panetta vegan.talked to the secretary of state about the countries in western africa where drug trade, perhaps in latin america is perhaps being connected up with these things. and of course, your reference to al qaeda and the islamic is right in terms of northern africa. so i guess i'll go back to this comment about do we have the resources, do we have the capacity to follow these. these are credibly vast areas. in the conditions that allow al qaeda recruit in africa is the sign of problems that demand broader reform of the sorts i propose to this committee and if the senate has already approved and i'm hoping that can be completed and undertaken in terms of the commission in their future. until we integrate the intelligence community for the ways we openly gather information, radicalization will keep being one step behind al qaeda. we also may counterterrorism policies that are informed by what is actually happening in his countries. last of the state department concluded that the rebel and in yem

panetta. mr. muller? >> thank you chairwoman, director blair and panetta pointed to the global nature of many of the threats we face from international terrorism in pakistan, yemen and elsewhere to cyber attacks to computer crime committed by international criminal enterprises. and what is striking is how many of these overseas threats reach directly into the united states. the events outside the united states often have immediate impact on our security here at home. as i discuss our mission in the overall threat assessment, i do want to highlight how quickly these threats are evolving and how globalization has often led to the integration of these foreign and domestic threats. over the past decade, the focus of strategic terrorism threats has been south asia. the heartland of al qaeda. but now as director panetta pointed out, al qaeda trainers see the tribal areas of pakistan as less secure and this is led al qaeda to franchise into regional components in places such as north africa and the arabian penin

panetta? >> i would agree with that. >> mr. mueller? >> agree. >> reporter: cia director leon panetta said it's not so much the possibility that we face another 9/11. >> the greater threat is that al qaeda is adapting their methods in ways that often times make it difficult to detect. >> reporter: panetta worries about recruits with little training using simple device as in the attempted christmas day attack by suspect umar farouk abdulmutallab. senior white house officials say abdulmutallab is now cooperating with u.s. investigators. why is he talking? the fbi went to nigeria and consulted with his family, brought them back, and they convinced him to talk. harry? >> chip reid at a snowy white house this morning. thank you very much. do appreciate it. >>> also in washington cbs news national security analyst juan zarate. juan, good morning. >> good morning. >> i think about that panel yesterday and i don't remember a time when all on that panel sat there so stone faced and so sober was their a

panetta? >> i would agree with that. >> mr. mueller? >> agree. >> reporter: c.i.a.ector panetta said the fear is not such of another 9/11 but that al qaeda is relying more and more on recruits with little training using simple devices, as in the attempted christmas day attack by suspect umar farouk abdulmutallab. and sources tell cbs news today that abdulmutallab has begun talking again with investigators those sources say "he has provided solid leads, but no one knows how valuable that information really is." katie? >> couric: chip reid reporting from the white house. thank you, chip. in other news, it just keeps getting worse for toyota. faced with repairing millions of faulty gas pedals and its reputation. today the company reported sales plunged 16% last month as it stopped selling some models and recalled many more already on the road. and now dean reynolds tells us transportation secretary ray lahood is blasting toyota over what he calls a slow response to the problem. >> reporter: toyota had hoped the story today would involve its hard work to correct a serio

panetta. mr. muller? you chairwoman, director blair and panetta pointed to the global nature of many of the threats we face from international terrorism in pakistan, yemen and elsewhere to cyber attacks to computer crime committed by international criminal enterprises. and what is striking is how many of these overseas threats reach directly into the united states. the events outside the united states often have immediate impact on our security here at home. as i discuss our mission in the overall threat assessment, i do want to highlight how quickly these threats are evolving and how globalization has often led to the integration of these foreign and domestic threats. over the past decade, the focus of strategic terrorism threats has been south asia. the heartland of al qaeda. but now as director panetta pointed out, al qaeda trainers see the tribal areas of pakistan as less secure and this is led al qaeda to franchise into regional components in places such as north africa and the arabian peninsula. thi

