." >> narrator: his name was john o'neill, and long before the world knew about osama bin laden, fbi agent o'neill was obsessed with him. >> he was among the first people to see the bin laden threat. >> narrator: he warned of al qaeda. >> he said that "we're at war with these people." >> narrator: he warned of the threat to the united states. >> "and we better not take them for granted because they are here to hurt us." >> narrator: but people at fbi headquarters thought john o'neill was too much of a maverick, and they stopped listening to him. >> you could be flagged as a problem, and your career could pretty much be over. >> narrator: o'neill left the fbi and took a new job as head of security at the world trade center. >> of all the places to go to work, and of all the ways that you could lose your life... >> narrator: tonight, frontline investigates the internal power struggle at the heart of the fbi's failure on september 11. >> frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. and by the corporation for public broadcasting. major

the fbi is providing the means. they can provide the means for the person to commit the crime and then prosecute them with the theory that in a couple of years, maybe someone would have provided them with a bomb. whenever found an example of that, were some was willing to commit this type of crime and the fbi passed on him and then somehow summoned connected to al qaeda or international terror provided him with the means to do that. i don't think it is easy for people to get access to these types of weapons. as far as whether we're doing any sort of danger, one of the purposes of journalism is to look at how the government behaves and questioned that. we're using interviews with fbi agents and available court records. every informant with identified in this investigation was named in a court record or named in an affidavit. we're not releasing any confidential material. whether we're doing any harm, i don't think so. host: did you receive any requests from the fbi for clarification? guest: no. we tried to articulate

the fbi is providing the means. they can provide the means for the person to commit the crime and then prosecute them with the theory that in a couple of years, maybe someone would have provided them with a bomb. whenever found an example of that, were some was willing to commit this type of crime and the fbi passed on him and then somehow summoned connected to al qaeda or international terror provided him with the means to do that. i don't think it is easy for people to get access to these types of weapons. as far as whether we're doing any sort of danger, one of the purposes of journalism is to look at how the government behaves and questioned that. we're using interviews with fbi agents and available court records. every informant with identified in this investigation was named in a court record or named in an affidavit. we're not releasing any confidential material. whether we're doing any harm, i don't think so. host: did you receive any requests from the fbi for clarification? guest: no. we tried to articulate

he walked into the connecticut office of the fbi and said oh, by the way, i just happened to meet theackers. we knew it wasn't true. >> until september, our patterson office called me and said hey, peter, are you sitting down. >> pete is an fbi agent in the washington field office. this is the first live person. >> yes. >> how did he meet the hijackers? >> his story changed back and forth. >> his first story was that he met them at the local 7/11. he bumped into what he recognized as two saudis. he looked at them and said hey i know you are from out of state. you need a place to live. what else can die to help you. >> his second story involved this man, an older roommate. a syrian named -- [inaudible] i live with him. >> the two men lived here in this patterson new jersey apartment and later in virginia. fox news found him still living in the u.s. >> we knew it was jahaz's idea. he was always very, very well dressed. any time we dealt with him but it never worked. never had a job. >> during the course of our investigation, we had found out he had made a call to the saudi embassy in wa

fbi. that was the bad news today about the fbi and counterterrorism. while we are on the subject of fbi and counterterrorism. it is worth pointing out something the fbi got really, really right. congratulations on closing the spokane bomber case the and thank you. >>> okay. best new thing in the world today? it's back, yea. best new thing in the world today is a making lemonade out of lemons. some enterprising americans figuring out how to switch a really bad situation and it it's not less bad but at least cute. more than one out of every bridges in mitch mcconnell's home state of kentucky are structurally deficient or functionally obsolete. more than one in three, including urgently this one, the sherman minton bridge, a major artery into and out of senator mcconnell's home city of louisville over the ohio river to southern indiana. the sherman minton bridge was closed on friday are suddenly with no warning when be ran inspection found a very important crack in a very important load-bearing part of the bridge. president obama's american jobs act that h

