that's where al qaeda used to be after 9/11. and then it exist with afghanistan or boko haram or to establish this presence in africa so well do terrorist attacks but then to prosecute them and put them in jail but they are still dangerous and now there's more terrorist attacks in syria than iraq. for from the shia perspective and then basically to copy the extremist. and to be very successful and then successfully with these countries and with a lot of treasure and money it seems politically with the nonstate actors and then word moved to support the side. and then and then the southern peninsula. i think we have violent extremist groups. and with those powers and to terrorist organizations and then it makes it even more. from that perspective with the white supreme missy one --dash but they are copying this for the experience and how they were and who have their own g hard. and then the italian. and the russian side. but then they come back for that decision. and then and then it was way more dangerous. >> what does this tell

lives of billions coming up on the show almost one year ago global strategist against isis and al-qaeda hearing in general qassim soleimani was murdered on the orders of u.s. president donald trump with no condemnation from nato nations we speak to the daughter of the general credited with arguably saving countless lives from washington's london in the going underground world exclusive 1st interview as joe biden's national security adviser designate threatens a coalition against iran from january all this and more coming up in the penultimate show of the season but 1st the un special rapporteur agnes kalama has concluded that the us and off we assassinated iranian general concepts of a money using an obama era style drone strike on baghdad airport the assassination was condemned by un security council members russia and china but not france and britain here is still a money's daughters and speaking as her father's funeral in teheran the largest since revolutionary leader grand ayatollah khamenei they were there for years i was i don't recall that i've also got to show he does that that'

of your father's death i know that months before he was considered a hero in the fight against al qaeda and i says day as even in nature nation media how did he go from being this hero to suddenly being a terrorist even lloyd austin the new joe biden pentagon pick said he was great in combating isis and al qaeda suddenly went from hero to terrorist why. well all of us know this al qaida isis they are a group of terrorists that america made them and we have many proofs for that. my father was the only person was a standing in front of such a terrorist groups. of course they are not happy for my friend that my father is a standing in front of such a groups because they made it they made it to start a war in the middle east and they use it to start hurting people and taking their houses their jobs their money their countries of course they are not happy for my father is a standing in front of them and destroying them everywhere and you know this i know also recording that. giuliana sounds the founder of wiki list he exposed the email. that jack solon was telling hillary clinton on. that al

whereas al-qaeda which is put the message out, and megaphone effect. to what out and hope it sticks. these guys were much more of a one on one intervention trying to push the message and action. >> sort of a virtual entrepreneurs. >> right. i tried my best to make virtual optimistic but it's not going to. just call it whatever else does which is virtual attack planners. there was six or seven individuals in raqqa. the fbi deemed them the legion of doom, very dramatic fbi fashion. these are individuals who in a computer lab changing phones back and forth and since medical reaching out to americans to commit attacks. what would happen is they had a level of prominence. a well-known british hacker became an isis propagandist, and americans would reach out to them and these guys in the legion would reach back and say you don't want to travel, it's too hard. what you want to do is commit an attack on the homeland. let me make it easy for you is addressed military officer in your area. here's a link to amazon to the nice you want to use and here's how you up

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what are the implications and these cases as a release from prison what is the al qaeda guide? how do you feel about that? i'm sure you've seen the headlines in the article and cases they say not an american and citizen but then an i.c.e. custody and then deport them? so i will assess and more printed way why should we be any different than anybody else in the criminal justice system after surveying the term? with a brighter swath of criminal justice? >> interviewing a couple of probation officers for this book and they said why am i getting special treatment should i spend my limited resources toward that problem? why do they get special treatment? i think we should talk about that at some point are quite enough i believe all of that terrorism is a crime. that has our level of recidivism built into it. we are seeing this in limited studies that it is much smaller than general crime population so we haven't seen that much recidivism but a good example is the man in texas arrested for defacing the website with hamas comments and he got out six months later and got to be a high-l

were al qaeda would just put th message out to a megaphone effect. throw it out there and hope it sticks. these guys were much more one on onentervention trying to push the message a action. >> host: their virtual entrepreneurs. >> i'd try to make virtual enepreneurs stick but it's not going too. just call whatever videos those whichs virtual attack planner planners. there were six or seven indivials, the fbi deemed them the legn called the legion of doom very dramatic. individuals in a computer lab changing phones back and forth in systematically reaching out to americans for an attack. what would happen is, ty had a level of confidence, the we-known british hacker who became an isis propagandist. americansould reach out to them. these guys in theegion would reach back and say you don't want to travel too hard. what you want to do is have an attack in the he that let's make it easy for here's an address of a military officer in your area. here's a link onmazon to the nike when using here's howou upload the video to behead the individualnd we will cl