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panetta. >> i would agree with that. >> mr.er. >> agreed. >> jon: cia director leon panetta, national intelligence, robert blair and agreeing of an attack in the next months. >> there's a line we have to walk, we want to keep them apprised and report analysis like we just heard, but we need to remind people, don't panic, nobody really knows for sure, it seems likely at some point something will happen, but a lot of this is still guesswork and we need to impart that. >> it's more like a don't ask-don't tell policy for the media i want to know if there's going to be an attack, likely to come from an invading army or already in the united states from some of the mosques, who are the people? if they think there's going to be an attack they must know where it's likely to come from. why aren't we getting reports on that? why koent we get o'keefe or somebody like him to invade some of these places and record what's going on there. >> and we've got the reports, for example, the report about the underwear bomber is now happily talking n

leon panetta cited the attempted attack on christmas day as an example. he said the suspect had a u.s. advi visa. family members flew from nigeria and worked with the fbi to get him to cooperate. he is talking again to investigators and providing valuable information that is aggressively being pursued in yemen. his cooperation could be in preparation for a guilty plea which would spare him the death penalty. >>> still ahead on news4 at 11:00, michael jackson's doctor awaiting word he could face charges this week. >>> aig handing out another $100 million in bonuses. >> a teenage girl fights off a shark with her boogie board. >> coming up in sports, three-ring circus that is super bowl media day was in full effect this afternoon. roman harper explains why he's gone gray. and capitols were in boston tonight. >>> the police have just made an arrest in the murder of a woman and her 8-year-old son in prince william county in virginia. 47-year-old natalia wilson is charged with two counts of murder. 41-year-old slavka naydenova and her son paul wilson were calle

the cia director leon panetta warned in a hearing he has new concerns about the extremist network. >> al-qaeda is adapting their methods in ways that often times make it difficult to detect. >> reporter: the cia director went on to tell lawmakers that he doesn't believe there's another nine eleven style attack in the works. he thinks now the terrorist group is trying to carry out smaller attacks that require little training and simple devices. he pointed to the failed attempt to blow up a plane over detroit on christmas day as an example of that strategy. senior obama administration officials tell cbs news the suspect in that attack is now cooperating with investigators after the u.s. brought his family members to meet with him. intelligence director blair said the government had made changes to prevent another attack like the one on christmas day because he himself warned the question is not if there will be an attack but when. joel brown, cbs news, washington. >>> michael jackson's personal physician is expected to surrender and face charges. los angeles prosecutors plan to file man

panetta? >> i would agree with that. >> mr. mueller? >> agree. >> general burjer? >> yes, ma'am, agree. >> mr. dinger? >> yes. >> all right. nbc's pete williams will have much more on this coming up, chuck. >> hey, savannah, the word "attempted" there is the key word. in fact, pete williams and i were talking before the show, and he made this comment. you know, ever since 9/11, there's probably never been a six-month window where al qaeda or some sort of ally of al qaeda has not been attempting to have a terrorist attack on some sort of u.s. asset. >> and in no way does it behoove them to diminish that threat. so a leading question from the senator, but scary, nonetheless. >> absolutely. >>> moving on. the results are in for primary races in illinois. for senate, congressman mark kirk won the republican primary easily and alexi giannoulias won his matchup. but the nail biters are in those races for governor. in the democratic primary, sitting governor pat quinn has declared victory, but comptroller dan hynes isn't ready to concede. just a few thousand votes separat

cia director leon panetta says they're deploying operative to carry out attacks from inside the country. al qaeda has clean recruits with no trail of terrorist contacts. >>> the man accused of trying to blow up a flight on christmas day is cooperating with authorities. they say abdul my tall lab has been talking about his contacts in yemen. the fbi reportedly per swuded his family to convince the young nigerian man that he'd be treated fairly in the u.s. courts if he worked with federal agents. >>> today aig will be dishing out another round of bonuses. the payouts will total about $100 million. aig came under fire last year forgiving out bonuses when a taxpayer bailout was keeping the company afloat. this year workers agreed to smaller bonuses to get them a month earlier. aig will use the savings to help pay back the government. >>> 33 degrees. have you looked out theindow yet this morning? it's gorgeous out there. we have more snow while you were sleeping. >> it is a thick, fluffy snow cling together the branches and the power lines i noticed, i hope everybody has power this morning.

