the case says fbi agents are not getting enough support for their investigat

catherine herridge on the story tonight in washington. ring, catherine, good evening? >> well, thank you, bill and good evening. the chairman of the house foreign affairs and house intelligence committee telling fox news they believe the hostage situation was premeditated and with the french going into mali over the weekend, al qaeda in north africa pulled the trigger on a plot that was already in the pipeline. looking at everything i have seen that they have been doing surveillance, been looking at this as a possible target facility and they have put it in the cue and then did something pretty big and pretty brazen. >> fox news has also told al qaeda in north africa is expanding with operation in britain spain switzerland and france to save money. >> what we know about this particular al qaeda franchise it's the fastest growing al qaeda operation in the world. it not only has agents across europe. but in addition, as we have seen, they have that same determined end and very brutal method of operation. >> asked if there was intelligence wa

catherine herridge examinnd the secretary's testimony to see matched up with the facts. facts.lose scrutiny of secretary hillary clinton's testimony on peveals a llck of consistency. on wednesday, linton cited the independent reviee known as the accountability review board -- or arb -- to buttress her claims the intelligence picture remained complicated. clinton says: "i quote, 'key questionn surrounding the &pidentity, actions, and motivations of the perpetrators remain to be determined.'" but less than 22 hours after the attack, on seppember 12, the head of the house intelligeece committee, who was also receiving high level intelligenne briefings liie mmssclinton, told ox it was cceaaly premeddtated terrorism. rogersssays: "it was a coordinated, miliiary style commando-type raid that had poth direct fire aad indirect ffre, military moveeents involved in it. this was a well-planned, ell- targeted event. no doubt abouu it." in this exchange before the house committee, mrs clinton ssemed to eave the mpression that she did not have real time accesssto events assthey

catherine herridge live in our d.c. newsroom. catherine?, trace, with the date still very fluid for clinton's testimony. the chairman telling reporters investigators only found evidence mid level managers turned down requests for help. not the secretary of state. >> at no point my staff informs me this morning did we see any indication that there was a decision from second clinton specifically to deny requests for additional funding or security in benghazi. >> the senate report does faulted the white house, including president obama for inconsistent statements about whether the benghazi assault was a terrorist attack. given the intelligence suggested within hours that an al qaeda affiliate was responsible. as evidence, the report sites mr. obama's interview with 60 minutes on the day after september 12th where he says it's too early to know what happened and who is responsible. the committee's ranking member says these statements are part of a broader troubling pattern. the administration repeatedly has refused to name the threat that we fa

catherine herridge in d.c what are you hearing about this threat?, this advisory the state department telling any americans left in benghazi to get out. at least two other diplomatic missions have advised their citizens to leave benghazi immediately. adding that while there is no specific information pointing to imminent threats against u.s. citizens, the potential for violence and kidnapping is high. the defense secretary offering a a candid assessment to reporters. >> everybody in that area, i think is very concerned they can't provide the security necessary to protect people in those places and i think that's why these countries have made the decision that they have made. >> this is an area where al-qaeda and islamist group al is a rear i can't are operating and both are blamed for the benghazi attack on 9-11. >> shepard: new details how they are worning together? >> the chairman of the joint chiefs saying al-qaeda affiliates and like minded groups are develop ago regional strategy. >> north african and west africa is a syndicate of groups who co

catherine herridge live from warrenton, virginia. what are you hearing from gun owners? >> thank you and good evening. this is the first time here at clark brothers there have been relative peace and quiet all day. we saw play out over and over was that the parking lot was full and that there is a significant line at the gun range behind me. what we heard from many of the gun owners is that they did come to mark gun appreciation day, that they felt strongly about the sanctity of the second amendment. other gun owners showed a very open mind and some flexibility. one telling us they would support a raise in the age for gun ownership. >> they would have to be tougher enforcement, stronger evaluations in order to get a weapon, maybe if the shotgun age is 21 and rifle age is pushed up to 21 and pistols and hand guns pushed up farther that, would be a good idea. >> one of the most striking conversations was with a gun owner who we did not videotape. but said that he wanted to just put the issue of the second amendment and gun rights to one side and that he felt strongly about