they work with the fbi on issues that are monday to the city of portland. they are not granted secret or top-secret clearance, they're not allowed into daily or monthly briefings, they do not share in regional, national, where international information that has implications throughout this country in the world. having said that, we in san francisco do have an mou with the fbi and we do participate in the jtpf. we here are the hub of the bay area. we are where millions of people come every day to visit, to vacation, to enjoy the city. we're an iconic city for this country. we host international events such as the upcoming america's cup. we had the world series most recently. the all-star game. we had dignitaries and world leaders that come to our city almost on a weekly basis. it is imperative that we are members of the jtpf so we can partake in the exchange and know what is going on in the region around us. at the international airport which is outside the county lines. it is important we are part of it. we continue to monitor our officers and follow dgoa 1

how many people in the fbi spoke arabic? >> eight, nine, something like that. >> smith: how many of them were working on al qaeda? >> i don't know. i think maybe i was the only one. >> smith: soufan was made chief investigator for the uss cole investigation, a major assignment. that's soufan there in a meeting with yemen's president, ali abdullah saleh, and fbi director louis freeh. you began the investigation. how do you begin something like that? where do you start? >> you start from the crime scene. you start taking statements from people who were on the ship, or people in the harbor, anybody who saw something. and you start building on that. >> smith: the story of what ali soufan began to uncover in yemen through a series of detailed interrogations is now told in his new book, "the black banners." it follows a trail of evidence that goes far beyond the cole bombing into the 9/11 plot itself. ultimately, the book is an indictment of the government's failure to prevent the attacks, and of its reliance on coercive interrogat

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the fbi decided not to support it but the u.s. attorney said,

the fbi is continuing to say that they will block full enforcement. we were surprised last week to learn that during the update of your various priorities that there was some discussion of this topic. we appreciate the dedication to these issues. we have provided them with answers. we have had our conversation and kept them updated. we were stunned to see last week, i am going to quote the chief, there is no portland resolution. i am not sure the source of his information. that has the mayor of's signature on it if you need it. the attorney that signed off on it is not allowed to do so. it was not and the assistant u.s. attorney. it was the u.s. attorney. that was the top federal judge for oregon. he was not transferred. he is still there. i checked today. we quoted his press release back in may. if you like a copy of this press release, here it is for all of you endorsing the resolution. he is a top federal official in oregon. he testified at the hearing in february before the portland city council with the general counsel for the fbi. the top lawyer

computer hacker, kevin mitnick, he spent the three years he hid away from the fbi. he was captured in 1995 served nearly 5 years in prison and is currently a security consultant who has testified before the u.s. senate on information security. this is just over an hour. hacker >> good morning, everyone. and turn blew on, please. just kidding. it's fantastic to be here. ghost in the wires took two years. myself and my co-author, bill simon -- raise your hand, worked on this. [applause] >> great. use of done it without bill. i mean, we had much -- we had different work schedules because i usually slept into 2:00 pm and worked till 5:00 pm. bill worked 6:00 am to 6 spokes and i put him on spanish time. get ready for the second edition. if you know a little bit about my computer background, i obviously was a computer hacker and ended up in a lot of hot water and for seven years i was actually restricted for writing this book. i was released from custody in 2000, in 2007 after seven years, then i was permitted to go ahead and tell the story. and how i started with compute

ali soufan was one of the fbi's secret weapons in its fight against al qaeda. a lebanese-american, fluent in arabic, he interrogated al qaeda prisoners at secret locations all over the world. soufan was known for his ability to outwit terrorists. and he's telling his story in a new book, "the black banners," parts of which have been blacked out because the cia says they contain classified information. on the day of the september 11 attacks, ali soufan was thousands of miles away from ground zero, but in a unique position to help find those responsible. what was your first thought? >> ali soufan: it was al qaeda. absolutely, i had no doubt in my mind. i had no doubt in my mind. two planes at the same time, hitting the world trade center. >> logan: on 9/11, fbi agent ali soufan was in yemen, where his new york-based team had been investigating the deadly al qaeda attack a year earlier on the u.s.s. "cole." soufan and his team were preparing to fly back to new york when fbi headquarters ordered him and his partner to stay put. and at this point, every fiber of your

