and steve coll is president of the new america foundation. he's written extensively about the taliban, pakistan and afghanistan. to you first, was the plea of guilty a surprise? >> i don't know if you can call anything a surprise in this case. remember they had shahzad without even appearing in court the first two weeks after his arrest which is quite unconventional in these types of cases even in terror cases. nobody was really saying anything was a surprise at this point. >> woodruff: what exactly did he plead guilty to? >> he pleaded guilty to all ten federal counts against him, including attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction , attempt to commit terrorism, transcending national boundaries, attempted use or use of a firearm during an attempt to commit violence. every single charge that the federal prosecutors brought against him he pleaded guilty to today. >> woodruff: we just quoted , elsa chang, two of his comments in the courtroom about the u.s., unless the u.s. stops attacking muslim countries we will be attacking the u.s. what