. >> united states conducted an operation that killed osama bin laden, the leader of al qaeda, so we'll do what's required to keep the american people safe. ♪ ♪ >>> my fellow citizens, i stand here today, humbled, by the task before us. we will begin to responsibly lead iraq to its people and forge a hard-earned peace in afghanistan. >> president obama came to office with two wars raging, heavily engaged with iraq and afghanistan and he wants to get us out. >> president obama has clearly made afghanistan the focus of his policy. >> u.s. forces have been in the fight more than seven years. >> how do we find victory. >> for those who seek to advance aims by slaughtering innocence we say our spirit is stronger, and we cannot be broken, you cannot outlast us, and we will defeat you. >> he takes over at this remarkable moment in american history, we're really on the edge. we still have the threat of international terrorism looming over us. >> in those days, 9/11 was still very fresh. the president came to office with a relentless focus on al qaeda. >> he said one of your most important jobs

isis it was the obama regime that initiated the war in syria they they were key to the rise of al qaeda in ice is through their regional allies such as turkey tatar so you're abia the israelis we know from the 2012 defense intelligence agency document that the united states knew its allies were supporting the extremists between syria and iraq and we know from general since interview on al-jazeera the united states to a local decision to support this and we also know from jack solomon in his email to hillary clinton in february 2012 that it made it that al qaeda is on our side in syria so there's no real difference in the way in which obama and biden treated iran and the region and the way in which trump treated iran however iran is going to get bite in this opportunity to change policy if the united states we implement the nuclear deal in full and they didn't and obama by the way they never fully implemented it despite the fact that iran if they reverse of the sanctions and the brutality brutal brutal sanctions a trump imposes on ordinary runs if they reverse them go back to the deal th

troops to defeat i stash and al qaeda as reporters have documents pertaining to an iran saudi arabia peace deal when he was murdered joining me now from new york in the usa is the biographer of shadow come on to customers for their money as easy irish thanks so much for coming on before we get to the shadow commander what have you made of the fact that you. said it was criminal but didn't actually came out even condemn the assassination of this iranian professor most and. i think the last 4 years we've seen the e.u. has really struggled to abandon that but the policy of the united states regard to iran frankly so you know i guess they're just they're also waiting for biden to come in but i mean the assassination was.

knew very little of al-qaeda and had not been briefed prepresidey through it and had been told by billclinton islamic extremism was one of your preoccupations. if bill clton thinks it's that way, it must be the opposite. bush believed that these guys, the islamic extremists, they would never attacked us on the shores before, they attacked on embassies, not a goodhing obviously but the cost o doing business in -- when we have our footprin oversea and so -- but in a greater sense,avid, and this is the paradox, think, of geor w bus was more rigorous than people giving him credit for. when the subject mattered to him and when it matter today him, he nored and could be intellectually lazy. that was the cas here. hurricane katrina, hands on management by the white house was requed. so this unfortunately is a continuing of frame of bush and in this particular case a disastrous consequences to it. >> many remember the line access of evil and you point out shortly after 9/11ttacks, didn't ask members of his administration to focus on libya or north korea or creative optis against iran and, in f

and of course, al qaeda and the taliban are completely intertwined. and i could go on about it's in the book. it's frustrating to me michael, i think that this is the perfect example of strategic narcissism at work. >> so he has asked you think north korea will show some sort of bling here before the u.s. presidential election to influence the election? bling being some sort of missile action, missile threats, missile test. additional target threats. japanese intimidation whatever you want to call it. i think it's likely after the election paid what he wants to get us to get to the failed cycle of previous efforts to do nuclear eyes. and that cycle is a big provocation, for example the missile test. in the we clamber typically, hey can we talk to you, can we talk to you? and north korea feigns indifference but then extorts payoffs direct payoffs to the regime just for the privilege of talking to them. there's a long drawn out frustration that is a weak agreement that stocks locks in the status quo does not really do anything. to break the agreement an

some went off and joined out isis or al qaeda so they are a danger. it is doing no good for anyone to remain in syria. >> we are talking about isis and al qaeda, how do you envision reconstruction, specifically the role of the u.s. plays in the effort and also what lessons have we learned from afghanistan or what about the lessons we have learned? how should the lessons be applied in syria? >> concerning reconstruction, another term, another way of saying normal economic relations between the international community and syrian government, we withhold that and press others withhold that until the syrian government has exceeded to the implementation to the political solution under resolution 2254. until there is irreversible progress in the political process, the united states should not contribute to reconstruction in syria and we shouldn't encourage it, we should discourage others from doing so, keep the pressure on syrian government. i think you are probably meaning about the different studies do done, reconstruction wound up in corruption and so on.