panetta? >> i would agree with that. >> mr. muller? >> agree. >> reporter: what is being done to thwart these plans. the head of the cia, the fbi and national defense said, al qaeda has deployed smaller groups with little history. and simpler methods of attack. the cia chief said trying to stay ahead of the terrorists before they act keeps him up at night. >> the biggest threat i see is not so much that we face another attack similar to 9/11. i think the greater threat is that al qaeda is adapting their methods, in ways that often times make it difficult to detect. >> reporter: abc news has learned some of the intelligence has come from the accused christmas day bomber. the past week, umar farouk abdulmutallab has provided questioners with useful and actionable intelligence. this comes after the fbi sxretly flew family members from nigeria to the u.s. to convince him to cooperate. and this new revelation is welcomed for the obama situation, which was criticized for reading the christmas bomber his miranda rights after his arrest. >> ba

panetta. >> i would agree with that. >> mr. mueller?general burgess. >> yes, ma'am, agree. >> reporter: at a senate hearing on tuesday, they told lawmakers al-qaeda is sending operatives to the u.s. to carry out the plots. leon panetta says it is not so much that we face another 9/11 but terrorists are getting smarter and quicker. >> the greater threat is that al-qaeda is adapting their methods in ways that often times make it difficult to detect. >> reporter: intelligence officials are especially worried about who al-qaeda is training. they say more recruits are individual terrorists armed with simple devices like the ones used in the attempted christmas day bombing. cbs news learned the suspect in that case has been cooperating with officials since last week after being persuaded by family members. he allegedly tried to ignite explosives hidden in his underwear to bring down the detroit bound airliner. he has been discussing the contact and providing information on terrorism probe. >> we have good intelligence and we are getting more.

panetta? >> i would agree with that. >> mr. muller? >> agree. >> general burgen? >> yes, ma'am, agree. >> mr. dinger. >> yes. >> in the meantime, top defense officials are calling for an end to don't ask, don't tell. the policy that prohibits openly gay americans from serving in the armed forces. defense secretary robert gates and admiral mike mullen voiced their opposition to the ban and suggested that officials take a year of studying the ban on the policy before scheduling a vote. >> it is my personal belief that allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly. now matter how i look at this issue, i cannot escape being troubled by the fact that we have in place a policy that forces young men and women to lie about who they are to defend fellow citizens. >> there is another side to the issue. what are some of the concerns that people in the military have. >> the biggest concern that people use to oppose the policy is the breakdown of discipline within military units, especially smaller military units as you come down the chain of command it is absurd, but that is the

panetta? >> i would agree with that. >> mr. muller? >> agree. >> reporter: much of the urgent concern about another attack is fueled by the near-miss bombing attempt on christmas day. and there is a steady stream o new intelligence showing al qaeda continues to target the homeland. abc news has learned the fbi has been looking at travel records from africa, trying to determine if operatives trained in yemen have already made their way into the united states. some of the intelligence has come from suspected christmas day bomber abdulmutallab, who is providing useful information to the fbi. mutallab's family was critical in convincing him to cooperate. the fbi flew members of his family from nigeria to the u.s. to talk to him. news about the breakthrough came as republicans in congress hammered the obama administration, for initially telling mutallab, he had the right to remain silent, after 50 minutes of interrogation. >> it makes no sense to capture someone fresh off the battlefield. and within 50 minutes read them their miranda rights

panetta? >> i would agree with that. >> mr. mueller? >> agree. >> general -- >> yes, ma'am, agree. >> mr. dinger? >> yes. >> and let's bring in nbc's justice correspondent pete williams. pete, you just heard the director of the cia, director of the fbi, director of national intelligence, among others, all speak with certainty about this attempted attack within the next six months. what should people make of that? >> well, i think these answers are certainly a sobering reminder that the terror threat isn't receding, but what they said is it's likely someone will attempt another attack in the next six months, and that could mean very serious and well-prepared groups. it could also mean merely committed and unprepared individuals. and we saw several examples of that in just the past year. and it could range from groups overseas to individuals here at home. i think it's fair to say since 9/11 there hasn't been a six-month period without an attempt to stage a terror attack against the u.s., and it's a threat that's going to be with us for ye