catherine herridge is tracking that live in our d.c. newsroom tonight. ent was a bit under the radar, was it not, catherine. >> it was. the point man for transfer detainees to other countries has been assigned and no replacement identified. fox news was told, quote: the administration has made clear that closing the guantanamo bay is in the interest of our national security and continuing its efforts to close it as for the failure to close the detention camps within a stated year. human rights groups say they are deeply disappointed with the president's lack of leadership, adding: >> i think that daniel freed leaving his position with no one replacing him, really sends a message to the white house that the state department can't implement the president's policy because the president doesn't have one. >> since 2009. the number of detainees has dropped from 242 to 166. but at the same time, those suspected or confirmed of getting back into terrorism has jumped to nearly 1 in three detainees that's 28%, bill. >> remarkable why this is happening. there is a h

>> rick: catherine herridge, thanks very much.ennsylvania governor tom corbett says that the punishment stemming from the penn state child rape scandal are, quote, illegal and he says is he going to sue. the issue here is how the ncaa plans to spend the $60 million it find the university. a jury convicted former football coach jerry sandusky for abusing a number of young boys over a long time. in some cases the abuse happened at penn state athletic facilities. the ncaa slapping the school with a record fine and banning the football team from bowl games for four years, among other things. governor corbett reportedly filed the lawsuit after the ncaa announced that only about a quarter of the $60 million fined will be used for sexual abuse prevention in the state of pennsylvania. children who survived the deadly school shooting in newtown, connect did you connect are set to return on thursday. they will not be heading to sandy hook elementary school where the gunman opened fire a middle school school building with 60 miles await a mi

chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge shows us the pictures and a story of an investigation that does not appear to be going anywhere. >> these images with extremist group and long-standing ties to al-qaeda showed one of the key suspect in the 9/11 benghazi terrorist attack. after tunisian authority cited lack of evidence. >> a lot of groups are embolden after benghazi and series of misstep by the american government trying to investigate what happened in benghazi. >> detained by the turkish authorities in october after he was linked to the consulate attack through the social media posting. then lindsey graham intervened as he explained on the program. >> i can only imagine what would have happened if the president of the united states picked the phone an called the prime minister and said this is a priority for our country. >> do you think the administration, the national security effort of the administration is really going after those responsible for the benghazi libya attack? >> they seem to be more focused to get the enside behind them. >> this is the first time they us

herridge herridge has more on the -- catherine herridge has more on the threat. >> eight-minute videoal-qaeda affiliate offers gold for targeted killing of the u.s. ambassador to yesmen and equivalent of $25,000 for murder of soldiers. the threat are credible. >> it's been al-qaeda in yesmen to make the most conservative effort to attack the united states. >> this is one of the most heavily fortified compound overseas overrun in september. not commenting on the increased security by the ambassador, the brief statement they operate in highly sensitive and difficult security situation. >> inclination should be to keep people there but be sure that the government can provide protection. if they fail we provide protection. >> memory group monitoring the islamic messages note this contains an issue of the military commander sup imposed oaf image of ambassadorsteins. >> they killed four americans which is tragic. we made it appear that it's victory for al-qaeda. >> the drone strikes were identical to the drone campaign in pakistan. more evidence that the followers are making north africa an

catherine herridge is joining us live from a gun store in virginia.hearing from gun owners? >> thank you and good afternoon. this is the first time all day that we've had somest and quiet and we've seen parking spaces in the parking lot here at the gun range. it's really been a capacity crowd today and what we've heard for the most part is that people came out to say they really support what they say is the sanctity of the second amendment and others say they would support change to the legislation to raise the age for gun ownership, while others believe the obama administration is targeting the wrong people. >> i don't think it addressed anything close to what the real problem is. trying to outlaw certain guns because they're black guns and hold large rounds of ammunition isn't going to do anything to stop those monsters. >> critics say gun appreciation day has shown a certain amount of tone deafness or insensitivity coming so close to martin luther king day, and of course, coming in the shadow of the newtown shootings. >> heather: i watched your rep

