investigation of another guy that was an immigrant to baltimore and he was associated with khalid sheikh mohammed the architect of the 9/11 attacks. through that investigation can across ferris's name and this notion that fairness may have been asked to check out the brooklyn bridge to see what it takes to bring it down. this was obviously after the 9/11 attacks. it turns out he actually visited afghanistan and had been to the camps, some of the terrorism training camps and have met bin laden and khalid sheikh mohammed so the fbi was obviously interested in him. fairness saw' questions began in march of 2003 and during the interviews with ferris, he mentioned this conversation that he had had with him and this idea of shooting at a shopping mall and also the name of christopher paul, sophos. authorities started to piece this together and eventually in a sort of slow domino effect of a free were arrested and charged. as of the pakistani immigrant was ultimately pleaded guilty to the two charges of terrorism related crimes and he pleaded guilty in a secret closed deal in may in virginia, may 2003.

he'd been to the camps, some of the terrorism training camps, he'd met bin laden, he'd met khalid sheikh mohammed and so the fbi was, obviously, very interested in him. ferris was questioned beginning in march of 2003, and during the interviews with ferris, he mentioned this conversation that they had had with and this idea of shooting up the shopping mall. and also the name of christopher paul, the third man at this coffee shop came up. authorities started to piece all this together, and eventually in a sort of slow domino effect the three were arrested and charged. so ferris, the pakistani immigrant, was -- ultimately pleaded guilty to two charges of terrorism-related crimes. he pleaded guilty in a secret, closed deal in may in virginia. may of 2003. the idea was that he had a lot to offer the government, and he might be able to get a reduction in his sentence based on the information he could provide. unfortunately, his case leaked, and the government was forced to publicize his conviction in that june. and at that point everything went to heck. ferris was very upset. he'd lost his bar going c

the self-described architect of 9/11 khalid sheikh mohammed is awaiting trial at the military court. al-zawahiri is appeared to be hiding in pakistan. they're focused on the al-qaeda affiliates and the one in yemen that is the most active. we had a killing of the c.i.a. of anwar al-awlaki in yesmen. awaiting dna confirmation that the number two in the group, and the u.s. tried and failed to kill the bomb maker there behind the last three plots against the united states. in my opinion having covering this for 11 years the biggest change is a homegrown component. what most americans don't realize is that we have seen more plots in the last three years than the first eight years after 9/11. almost all of the plots are the majority are focused on the u.s. military. bottom line is that the likelihood of a large scale attack like 9/11 has been diminished, but the likelihood of smaller scale attack along the lines of fort hood has increased. >> bret: what is the focus of the intelligence community? >> it breaks down to three categories. number one, risk-based approach now. you can't have 10

khalid sheikh mohammed, et cetera. >> it's outrageous, the president of the united states, a lawyer,d have been able to look at the legal opinions and understand, we didn't do anything in that program that we hadn't done to our own program in the seal training program. it was not torture. there is no question about it. you know, one word i didn't hear mentioned at the democratic convention was iran. if you want to talk about this president's record on counter terrorism, you cannot do that without saying, all right, the biggest threat we face today is a terrorist armed with a nuclear weapon. he has stood by while the iranian, every day, you open up the newspaper, make steady progress towards a nuclear weapon. >> sean: let me quote candidate obama -- iran, cube avenezuela, these countries are tiny. they are not a threat. that's his great foreign policy experience. we have to run, liz. thank you for shedding real light on this president, spike the football, wouldn't have happened if he had his way, obam aisle thank you. >> sean: coming up, a constant theme at the dnc this week, obama's

muslim brotherhood to be a foreign terrorist organization, osama bin laden's top deputy, and khalid sheikh mohammed joined the muslim brotherhood in kuwait at 16, as did bin laden. back in april, a delegation of muslim brotherhood officials met with white house staffers -- how appropriate. i think it's time for the president to get a back bone, denounce this group and also, what are they going to do at this point? joining me is the author of the new york times best seller, culture of corruption, michelle malkin. when you look at the height of this arab spring and to -- tahrir square. ular logan, rape in the square and beaten within an inch of her life. there were some in the mede and the president and the vice-president telling the world -- democracy, as the president helped to push mubarrable out. now we are giving the muslim brotherhood $1.5 billion and meetings in the white house. the president fails to acknowledge that what happened yesterday was the result of islamic radical extremists. i want to get your reaction. >>ors that that's right. he won't say those words or acknowledge the coddling t