panetta? >> i would agree. >> mr. mueller? >> agree. >> sean: by july? here with reaction to all of this, the host of the jerry and fred show jerry thompson and fred thompson are back with us. why don't you put your wife's name in the name of the show, i don't get that? >> she is holding out for ceo now, thanks to you. >> sean: good to see you both. >> good to see you too. >> sean: we only for 50 minutes interrogate the christmas day bomber. he says more are coming, i trained with them. then we allow miranda rights and allow him to clam up. what are we thinking? >> bill burton said the american people need to know sources and methods. we don't, he's supposed to be protecting sources and methods. we have friends at the department of justice not one time did they give a background or a press conference on what it was they were doing. how they were doing it. look at security operations here. do these people know what they are doing? . >> you saw two things in that clip i don't think have happened before in this country not to my knowledge. our top intellige

panetta? >> i would agree that. >> mr.ñrçó ñrmoehler?e's news about christmas-day bombing suspect. they've already gotten useful intelligence about him and his family persuaded him to cooperate. some lawmakers have been critical of the decision to keep the suspect in the civilian court system rather than treat him as an enemy combatant. >>> iranian officials say they've launched a new research rocket into space today. iran's president, mahmoud ahamadinejad says that iran can defeat the west in the battle of technology. there have been concerns that the techlogy developed for iran's space program could be used to launch long-range missiles and warheads. according to iran's state tv, the rocket carried a mouse, two turtles and some worms. there does not appear to be a scientific reason to launch those animals into space. if the goal is to test the life support system that humans could use, a better choice would have been to send a monkey. >> all right. >>> "news4 at 4" is just getting started. fiery rescue. >> up next at 4:15, how three ch

panetta? >> i would agree with that. >> mr. moehler?ime, there is news about the christmas-day bombing suspect. his name is umar farouk abdulmutallab. he is talking to interrogators and they received useful information. some republican lawmakers have criticized the decision to keep him in the civilian court system rather than treat him as an enemy combatant. today attorney general eric holder said he is the one who madeÑi that decision. holder also said he talked with the headed s of other governmen agencies at the time and nobody raised objections. >>> three u.s. soldiers were kid in a roadside bomb today. the bomb hit a convoy. a pakistani soldier was also kill along with three girls who were inside a nearby school at the time. at least 100 other students were injured. much of the school was flattened by the blast. the americans were part of a group that trains pakistani soldiers to fight militants. >>> a u.s. military helicopter has crashed in germany. nbc news is reporting that three people on board were killed. the helicopter wentñ

panetta. >> i would agree with that. >> reporter: the rest of the panel agreed. the senior leaders outlined potential threats that al-qaeda is evolving and militants are harding to stop before they strike >> the biggest threat is not so much that we face another attack similar to 9/11. i think the greatest threat is that al-qaeda is adapting their methods in ways that oftentimes make it difficult to detect. >> identifying individual terrorists, small groups with short histories using new attack methods is a new technology. we did not identify mr. abdulmutallab and we should have. we are working to improve so we can. >> reporter: changes since that at ack will allow intelligence official to identify and stop someone like abdulmutallab but blair warned a more skilled terrorist might not be detected. intelligence official also warned of crippling cyber attacks. they say al-qaeda is deploying operatives to the u.s. to carry out attack from inside the country and the terror group is also inspiring home grown extremists to trigger violence on their own, like major nada

direct care of the central intelligence agency, leon panetta.reau of investigation, bob mueller. director of the defense intelligence agency, lieutenant general ron burgess. an act team assistant secretary of state, it ambassador john dinger. mishearing presents an annual opportunity to focus on the threat our nation faces and it provides a rare form for the public to receive strategic intelligence analysis. i think that right now the top right on everyone's mind is the heightened terrorism threat, especially against our own homeland. the committee has held hearings in the past two weeks to review the christmas day attempted attack by umar farouk abdulmutallab and the fort hood shootings by united states army major hassan. we have also reviewed the attack on cia's coast base in the third afghanistan on december 30th, the most deadly attack against cia personnel in decades. these three events are reminders of the ongoing threat to the nation faces from within and without. and the challenges and dangers with which the intelligence community must d