in washington, catherine herridge, fox news. >>> a mass shooting at a colorado movie theater will be in court tomorrow. prosecutors will present their case against james holmes at the preliminary hearing. large amounts of sealed evidence including 911 calls and videos that were shot inside the theater will be made public we understand for the first time. police say holmes opened fire during a midnight movie killing 12 people and injuring at least 70 others. just four miles away from the theater another gunman opened fire at a town home, killing three people. police identified the victims but not yet revealing their relationship to the shooter. the gunman was killed after a long standoff with police. >>> a showdown between gun rights and gun laws taking place right now at a north carolina gun show. we'll have a live report coming up. >>> and should doctors get involved in the gun debate? our panel weighs in on whether gun safety should be considered a public health issue. >>> a new front has opened in the gun control debate that started in the wake of the sandy hook school shooting. s

chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge is here with a preview. >> good evening. this event is an nfsd, national specific security event. which means the secret service is the lead agency for security and f.b.i. is lead agency for intelligence counterterrorism and investigation. earlier in week, fox news with the other media organizations toured the command center for secret service at undisclosed location in washington. this is a central coordination center for real-time information. secretary napolitano told reporters that months of planning is involved. >> starting on sunday, it will operate continuously through the inaugural events and including over to tuesday, january 22. >> protecting an event this large and complex, requires a lot of coordination and organization. >> latest information today is there is no specific or credible threat to the inauguration but as the f.b.i. explained the intelligence is constantly being evolved. >> that is something that we will continue to monitor. what we do ask is that the public, those who are attending t

catherine herridge has details from washington. is this threat authentic, catherine, do we know? >> reporter: thank you, jon. good morning intelligence sources tell fox news they believe the threat is credible al qaeda in yemen is considered the most active and lethal of the al qaeda affiliates. what separates al qaeda in yemen from the other franchises attacking western specifically u.s. targets including u.s. homeland. this is propaganda video widely sir lated by al qaeda on the internet. state department released a statement, we seen these reports and take such threats seriously. as you know our embassy in yemen already operates in highly sensitive and difficult security environment. what also separates al qaeda in yemen from the other franchises is the american cleric anwar alaki, first american targeted for death by the cia though he was killed in a drone strike in september of 2011 he remains the figurehead for the operation. he continues to inspire homegrown terrorists here in the united states as recently as last month, jon. jon: so this threat, what is unusual about it?

tonight, chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge takes a look at where the u.s. is going. >> during his inaugural address, president obama promised to uphold the rule of law and he emphasized that america's longest war was coming to an end. >> we, the people, still believe that enduring security and lasting peace do not require perpetual war. >> but critics including the american civil libertys union say the public promises conflict with his private manual that attempts to set clear standard for use of drones in targeted killing missions. >> here you have a secret play book, a secret set of rules on how the president himself is going to make decisions on who the kill and who lives and who dies, including united states citizens. then you have, then you have a complete exception for the c.i.a.'s use of drones in pakistan. so, how is that not endless war and how is that compliance with the rule of law? >> today at the white house briefing spokesman jay carney was pushed to explain the apparent contradiction. >> we need to do everything we can to keep americans an am

catherine herridge is live in d.c. for us. catherine, what else do we know about these suspects? >> well, jon, the men are alleged members of the somali terrorist group al shabaab. secret interrogations overseas only became public when documents were unsealed and men briefly appeared in brooklyn court last december. >> the appropriate venue is not to take somebody involved in a civil war in east africa and bring them to the eastern district of new york to be prosecuted in a criminal court. >>' savitt says there is no evidence that his client who admits al shabaab citing the indictment which includes the blab cet charge of quote expirs to provide material support to a terrorist organization. in a statement justice department spokesman denied allegations of rendition telling fox the suspects were picked up in africa by african authorities and transferred to the u.s. lawfully, jon. >> jon: you are getting new information about the late radical cleric anwar al awlaki? >> within day was the 9/11 terrorist attack in 2001. the fbi suspected the american cleric anwar al awlaki may have p

