i times of obviously the f.b.i. has to walk a very thin line between in place of crossing civil liberties as if they don't want to do that but what they're what they're trying to do is prevent the next attack they've they believe their single purpose and their greatest priority right now is to prevent that attack and so when i have asked f.b.i. agents that specific question on a common answer is well what would you have us do this person says he wants to attack the united states if you've got access to weapons he certainly seems capable of doing that so the f.b.i. is policy then is to intercede to prevent them and use the only method it has to take these people off the street which is criminal prosecution and so in the f.b.i. from the f.b.i. perspective bay believe that they are preventing terrorist from staying on the street who would commit acts of terror were they given the opportunity by actual terrorists by someone who would provide them with a bomb or the munitions that an f.b.i. agent or a f.b.i. informant is

bush assigned the f.b.i. or task the f.b.i. with increasing what they term as confidential human sources for informants and the main reason for that was the f.b.i.'s increasing push into counterterrorism so we can see for sure how many of the fifteen thousand i work in counterterrorism and many of these informants are in fact doing that work in counterterrorism investigations ok so when we say increasing push to get more informants how exactly they had so many people to sign on and want to help the government i mean is it always just hey would you like to help lend us a hand or sometimes is there more dirty practices involved maybe some blackmail involved. sure there are some informants who will volunteer to work for the f.b.i. but they are by far a minority the the way that you're able to get informants is using criminal prosecution against them if they find someone who you know was committing some kind of crime they can use that against him and say if you work with us we can make this crime go away but you for the most part o

the f.b.i. and the cia have a record of making mistakes about this sort of thing it's not as if everyone who was in prison in one part of the. in fact a terrorist or a member of al-qaeda or whatever. and given that they have a record of making mistakes it's in the public interest to sort of monitor these sorts of programs and if they're going on in secret it's hard for congress and hard for the american people in the process to keep an eye on it so is there any evidence to congress know about this program or who just you know i these just rogue f.b.i. agents working from some from one of their offices abroad or do these orders come from high up maybe even the white house i think that so all these sorts of cases this is been going on for a while there there are cases that meet this profile that happened during the bush administration for example and all these sorts of cases from my reporting seem to be handled on a case to case basis so i'm talking in this region an obama administration so sometim

does the f.b.i. take art theft seriously? i mean, do you guys in the art group, do you have to sit at your own nerdy art table at lunch. >> when i was... i retired in 2008, and i started the team in 2005. we had eight agents at the time. today i'm happy to say there are 13 agents at the f.b.i. who are trained in art theft investigation. so they obviously do take it seriously. they are going in the right direction. >> stephen: let's take a look at some of the stuff you've been able to recover. jim will put up the first picture. what is this? >> this is a wonderful piece calle "the swin home in madr in 2001. >> stephen: where did you find that? >> we were able to cover that in the boot of a car, which is the trunk of a car, as they were doing negotiations trying to sell the paintings to me. we were making a deal. >> stephen: to you? now do you have like a mustache and a beret? like what... do you have to look like a pretentious a-hole when you go to recover in the art world and always have a half-formed glass of chardonnay in yo

you know the f.b.i. is going to come. and craig montoyo was an informant for the f.b.i. posing as a muslim but when he started inquiring about radical jihad members of the community actually reported him back over to the f.b.i. they quickly learned of montreal's real motives and so now they're suing the f.b.i. for the warrantless surveillance but sadly looks like this lawsuit against the f.b.i. is never going to really reach a court attorney general eric holder filed papers this monday to dismiss the case and i don't know why take a wild guess because it could reveal state secrets and a declaration holder wrote discloser of the reasons for and substance of a counterterrorism investigation could reasonably be expected to cause harm to national security such disclosures would reveal the subjects who are involved in or are planning to undertake terrorist activities what the f.b.i. knows and does not know about their plans and the threat they pose to national security. of course anytime anybody in the muslim community actually tries to hold the u.s. government accountable but

looks like the f.b.i. is finally getting into the afghan are making their grand entrance into the twenty first century with a new smartphone app available exclusively for the i phone called the child id now the whole idea here is the parents can load information into this application for each of their kids with details about their height their weight and description anything else that would be helpful to identify kate if they got lost now aside from providing tips on how to keep your children safe but this is that if for some awful reason your child goes missing you have all the necessary data on standby to immediately send on the internet to local police anyone else that you think you might need to alert and that sounds like a good idea to encourage people to download this app that b.-i has also made it free am even come up with some interesting posters like this one to spread the word about technology but the thing is if you take a closer look at what they're saying on this poster i leave you scratching y

for the warrantless surveillance but sadly it's like this lawsuit against the f.b.i. is never going to really reach a court attorney general eric holder filed papers this monday to dismiss the case and want to know why take a wild guess because it could reveal state secrets and a declaration holder wrote discloser of the reasons for and substance of a counterterrorism investigation could reasonably be expected to cause harm to national security such disclosures that are below subjects who are involved in or are planning to undertake terrorist activities what the f.b.i. knows and does not know about their plans and the threat they pose to national security. of course anytime anybody in the muslim community actually tries to hold the us government accountable but it's state secrets time and speaking of the muslim population in the u.s. team obama launched a new initiative to prevent radicalization on wednesday white house officials sends out a warning that casting suspicion on the muslim american community could backfire and promote string that they also promise to share