. >> obviously director panetta having said three to six months not three to five and far more obviously the cia chief having predicted an attempted attack by al qaeda in no way guaranteeing the certainty of an actual attack. but you'll learn. time now to call in our own howard fineman senior washington correspondent for "newsweek" magazine who atenlded tonight's swearing in and senator brown's news conference. howard, good evening. >> hi, keith. >> so at that news conference the senator also said the stimulus has not created a single job. would that be mistake number two or revelation number one? >> well, it's both. it is a mistake. i think any fair minded observer would say. by the way, one job that the stimulus package may well have created was scott brown's. >> yes. >> so that's false on its face. but in addition to that, look, has it created 2 million jobs? no. has it created or saved 2 million? maybe. would any fair minded economist say that some jobs were created by it? sure. what's interesting about it is what it showed about scott brown. you know, i have to go on gut instinct. m

panetta? >> i would agree with that. >> reporter: sources say abdulmutallab began talking again about his training and contacts in yemen after fbi agents broughtamily members from nigeria to the u.s. here for his arraignment, they persuaded the suspect to cooperate. facing criticism the fbi missed chances for more information sooner by reading abdulmutallab his right to remain silent, fbi director bob muller said, not true. >> the interrogation continues despite the fact that he has been mirandaized? >> yes. >> reporter: also today, iran launched a rocket capable of carrying satellites into space. it's tecology that could be used to launch warheads. u.s. officials say an ongoing concern. >> tehran is keeping open the option to develop nuclear weapons. >> reporter: iran says it has no plans to do so. as for terror suspects, gop critics here are mounting an effort to bar funding for civilian trials. the white house says the bush team showed that terror suspects can be fairly convicted in u.s. co

cia director leon panetta warned in a hearing he has new concerns about the group. >> al qaeda is adapting their methods in ways that oftentimes make it difficult to detect. >> reporter: the cia director went on to tell lawmakers that he doesn't believe there's another 9/11 style attack in the works. he thinks now that the terrorist group is trying to carry out smaller attacks that require little training and simple devices. he's pointing to the failed attempt to blow up a plane over detroit christmas days a a an example of that strategy -- as an example of that strategy. senior obama officials tell cbs news the suspect with n that attack is now cooperating with investigators after the u.s. brought his family members to meet with him. intelligence director blair said the government had made changes to prevent another attack like the one on christmas day because he himself warned the question is not if there will be an attack, but when. joel brown, cbs news, washington. >>> attorney general eric holder says it was his decision to charge the christmas day terror suspect in civilian court aft

leon panetta warned lawmakers the terrorist group is sending operatives to the u.s.carry out new attacks from within the country. and he says many of those operatives will be considered clean. that means they'll have little or no obvious terror contact. >> the biggest threat i see is not so much that we face another attack similar to 9/11. i think the greater threat is that al qaeda is adapting their methods in ways that oftentimes make it difficult to detect. >> we've also learned that terror suspect umar farouk abdulmutallab is now cooperating with authorities. he's the nigerian man accused of hiding explosives in his underwear in a plot to blow up the jet on christmas. >>> a developing story this morning from iran state tv claiming a successful launch of a satellite-carrying rocket. exactly one year ago today iran launched its first domestically made satellite into orbit. western countries are alarmed because the rocket might also be used to deploy conventional or nuclear bombs. >>> a developing story from pakistan we're following. a bomb blast near a girls' schoo