catherine herridge is standing by with breaking details. what can you tell us? >> thank you.ithin weeks of the 9/11 terror attack in 2001 that killed 3,000 americans the f.b.i. suspected the american cleric anwar al-awlaki purchased tickets for halftimers in the months leading up to the attack. according to newly released f.b.i. records exclusively reviewed by fox news and obtained by judicial watch, the bureau of investigation of the visa transaction showed purchases for muhammad antaw on august 13, 2001, for american west airlines flight from washington, d.c., to las vegas, nevada, to miami, florida. according to the joint congressional inquiry to 9/11 this is one of his final crucial surveillance flights. on august 13, 2001, he flew a second time across country from washington to las vegas, on a boeing 757 seated in first class. returning on august 14 to fort lauderdale. the record also show purchases for halftimeer in july of 2001 for a flight from fort -- hijacker in july in 2001 for flight from fort lauderdale and then was a flight for another muscle hijacker. >> a few

catherine herridge is live from the national mall in washington. e crowded in the coming days. what is the special security designation for in inauguration, catherine? >> reporter: well, thank you, good morning. it's called own nsse, these a national special security event. a lot of folks are under the mistaken impression that this is a post 9/11 designation but it's actually been having nsse's since the late 90s and the clinton administration. it means the secret service is the lead agency for security. the f.b.i. is the lead agency for intelligence, count tere terrorism, as well as investigations, and fema is the lead agency if there is a need nor any kind of recovery or response to a major incident. earlier this week along with other media organizations we went to the command center for the secret service, this is an undisclosed location here in washington and they are always reluctant to discuss the current threat picture. but what we understand is that there is no specific or kre credible threat right now to the inauguration. >> currently at th

chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge with a fact check on hillary clinton. >> scrutinyhillary clinton's testimony reveals a lack of consistency. on clinton, she cited independent review known as the accountability review board, a.r.b., to but tres her claims that the -- buttress her claim that intelligence situation is complicated. >> motivation of the perpetrators remain to be determined. >> less than 24 hours after the attack on september 12, the head of the house intelligence committee who was also receiving high level intelligence briefings like mrs. clinton told fox it was clearly premeditated terrorism. >> a coordinated military style commando type of raid that had both direct fire and indirect fire. military movement involved in it. this was a well-planned, well-targeted event. no doubt about it. >> in this exchange before the house committee, mrs. clinton seemed to leave the impression she did not have real-time access to events as they unfolded. >> at any time, did you see the initial attack on a monitor? or the president. >> congressman there was no monitor. t

catherine herridge is at clark brothers gun in virginia with more. how are you? >> welcome to warrington, virginia, clark brothers, where you'll find in the parking lot, it's packed this morning and also the range behind me, got a fairly significant wait. some gun owners we spoke to today said they'd come specifically to mark gun appreciation day and they say to recognize the sankty of the second amendment. they believe in responsible gun ownership and the president is targeting the wrong people. >> i don't think it addressed anything close to what the real problem is. trying to outlaw certain black guns because they're black guns, large rounds of ammunition, isn't going to do anything to stop those monsters. >> reporter: well, we can it will you today is how many gun shops and gun ranges like clarks brothers in warrington, virginia are participating in gun appreciation day and can't tell you how many gun owners inside the united states are meeting formally to recognize this day. what we heard from organizers earlier in the week, they wanted to make a message tha

chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge tems us th tell us the. >> reporter: after the presidentled to meet the self-imposed deadline to close guantanamo bay camp by january 2010, this week interim state department announcement revealed the administration was not replacing daniel freeze. the point man for transferring detainees to other country. >> it's a realization that it's a mistake in the first place to do this. >> president signed executive order on closing gitmo two days after the first inauguration. white house counsel could be heard on camera offering reassurance. >> executive order with respect how to dispose of the detainees? >> there will be a process. >> we'll set up a process where beau this will take place. >> after failing to meet the self-imposed deadline, craig left the white house. in media tour of the camp, fox news found president's executive order badly bleached by the cuban sun not far from where detine knees hupping laundry and -- detape knees hung the laundry or watched television. or the new soccer field. no detainees were waterboarded here. teams blame

catherine herridge has that story.d evening. >> aqim wants to strike western targets including the u.s. targets after hostage crisis in algeria that left 38 dead, including three americans in mid-january. care to feel emphasize no evidence of active credible plots, the attack algerian national gas facility showed the growing ability of al-qaeda in north africa and the associate islamist group to share resource, people and ideas. the u.s. can partner with a nation on counterterrorism, they present unique challeng challenges. they move between mali, libbia, algeria. point that secretary clinton emphasized in the benghazi hearings this month. >> we now face spreading jihadist threat. we have driven a lot of the a.q. operatives out of the fattah, out of afghanistan and pakistan. killed a lot of them. including bin laden. this is a global movement. senior u.s. intelligence officials acknowledge the arab spring, long-i'm ally sideline or degraded regional intelligence services and the weapons fuel capability of the islamist