san diego to the f.b.i.'s most wanted terrorist list who is wanted for his alleged involvement in the bombing of two biotechnology facilities in the san francisco bay area san diego's criminal acts of violence were domestic acts of terror planned out and possibly intended to take lives destroy property and create economic hardship for the companies involved the f.b.i. is announcing today a reward of up to two hundred fifty thousand dollars for information leading to the location and arrest of daniel injurious san diego animal rights and environmental extremists remain a significant threat based on the economic damage and widespread nature of this threat. these extremists have been responsible for over one thousand eight hundred criminal acts and more than one hundred ten million dollars in damages. when i tell people that i was thrown in jail for refusing to testify at this thing that a grand jury where wasn't even a trial they don't believe me they say now all they can to tack that's unconstitutional or that

the cia isn't able to spying and the f.b.i. isn't able to do it without having problem probable cause and without having evidence of wrongdoing so it's very easy for the n.y.p.d. to get involved and become the mosque crawlers and become the people that infiltrate the muslim community in search for terrorists so essentially they're spying on innocent people for absolutely no reason they're just suspecting that these people are terrorists just because they are muslims. which in my opinion is racial profiling and you're not the only one to say so too we've seen a number of organizations that are already saying that this could be illegal there's profiling going on and they want to further investigation but here's the interesting part so the n y p d for starters is they're denying these claims that they have any of these rakers or these people to go to the mosques and then the cia had a really interesting attitude about it i want to read you a quote here from a cia spokeswoman jennifer youngblood she said it should not be a surprise

the f.b.i.ved in this? phil: well, they are involved. having conducted a substantial number of interviews not only in maryland but also over the phone with tips from around the country. the f.b.i. agent i spoke with in florida will not say whether a search warrant on his maryland home is imminent but that certainly could happen, but, basically, they are assisting aruba and what the f.b.i. does is up to aruba. this is a brand new mug shot taken of him when arrested last week. they hope to spark memories on the island to get people see photos of him and her and put together a story because right now there is no witness that has come forward that saw them go snorkeling together and the statement released by the prosecutor in aruba, in spite of intense police work there is no clarity of the situation of the woman, robyn gardner, who who arrived and he is no longer cooperating with the investigation, and has decided not to answer anymore questions. as for robyn gardner drifting away and drowning, inv

domestic intelligence division, the chief domestic spy in the f.b.i. the day after the march on washington that said, in light of martin luther king's dangerous and demagoguery speech yesterday, we must mark him now as the most dangerous negro of the future in this nation. i foregot his name, head of domestic intelligence. william sullivan, i think. oh, yeah. that's absolutely right. >> do you really admire martin luther king's speech? >> that's a great question. i mean, you caught me. i admire it more than i can say. whenever i'm doing these readings, it's hard to pay attention to saying the speech instead of just getting choked up, it's so incredible and he's such a genius. and there's never been anyone like him. so, i mean, i admire his speech as much as i admire his whole career. >> if you were to explain why king's speech has lived on versus kind of john lewis' speech in a sense of king's at a very young age, how would you explain the differences between them two? >> that's a great question. you know, king, there's a number of reasons that king's s

but it's a development that the f.b.i. might not like. >> quick headlines for you on this tuesday morning. the d.b. cooper continues. there's no match, none, between a new suspect's d.n.a. and a necktie left on the hijacked airplane in 1971. the f.b.i. says this does not rule out the suspect who has been dead for a couple of years. meanwhile, marla cooper came forward claiming her uncle was the hijacker, was d.b. cooper as we know him. it's believed he's the f.b.i.'s new suspect. d.n.a. testing will continue and the more than 100 mile journey to florida has already ended for diana niad. we told you yesterday how the 61-year-old swimmer was attempting to become the first woman to cross the florida straits without the help of a shark cage. shoulder pain, asthma and high winds forced her to stop after 39 hours but it was a valiant effort. >> ok. the bodies of 30 american soldiers killed in the afghanistan chopper attack are being transported to dover air force base this morning where they'll be returned, reunited with their lo

the f.b.i. veals some of its most guarded secrets. ron kessler is the author and a chief washington correspondent for newsmax.com and he's our guest right now. good morning to you. >> great to be with you. >> i understand you've developed these wonderful relationships with high ranking people that tell you stuff. do they know you'll put it in a book? >> they do. and actually, bob muller, the f.b.i. director personally approved giving me this material on how the f.b.i. breaks in homes and offices and even embassies to plant bugging devices without getting caught and shot as burglars. what they too is weeks before the break-in, they will conduct surveillance of the target and figure out who goes in, who goes out. on the night of the break-in, they'll watch those people at their homes and make sure they don't go back. if they do, they'll dress as police officers and stop them or have a phony traffic accident or open a fire hydrant in the area so that nobody can go back and beforehand, they also take