intelligence is the nation's top intelligence official, dennis blair, also the cia directer leon panettaand then on the domestic side, we have the fbi directer, robert mueller. so, in essence, they are projecting the threats the united states will face in the short and medium terms and how we allocate the money or the resources, pardon me, to combat those threats to the u.s., jon. jon: more questions coming about the decision to try the christmas day bomber in criminal court? >> reporter: well, i spoke to two people on the intelligence side this morning, and they said they fully anticipate in the question and answer section there will be a heavy emphasis on how the alleged christmas day bomber, umar farouk abdulmutallab was handled. as you know, he was put into the criminal system, not the military system, and what is significant is that the chair of the senate select committee on intelligence, dianne feinstein, has already said publicly she believes abdulmutallab should have been handled by this high-value interrogation group. that group, as we learned, is not set up yet, but that is ce

the director of national intelligence, dennis blair, cia director leon panetta and fbi doctor robertthe would-be christmas bomber, as thing get underway and catherine herridge is covering all of the action for us, once things get heating up there and we'll bring it to you. bill: in the meantime on the economy, martha, the president hoping to reassure anxious americans about what is happening with their money and taking the message to main street and later today town hall meetings, nashua, new hampshire, and like the one he had in wayne county, west of cleveland an proposing $30 billion from the bank bailout fund to give the small community banks for loans -- loans so banks can turn around and provide loans to companies so they can grow and hire more people. wendell goler has more on what the president is expected to say a bit later in the hour and we'll check in with wendell at the white house. martha: the deficit as you no soaring to all-time highs an reaching astronomical proportion, so something has to give, right? the administration is eyeing a $970 billion tax increase over the

in the past year, he has released tons of information, according to leon panetta even, that gives therrorists a guidebook on how to withhold information. it is very damaging, but it frees someone like me, had access to the intelligence. in my book, you can hear from the interrogators, in their own words, how they stop attacks, how they apply their technique, and why it works. host: you are now a weekly columnist for the "washington post." for those of you who want to continue to beat him, you can find him there. baltimore, maryland. caller: good morning. the more your guest tries to explain himself, i think both sides are hypocritical. i am more levelheaded. i think the folks in the field know what they are doing. you are not military. if they had not bond as terrorist, you would say that they left them alive. i am sure if they could capture every one of them, they would. everyone wants to keep america safe. i do not think keeping america safe is only one party's idea. i trust military generals. if they think this is the best way forward, then that is it. the last few years of the bus

[laughter] this is the second chief of staff, leon panetta.xtraordinary chief of staff and has gone on to be barack obama's head of the cia. you see people start in the government and grow. as you photograph this sense of making these pictures and why you are doing it -- a lot of times they become an elimination for later things they do. the wonderful pictures of rooms filled and cheney -- rumsfeld and cheney have gone on to a little more acclaim. i have always liked this picture -- the three stooges and reading the president -- greeting the president. [laughter] this was a moment when he was listening to george stephanopoulos and this is when he was listening to the president. [laughter] i am standing there and president clinton at a very volatile temper. he would get worked up quickly and cool off quickly. how do you photograph that? i would have to be standing there when he got himself worked up about something in the press that day. i would be standing there thinking, i really want to take his picture. it pcs me do it, i am in real trouble

in the past year, he has released tons of information, according to leon panetta even, that gives the how to withhold information. it is very damaging, but it frees someone like me, had access to the intelligence. in my book, you can hear from the interrogators, in their own words, how they stop attacks, how they apply their technique, and why it works. host: you are now a weekly columnist for the "washington post." for those of you who want to continue to beat him, you can find him there. baltimore, maryland. caller: good morning. the more your guest tries to explain himself, i think both sides are hypocritical. i am more levelheaded. i think the folks in the field know what they are doing. you are not military. if they had not bond as terrorist, you would say that they left them alive. i am sure if they could capture every one of them, they would. everyone wants to keep america safe. i do not think keeping america safe is only one party's idea. i trust military generals. if they think this is the best way forward, then that is it. the last few years of the bush administration, they