an arabic speaker when and, established in the the what the zubaydah, and got the name of khalid sheikh mohammede cia director grew angry the fbi, his rival and to see, was getting this information -- has rival agency, was getting this information. the fbi was brought back in. more information from zubaydah based on non coercive techniques. we established clearly beyond any reasonable shadow of a doubt that empathetic fbi techniques with a skilled interrogator speaking to a subject in his language gets accurate intelligence. all of these cia techniques, sensory deprivation, the noise blasting, the stress positions -- all of that is counterproductive and does not work. that truth has been kept from us. if you look at the memoirs, there are 181 pages of cia decisions that turned those passages about that interrogation of zubaydah into a rat's nest of black lines and a regular american reader can possibly understand. >> you write that under president obama, still we are getting intelligence extracted by surrogates in places like somalia and afghanistan. what does that mean? >> that is part of the o

one of bin laden's top accomplices, khalid sheikh mohammed, who is believed to have masterminded theured in 2003 and awaits trial along with a handful of other terror suspects at the u.s. military detention center in cuba. jenna: exclusive details behind the fast and furious investigation, fox news securing portions of the report, and william la jeunesse has more from los angeles. >> reporter: well, jenna, this is our first glimpse into the finger pointing, the back stabbing, the blame game that you are about to see as this ig report becomes public and key players try to save their jobs and avoid possible prosecution for perjury. this long-awaited report says a lot of very senior people knew the u.s. was helping traffic hundreds of assault weapons to mexico, and they did nothing about it. and their failure in leadership and accountability and oversight got people killed. according to this draft report, the inspector general, quote: found no evidence in operation fast and furious that the atf or the u.s. attorney's office attempted at any point during the investigation to balance the

eric holder wanted to try khalid sheikh mohammed, the architect of 9/11 in new york. that didn't work. it's been tried by the metric commission which will get to in a minute in guantanamo. when attorney general holder was asked what if khalid sheikh mohammed is acquitted in the article 3 court in new york coming and the attorney general said we will get you to hold him any way as an enemy, and to become -- combatant. as i said, the scene as his predecessor. it's powerful continuity. state secrets. the bush administration was criticized for invoking the state secrets argument when many of the things i just described for you have been contested in the american court system. and the bush administration in my eyes tightly said we can't argue about that in court because a what we feel things that are still protecting americans. despite the campaign based upon a very powerful promise of transparency, president obama -- and again in my view quite correctly -- used the state secrets argument and a variety of cord as much as president bush. i am personally grateful for preside

. >> brian: i don't think darrell issa said to try khalid sheikh mohammed -- >> this requires tracy toveryone should be fired. that's -- >> brian: thanks so much. hopefully you won't get attacked after this appearance. it's probably likely. 3 # minutes before the top of the hour. it's illegal for congress to campaign for the president on the senate floor action but it sounds like harry reid is doing just that. we're going to play that for you. and country music star josh turner is here, the summer concert series ready to take place. he put the stage together himself. we rolled out the turf and he's going to close out the summer for us mornings aren't alwayserfect. that's why i give them carnationreakfast essentials. it'sacked with 21 vitamins and minerals and protein so kids get the nutrition they need to start the day right. carnation breakfast essentials. good nutrition from the start. >> announcer: meet jill. she thought she'd feel better after seeing her doctor. and she might have, if not for kari, the identity thief who stole jill's social security number to open credit cards, des

that list includes khalid sheikh mohammed and four other terrorists accused of plotting the septemberourselves. >> steve: the parents of a fallen seal team 6 member blasting the obama administration for endangering the unit days after the osama bin laden raid, vice president revealed seal team 6 was the group that killed him. well, months later, the taliban shot down a helicopter filled with team 6 members, including aaron vaughn. his parents say aaron called two days after the osama bin laden raid with a disturbing warning. >> he actually said to me, mom, there is chatter examine all of our lives could be in danger, including yours. i realized all of those families, you're talking about a community of around 300 families who are all of a sudden the target by this administration. >> gretchen: they think it made them a target. the obama administration has not commented. >> brian: controversial proposal sparking outrage in los angeles. officials there considering a plan to turn the library card into a form of i.d. for illegal immigrants. they could then use it to open up bank accounts,