the f.b.i. may be closed to solving a 40-year-old mystery. coming up, the evidence they finally closed the books on the d.b. cooper investigation. >>> also, the deal between two indian tribes and the city of vallejo finally ends a protest at a sacred burial ground. >>> next, burglars target a quiet peninsula neighborhood. why some homeowners may be making the criminal's job easier. >>> this little monkey has a lot of attitude and a lot of gears. robo monkey is taking on the world. >>> welcome back. 4:48 on the dot. look at the high temperatures across the country. widespread 90s around boston, new york, near 100 in d.c. st. louis. dallas again. 106. 105 in phoenix. cool spot, seattle, 76. good news, all of our major airports running on time right now. if that changes, the flight tracker will have it. so can you. abc7news.com. >>> 4:48 now. two native american tribes ended a three-month protest at the planned site of a new park in vallejo. glenn coax is on a sacred burial ground. tribes have been

how the earlier is child support but then sometimes maybe the f.b.i. so it's not the type of action where i would never actually i didn't unless the way it was really really did you feel kind of it was like everyone fairly and then he was on the ground with handcuffs. and should be doing is paying as far as well so you get. but there is there a need for him to be all over the evening news like you know looking like a fool really is a right to privacy and nothing about the news in this country they love nothing more than getting pretty silly totally played along with their there are little things like how excited are you to win these tickets like they're lying to his face . ok all right you guys thanks for joining me tonight that's a very nice show thanks for tuning in and make sure that you can come back tomorrow he end up felonious monk is going to be on the show to discuss his latest feelings about obama and washington and in the meantime governor has become a fan of the a lot of still on facebook and follow us on twitter you missed any of tonight's s

. >>> the f.b.i. says it has a new credible lead in 40-year-old hijacking case that's become le jep dare. d.b. cooper halftimed a northwest airlines flight in 1971 and he ended up parachuting out of the plane over washington state with $200,000 ransom money never to be seen again. investigators checked 1,000 leads over the past 40 years but now a recent tip and forensic evidence is being looked at closely by the f.b.i. >>> what university has the distinction of being the top party school in the u.s.? new princeton review service says ohio university, in athens, ohio, tops the list. ohio was number two last year and made the list 12times since 1997. rounding out the top five, the university of georgia. the university of mississippi. the university of iowa. and the university of california, u.c. santa barbara. here is the so-called stone cold sober schools. bringham young, wheeton wesley. u.s. military academy west point. that is a list that mike and i will keep a close eye on when it's time for our kid

we've hijacked an airplane." >> the f.b.i. says it has a credible new leak in the case. the item is being tested but the f.b.i. won't say what it is. >>> a new study will alarm parents. six out of ten children's car seats contain at least one toxic chemical and some contain several. the research by ecology center, non-profit environmental group conducted on 150 seats in three categories. the 2011 model seats tested for bromine, chlorine, lead and several chemicals that have been linked to developmental problems but researchers say it does not mean parents should avoid putting kids in the child car seat. that is priority number one for safety. the most toxic infant car seat is edgemont red and black. and the lead toxic chico kifit 30. grayco 35. shuttle 33 in cranberry. for the entire list of the most and least toxic car seats, go to our website, abc7news.com. click on see it on tv. >>> all right. meteorologist mike nicco ahead with the forecast. challenge us to get rid of the fog. >> i'm trying. already delays over at sfo because of thinning of clouds. but you can see th

the f.b.i. linked evidence at the scene of the murder. >> it horrified the whole school. >> people had ideas of who it may have been. >> police say carlson is a registered sex offender with a long criminal record. >> a kite surfer is safe this morning, thanks to the effort of alameda firefighters. that man got tangled in the lines for his kite in the bay off of shoreline drive yesterday afternoon. a fire department rescue boat and two rescue swimmers raced out to where the man was sitting on the surfboard. still trying to get unhangaled. >> he was becoming tired. we offered assistance. at first he refused our help but we convinced him it was in his best interest to allow to us tow him to shore. >> the firefighters recently relaunched the water rescue program. the department faced tremendous criticism after the firefighters remained on the shore. while a man drowned on memorial day. none of the firefighterers were certified in water rescue at the time. >>> 4:39 on tuesday morning. lisa argen is in

." >> the f.b.i. says it has a credible new leak in the case.s in the child car seat. that is priority number one for safety. the most toxic infant car seat is edgemont red and black. and the lead toxic chico kifit 30. grayco 35. shuttle 33 in cranberry. for the entire list of the most and least toxic car seats, go to our website abc7news.com. click on see it on tv. >>> all right. meteorologist mike nicco ahead with the forecast. challenge us to get rid of the fog. >> i'm trying. already delays over at sfo because of thinning of clouds. but you can see they are still there. gorgeous day at at&t park. afternoon game. they forecast. cooling trend as we head to the weekend. >> thanks. seeing double. the constant collision that may explain why we have only been seeing one moon. >>> and a security deposit. how vice president joe biden is making money off his own secret service bodyguard. s like one of jack's cereals. uh forgot jack's cereal. [ jack ] what's for breakfast? uh try the number one! i've never heard of that. [ wife ] it's great. it's a sw