panetta? >> i would agree with that. >> mr. muller? >> agree. >> general burgess?ding officer. >> yes. >> let's talk about this and more with our national security contributor fran townsend. she was the homeland security adviser to president bush. the next three to six months certain they say an attempted terrorist attack against the united states. that's chilling. >> it's not only chilling, wolf. it's unprecedented. how many times can we recall since 9/11 seeing intelligence and law enforcement officials up there saying it's certain? that doesn't happen. although in some respects when you look at the attempted bombing on christmas day, you've seen john brennan come out, the president's homeland security advise he shall, and said al qaeda in the arabian peninsula is the closest affiliate to al qaeda core, we've seen an attempt on the chief with an underwear bomber in saudi arabia. we've seen the british come out and they've raised their terrorist alert system. they're loathe to do that, i can tell from you experience. when you see all of these things happening, i t

. >> everyone heard panetta and the other guys saying there would be an attack. i want to commend the democrats. john ridley, i think this is smart. a lot of people were telling them to drag your feet. unions were saying drag your feet, don't seat this guy. they sworn him in. i think i've seen both parties be too clever by half. >> the guy one. no point in trying to delay it it's owning up to it. manning up to it in some ways. we lost this, didn't do a very good job for some reason. we have to deal with if, let's deal with it now. >> it's really stunning, norah o'donnell, you covered the hill for a long time, at least for the next year, scott brown is in teddy kennedy's office. it's just an earthquake. he actually moved into teddy kennedy's office yesterday. i can't believe that. >> and, of course, when luke russert reported this yesterday, my jaw dropped, because, everybody knows it's seniority, and ted kennedy had been there for 40 years, had the best office in the russell senate office building. a beautiful patio. overlooks the senate and of course, teddy kenn

others long before leon panetta and the other committees that don't even get mentioned at all becauseeople don't even know they have intelligence operations. what would happen in this world, what would happen with our allies if we did not have this? how would we be having the successes we are having in afghanistan today picking off leader of taliban, leaders of al qaeda all the time it seems to me that all that comes out as, is they just took out another one. but it doesn't get played up. if one of them managed to get to canada and to the united states, then that would be the biggest talk that we would have here in congress. it's not fair. and fairness to the intelligence community is4 hñ a deserving as any other part of our bureaucracy that fail considerably, including this institution. mr. dreier:y7xf would the gentl yield? mr. hastings: i was going to yield my time. i ask the gentleman to take his time. i'll yield. mr. drei: i thank my friend. let me say i totally concur with absolutely everything -- mr. hastings: i should take my time back now that you agree. mr. dreier: thank you

leon panetta said they are deploying operatives to the u.s.o carry out new attacks from inside the country. the assessment provided no startling new terror trends, just growing concerns since the christmas day attempted attack on the plane. >>> robert gates is launching a process that would allow gays and leez bee yans to serve openly in the u.s. military. we knew it was coming since the president talked about it last week. he told how he would end the don't ask, don't tell policy. >> the question is not whether the military does it but how we best prepare for it. we received our orders from the commander in chief and we are moving out accordingly. we can take the process only so far as the ultimate decision rests with you, the congress. >> gates is ordering the pentagon to complete its come review of don't ask don't tell by the end of the year. they support ending the ban on gay and lesbian services. they were told it's the right thing to do. >>> the pentagon pursestrings is in a hospital in virginia. he's in intensive care for complications

later, national intelligence director, dennis blair, joins cia director leon panetta and fbi chief robert mueller for a senate intelligence hearing on threats to u.s. security. that's live on c-span3 at 2:30 50er7b. >> a year ago this month the president obama signed the economic stimulus funding into law making $787 billion variable. since then the federal government has committed more than $332 billion to states for stimulus projects. that's up 3 billion from last week. $176 billion have been paid out for those projects. for more about the economic stimulus, go online, to cspan.org/stimulus. you will find the fourth quarter reporter on stimulus effects plus congressional hearings and debates, news conferences and links to government and watchdog groups tracking stimulus spending. again, that is all at cspan.org/stimulus. the president's fiscal year 2011 budget request of 3.8 dal trillion increases education funding by about one-third. the 82.2 billion stomach includes mandated spending of 32.6 billion. the president's proposal includes an overhaul of no child left behind, more help for