troops against isis day has an al qaeda. presence by and has got to do that. but i do but i do think it is going to try diplomacy with iran and you know if you try to tell us as i tried to say in the book i mean the mistake that people often make is and you know iran can be complex because they listen to the and the american ism of the islamic republic and its leadership and making of this means that they won't be able to negotiate with the rest of the us it's not true it's never been true as you pointed out as been many instances of not just i wish issue but military collaboration in afghanistan iraq and other places not to many americans are given we are told about that in the media just set the scene like you did in the book of where qassam silly money came from you talk about this province of come on in the 170 s. halfway between amazing western hellbent sophistication and an ancient past. well so that money came from tribal areas of southern iran of cameron province my own mother's come on so i had a personal connection to the story but like what is going

to what extent is the brish government working with al qaeda and isys forces the progeny of those two organizations in syri syria? spec i haven't seen signs the turkish government is doing that. >> you talked about recruiting mercenaries. >> so the way my team and i see and assess the situation and to be threats w with turkey and the threat assessment and they share with us the goal that those forces are defeated in syria. i have not seen that turkey is sponsoring. >> working with some forces that trend in that direction and i can see the support for your assessment they aren't actually dealing with isys or al qaeda as an organization. >> we see a lot of action between the forces i said free syrian army that was part of the support and some other terrorist elements that are on the ground go there is ongoing colict between those all the time. >> i yield bk. >> mr. wilson. >> thank you and to join with the rest of our colleagues is such a rare occasion that everybody agrees that indeed we are initiative of the chairman with his bipartisanship and the success you have that in congress an

the biggest public disruption was flights coming in from europe and targeted by al-qaeda to blow them up over the atlantic and kill hundreds of americans s those were the focus on not only dispting them over there but identifng any threats before they got to e u.s. shores, remember the patriot act and changes were changed to enable the vestigation and attorney general guidelines of the fbi, the department was new and getting its ls under need that to do these investigations alongside and with the fbi and enabled by the intelligence coming oveeas from the cia, that was the environment we were in but the end of the bush administration we begin to see this phenomenon, i thought time it was indivual to herself whradicalizing the internet ands time passed we saw the context the white supremacist group has shared the internet as radicazation with the extremist but this is a much more global connected b decentralized movementhe white supremacist movement as opposed to islamic extremes extremism and the federalization was its weakness to uerstand that which decentralized which makes him that

that al-qaeda leadership is being protected in taliban areas. they renounce al-qaeda, there is every likelihood that that this country could still be used as a springboard to carry out attacks against the west, so for the moment, many allies with nato and coalition believe that the drawdown is happening too soon. molly? molly: benjamin hall on the ground in afghanistan, thank you. a new defense bill is looking to hold off withdrawing troops from afghanistan until the pentagon, state department and director of national intelligence are able to assess how that could affect threats to the u.s. between that and the ongoing talks over a second covid relief bill, my first guest has quite a lot on his plate. i am joined by senator kevin cramer, a member of the armed services and budget committee. senator, thank you so much for giving us a few minutes of your time on this sunday evening, we really appreciate it. kicking things off, i wanted to talk with you about something rather striking, what we're seeing, this withdrawal of troops in afghanistan. it'

anchor: al qaeda linked fighters fired missiles in northernmal.esi were hit in a rare coordinated attack. no casualties were reported. the u.n. base nearby was damaged. french forces killed the leader of the al qaeda wing three weeks ago. another 33 people have been buried following a massacre in northeastern nigeria. the delegation from nigerian senate visited the state where farmers were attacked in rice field on saturday. the u.n. says at least 110 civilians were killed and more work injured. boko haram is suspected to be behind the attack. nearly 2.5 million people have been displaced by a decade of violence in the region. several people have been injured in support of uganda's opposition candidate. demonstrators clashed with police on the outskirts of the capital. please fired tear gas as they traveled to the protest. the popstar turned politician is hoping to unseat the long time president in january's election. he has accused police of frustrating his campaign. the top nuclear science in iran has been laid to rest in tehran. he was assassin