tonight, chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge tells us john brennan facing questions howns were asked under his watch. >> with 25 years at the agency, john brennan's career overlaps with the c.i.a. interrogation program under president bush, which included the waterboarding of self-described khalid sheikh mohammed. the american civil libertys union said despite raising concerns over the terrorism tactics of the white house, they should not move on the nomination until all senators can assess the role of the c.i.a. and any role by bren nan himself in forture. the choice of brennan the aclu sees a largeer program. >> much of the legal architecture that the bush administration used to justify so-called war on terror is being continued by the obama administration. >> with the 6,000-page classified investigation, including the c.i.a. program did not provide ballot intelligence,be the chair of the senate intelligence committee made clear she will press for answers. i will be discussing the intelligence committee recently completed report and will ask how he would respond to the

our chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge brings us. >> they tell that the ambassador in yemen as well as the u.s. personnel is credible. al-qaeda is considered the most active and lethal of the al-qaeda affiliates and separates al-qaeda in yemen, bun ever the many propaganda videos on the web. singular focus on attacking western, specifically u.s. targets, including the u.s. homeland. and without commenting on the ambassador's security in yemen, this morning the state department released a statement that reads in part, quote, we have seen these reports and we take such threats very seriously. we will continue to monitor the situation. as you know, our embassy in yemen already operates in a highly sensitive and difficult security memory, the middle east research institute, says it's superimposed over ambassador chris stevens, see it on the right. at least deleted from one version on the web. a member of the house intelligence committee tells fox he believes that al-qaeda in yemen is seeking to capitalize on the ambassador's death in benghazi on 9/11. >> i think there's no

>> and chief correspondent catherine herridge looks inside. >> the scrutiny of secretary hillary clinton's testimony on the benghazi attack revealed a lack of consistency. on wednesday, clinton said at the independent review known as arb to buttress her claims that the intelligence picture remained complicated. >> i quote key out the motivations of the perpetrators need to be determined. >> the head of the house intelligence committee also receiving high level intelligence like mrs. clinton said it was premeditated. >> it was a commando type raid that had direct fire, indirect fire, military movements involved in it. if this was a well planned, well targeted event, no doubt about it. >> reporter: in this exchange before the house committee, mrs. clinton seemed to leave the impression she did not real time access to events as they unfolded. >> at anytime did you see the initial attack on a monitor, or the president? >> congressman there was no monitor, there was no real time, we got the surveillance notes some weeks later. >>, but in october, charlene lamb, one of clinton's subordinates the

chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge joins us. good evening. >> good evening. house intelligence committee who has been briefed on the scale and intensity of the cyber attacks targeting the u.s. banks tell us the data points to tehran. >> we know it has this capability and size. >> previously unknown group to identify itself as the cyber fighters is suspected in denial of service attacks characterized by an unusually slow network response or website that is unavailable. it does not involve the theft of data or money. change of events began in mid-august when the saudi arabian oil company aramco the largest exporter of crude oil was attacked with 30,000 computers affected. month later in days of the 9/11 attack in benghazi and anti-u.s. demonstrations in if middle east, second wave unfolded against major u.s. banks. >> the timing is very definite. it was post-9/11. it was to make a statement. it was, it was to inflict dysfunction, if you will on the banking industry of the big heathen west, the united states. >> cyber legislation got bipartisan support in house

chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge has the latest senate report sites the white house for president obama inconsistent statements whether the benghazi assault was terrorist attack given intelligence showed within hours that al qaeda affiliate was responsible on september 11th. as evidenced reported sites mr. obama's interview with 60 minutes. it's too early to know exactly how this came about. group involved but obviously it was an attack on mrns the committee's ranking members says the statements are part of a broader troubling pattern. >> the administration repeatedly has rerefused to name the threat that we face. >> senators joe lieberman and susan collins write that senate investigators are being denied a detailed time line on the cia talking points. specifically, how the talking points were massaged with terms like al qaeda dropped. the report says the administration has spent weeks debating internally whether or not it should turn over information considered deliberative to the congress. frustrated by the delays, the committee chair urged the intelligence communi