and, our initial focus was still i qaeda and al qaeda related groups with aviation being a continued threat. wasour focus initially there. 9/11 all, the attacks of where the precipitant for the creation of the department of homeland security. had anless, we intelligence and analysis division that was designed to collect threat information both internationally and domestically. it into a format that can be shared across the state and local environment. had effortse we with respect to efforts from white supremacist groups in the united states and as fran said, it was the growth of the so-called lone wolves that we were seeing. and so we were collecting information about them and sharing across the country. think the white supremacists and local threat has been a growing phenomenon over the years. and, threats change. the risk environment changes and if i were the secretary today, i would give it a much higher priority than frankly we did then. >> thank you, madam secretary. thehe time you stepped into home of 2019, the internet had been acting as a rage accelerator. while us through ho

troops to defeat i stash and al qaeda as reporters have documents pertaining to an iran saudi arabia peace deal when he was murdered joining me now from new york in the usa is about. grapher shadow command a customs and a mining as easy a rush thanks so much for coming on before we get to the shuttle commander what have you made of the fact that the you said it was criminal but didn't actually came out even condemn the assassination of this iranian professor most in fact president i think the last 4 years you've seen them even who has really struggled to have an independent policy of the united states regards to the r.c. iran frankly so you know i guess they're just they're also waiting for for biden to come in but i mean the assassination was a pro-creation that i don't think iran is going to buy into i think they're going to bait for biden to come and and hope for a different policy in washington i know the book ends before the perceived retaliation from iran for the assassination of kusum silly money but surprise it hasn't been any immediate retaliation for for the latest assassin

troops to rid the middle east of al qaeda and i said i don't need to be assassinated by donald trump in a state sponsored murder that to this day goes on condemned by britain and the european union and rock royalty roger waters talks of future of imperialism under president biden from latin america to palestine through the prism of the crimes revealed by julian a songe all the more coming up in today's going on to go 1st on like us president obama donald trump has been likely to finish his time as u.s. president without starting any.

having any relations with al-qaeda or any foreign terrorist organization on our soil.as the cause of the misery in afghanistan. the taliban must learn and not do that again. >> there are still many skeptics. the taliban have not yet disowned al-qaeda but there is a lot of hope in this country right now. >> harris: love to hear that word, hope. we will cover the news. thanks for watching "outnumbered overtime." the "daily briefing" starts now. >> dana: president trump calling the election rigged and promising to push forward with his campaign's league battle. i am dana perino and this is the "daily briefing." >> ♪ >> ♪ >> dana: president trump campaigning over the weekend in georgia where 2 tight run offs will decide which party controls the u.s. senate and the secretary of state just recertified georgia's results and declared

but the big question is whether the taliban will actively reannounce al-qaeda and, of course, one ofons is it not to be used as a springboard for attacks to the u.s. there are reports coming out that al-qaeda has a good relationship with the taliban still and some of their leaders are living in taliban districts. so until that deal is done with the taliban to reject al-qaeda, many allies -- nato coalition in particular -- think this drawdown could be happening too soon. eric? eric: benjamin hall live in kabul, afghanistan. a terrific report, thank you. arthel: eric, we're getting back to breaking news, president trump tweeting about an hour ago that his personal if attorney, rudy giuliani, has tested positive for the coronavirus. mr. giuliani has been crisscrossing the country leading the president's legal challenges to the election results. his son andrew tested positive late last month according to those reports. now, joining us is dr. michelle mcmurray. she's president and ceo of biotechnology innovation organization, and before we talk about what we had you here for, dr. mcmore r

al-qaeda was buying its equipment in pakistan and had no trouble clipping. laboratory in afghanistan. you know the kinds of things from mentor to war laboratory equipment that you would need and you can buy pretty much anywhere there are to do this yourself botulinum toxin you can buy that already and lasts. most of those are in asia and for particular mainland china you don't need them at this so we can provide any quantities you need in that's something completely new that you can buy the most toxic substance in the world over the internet is the 1st so and then the question is what about the what we call the known operators people now that are setting up molecular biology and editorials in their homes and their garages and resellers or whatever and they're doing for the fun of it are they going to be able to create a pathogen and would one of them be crazy enough to want to do that yeah i would worry about that and. maybe one of the most troublesome aspects of the life science revolution is that the information emerging is available to everyone no matter

troops to rid the middle east of al qaeda and i said i don't need to be assassinated by donald trump in a state sponsored murder that to this day goes on condemned by britain and the european union and rock royalty roger waters talks the future of imperialism under a president biden from latin america to palestine through the prism of the crimes revealed by julian assange all the more coming up in today's going on the ground 1st unlike us president obama donald trump has been likely to finish his time as u.s. president without starting any new wars that's despite new york times sources claiming he wanted to bomb middle east oil superpower iran after the defeat at the polls he doesn't recognize nevertheless before the killing of iranian scientists most in fact reside there in the past few days came trumps assassination of iranian soldier money credited with coordinating with u.s. troops to defeat i stash and al qaeda as reporters have documents pertaining to an iran saudi arabia peace deal when he was murdered joining me now from new york in the usa is the biographer of shadow come on

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and al qaeda relatedgroups . th aviation being a co contued threat. and our focus initially was there. after all, the attacks of 9/11 were the precipitation for the department of homelansecurity . nonetheless we had intelligence and analysis division that was designed to collect threat information both internationally and domestically. and put it into a format that could be shared across the state and locenvironment . and that is where had efforts with respect to white supremacists, in the united states and as fran said it waonly groups, it was the so-called lone wols that we were seeing so we were collecting information about information sharing acrossthe country . frankly i think the white supremacists and lone wolf threat has been a growing phenomenon s over the years. and threats change, the rest environment changes and if i were the secretary today i would give it a much higher prioty than frankly we did then . >> thank you madam sretary. secretary mcaleenan, over to you. by the time you stped into the helm,

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an indictment alleges abdullah researched "jihadist propaganda about al qaeda's attacks on 9/11," "how to breach a cockpit door from the outside" and "information about the tallest building in a major u.s. city." >> it just shows this enduring terrorist interest in aviation, despite everything we have done. >> reporter: abdullah was arrested in july of 2019. he was allegedly found with a handgun and homemade explosives. authorities claim he is a member of al shabaab, an affiliate of al qaeda, responsible for recent attacks across kenya, including in a nairobi hotel that killed 21 and an attack on a military base that left three americans dead. abdullah was secretly flown to the u.s. on tuesday and today in new york pleaded not guilty. authorities are declining to say which buildings in which cities were being targeted. david? >> a chilling case, indeed. pierre, thank you. >>> and tonight, president-elect joe biden making it official. nominating pete buttigieg to be secretary of transportation. buttigieg, the former mayor of south bend, indiana, was one of biden's rivals for the democra

troops to rid the middle east of al qaeda and i said i don't need to be assassinated by donald trump in a state sponsored murder that to this day goes on condemned by britain and the european union and rock royalty roger waters talks the future of imperialism under a president biden from latin america to palestine through the prism of the crimes revealed by julian assange all the more coming up in today's going on the ground 1st unlike us president obama donald trump has been likely to finish his time as u.s. president without starting any new wars that's despite new york times sources claiming you wanted to bomb middle east oil superpower iran after the defeat at the polls he doesn't recognize nevertheless before the killing of iranian scientists most in fact reside there in the past few days came trumps assassination of iranian soldier cause i'm still a money credited with coordinating with u.s. troops to defeat i stash and al qaeda as reporters have documents pertaining to an iran saudi arabia peace deal when he was murdered joining me now from new york in the usa is the biographe

policy against al qaeda and its affiliates around the world and the pentagon statement announcing this this withdrawal it makes takes pains to say that these troops will be relocated to neighboring nations of somalia and in fact cross border operations may yet continue and the statement does say that the u.s. is not abandoning its african allies of course this does fall on the heels of president trumps a decision last month to also draw down troops in afghanistan and in iraq down to $2500.00 u.s. military troops in either of those countries that too is set to take effect by january 15th well william lawrence is a professor at the american university school of international service is joining us from washington d.c. thank you very much for giving us your time sir. he was explaining there the troops are going to move i think to kenya and that's predominantly where a lot of the drone activity that the u.s. troops can carry out in somalia is driven from in your opinion what's going to happen in somalia if these troops do leave. i think the main points to be made is that it's going to be a

we were fighting the sunni insurgency and we were fighting al qaeda in iraq.nd they were fighting one another. probably about three quarters of the way through, we finally convinced the sunnis to agree to a truce with us and turn both of our attention to al qaeda. and the progress was rapid, and it was remarkable. there was pretty remarkable and long-lasting progress while i was there. by long-lasting, that's measured in years, not decades. we've seen all that unraveled by the time isis swept through in 2014, seven years later. in afghanistan, i think this was the beginning of the end. that conflict had been ignored. and the taliban was gaining strength. they had gone dormant for a number of years and we are starting to see reap the rotten fruit of that mistake today as we're looking to withdraw and the taliban is, frankly, got a better than 50-50 chance of reclaiming that country. 2008, when we were in afghanistan, my unit lost more marines than any marine corps battalion across both theaters of the war. it was a brutal and bloody tour. and unfortunately, it