>> shepard: catherine herridge in washington.facebook today got a big upgrade with a new search feature that its co-founder calls one of the coolest things we have done in a while. that's mark zuckerberg graph search. it aims to led users search through connections in greater detail and more easily like, for instance, finding a specific photo of somebody taken at a specific place or date. for now it's available only to users in the testing phase. could take more than a year they all of facebook's 1 billion users as you might imagine. nau not all the kids are happy about this one. a quick google search you will see what i mean as president obama and lawmakers washington's role in preventing gun violence. one school district just taken action on its own. its plan for armed guards and reaction from the parents ahead. but, first, young survivors of the sandy hook shooting have recorded a song to raise money for local charities. they chose over the rainbow from the wizard of oz. it went on sale itunes and. >> somewhere over the rainbo

chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge is live in our d.c. bureau. learning about this court censor? >> reporter: having been in the military court about a dozen times, i know from personal experience that there is a censor who blocks the audio feed to reporters and the public during hearings when classified information is being entered into the record. but during today's proceeding, the military judge complained about another level of censorship, one that he had no control over. when the lawyer for the self-described architect of 9/11, khalid sheikh mohammed -- on the left shortly after his capture and on the right how he looks today -- began talking about the secret prisons where one of the 9/11 suspects was interrogated, the court was blasted with white noise. that has never been revealed before, so the bottom line is that there are three levels of censorship at gitmo, and this would buttress the position of groups like the aclu that these proceedings you should the obama administration are -- under the obama administration are far from transparen

chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge live from washington. you have followed john brennan's career for many years here. he has been all over the map on this issue has he not? >> reporter: that's right, martha and good morning. the senate intelligence committee recently finished a classified 6,000 page report on the cia's enhanced interrogation program said to concluding a aggressive methods, critics call them torture did not provide solid intelligence. it was during this period john brennan was at cia senator feinstein is ardent critic of cia program and she leads the senate intelligence committee along with ranking republican saxby chambliss who in the past has been highly critical of brennan's law enforcement approach to terrorist prosecution. it comes with the release of the movie "zero dark thirty." which depicts the manhunt for usama bin laden and the cia's use of the enhanced interrogation program. while deannouncing waurd boarding as un-american in a 2007 interview, brennan told cbs news said it was valuable. quote, there has been a lo

chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge live in washington with that story. therine. >> reporter: thank you, jon, good morning. three alleged members of a somali terrorist group al shabaab were arrested overseas in the country of. >> beauty. they were held incommunicado, roughed up during tear divisions and eventually transferred to criminal court in brooklyn in november. telling folks the justice department handling the men fits the classic rendition definition of rendition. >> the appropriate venue not take somebody involved in a civil war in east africa and bring him not eastern district of new york to be prosecuted in the criminal court. under that definition we can probably round up tens of thousands of fighters and clog our courts system for the next couple of decades. >> reporter: al shabaab was designated by the state department as a terrorist organization and men in custody do not dispute the fact they are members of the group but they argue there is no evidence they have committed crimes against the u.s. or u.s. interests. during the campaign in 2007

catherine herridge live on this. s announcement was it under the radar or not there in washington? >> reporter: well it was, bill and good morning. it was obscure internal state department announcement that reveals the direction on closing the camps. dan real fried who has been charged with overseeing the detainees from guantanamo has been reassigned and no replacement has been identified. a military source who worked the issue under president bush told tpobgttold fox news this is a tacit exp.m example of him not wanting to close guantanamo. the greatest number of detainees remaining is close to 100 and they all come from yemen. they cannot be returned to their home country because of instability and because of the strength of al-qaida's affiliate there, bill. bill: there was evidence that these 9/11 attorneys they went about the c.i.a. secret prisons. >> they were transferred to guantanamo under president bush. of the five are the 9/11 suspects whose pretrial hearings continue this weak. in an effort to preserve evid