let me as an aside emphasize the fbi role of countering cyber attacks. e of the most significant complex threats facing the nation. the intelligence law enforcement capabilities the bureau is positioned to investigate and disrupt cyber intrusions' and our need to counter the cyber tax cuts across all of our programs including counterterrorism, counterintelligence, and the criminal programs. beginning in 2007 we worked with our partners to establish the national cyber investigative joint task force which now includes 24 turtle and intelligence community agencies. through these partnerships the bureau has identified investigated and prosecuted an unprecedented number of intrusion cases and these intrusions of and directed the military, other government agencies, the financial and communications sectors and other critical infrastructures. addressing this cyber threat will be among the fbi's highest priorities now and in the years to come. let me conclude by thanking the committee for the continued support of the men and women of the fbi and support for our m

i did meet with the fbi agent in charge in arizona at the time.t the tremendous toll doj was referring the entire matter to the inspector general so we have reserved judgment of the report found. >> when were you made aware that guns, which were allowed to walk during fasting for his were used in the murder border patrol agent frank terry? >> sometime thereafter. i don't buy specific date, senator. >> may be despised for the record. we'd be interested. have you come to any conclusions , director mueller as to who was responsible for this operation? you're doing investigation, right? >> senator, we do the investigation of the killing on the border patrol agent and that has been pursued, but there have been submissions meaning court pursuant to the investigation. the investigation with regard to the operation itself is being connect it by the attorney general, but the inspector general's office at the department of justice. >> have you reaching a conclusion so far? >> i am not very to let the inspector general's investigation has shown at this junct

the fbi came to search my apartment. so i wanted to help them out. i went over to the donut shop and bought a big box. making sure there was nothing interesting there, cleaning up my apartment to mike and a big box tomorrow fbi doughnuts and suck them in the refrigerator. they were kind of irritated. again, i was in this insane cat and mouse game with the federal government. eventually, as always, the fbi always get their man. i was arrested. 1995 they through the buck me. in solitary for a while. went through long process of dealing with the federal government. we finally settled the case. three months after i got out of custody, who is calling? senator fred thompson said at -- senator fred thompson and joseph lieberman. they want me to come to washington so that i can advise them on many computer systems owned or operated by the federal demint. here i am walking out of custody after being this bad hacker. now the government is asking me for my health. i went and testified and offered them the advice that i could. then i basically from that point bec

i did meet with the fbi agent in charge in arizona at the time. at the tremendous toll doj was referring the entire matter to the inspector general so we have reserved judgment of the report found. >> when were you made aware that guns, which were allowed to walk during fasting for his were used in the murder border patrol agent frank terry? >> sometime thereafter. i don't buy specific date, senator. >> may be despised for the record. we'd be interested. have you come to any conclusions , director mueller as to who was responsible for this operation? you're doing investigation, right? >> senator, we do the investigation of the killing on the border patrol agent and that has been pursued, but there have been submissions meaning court pursuant to the investigation. the investigation with regard to the operation itself is being connect it by the attorney general, but the inspector general's office at the department of justice. >> have you reaching a conclusion so far? >> i am not very to let the inspector general's investigation has shown at this jun

attorney or the fbi immediately sent me a page. a four digit code that happen to be the last four digits of the telephone number for the fbi in los angeles. i said that these early warning systems so that if the trip wire was hit i would be able to get out quickly enough. >> i want to know. obviously you were in this for the thrill of it. >> right. >> anything out there you are seeing now that actually scares you that people are doing? destructive that our -- >> the trend has changed. now it is all about organized crime, leveraging hacking skills , recruiting hackers to steal credit card accounts, identity theft, bank fraud. it has become a huge problem. back in my day the people i associated with and myself, it was not about the money. it was about that role and exploration. it has all changed. still have groups of hackers that do it. it was more for the media attention than for trying to send a political message. but most of the trend has gone toward profit. that i have seen. >> so, i have kind of a funny question. i have heard a

robert muller threw this lobbying effort was able to keep the fbi intact. t an end of the day the 9/11 commission gave the fbi largely a pass. >> host: it had been under pressure by some at the time to be busted up. there were members of the commission who believed the fbi should be broken up. that was a dysfunctional agency to the extreme. but again robert muller was so effective, use often described as the man who saved the fbi. that is an accurate description. george tenet lost. >> host: do we know anything more four years later about whether the fbi is really a different place in 2018 that it was in 2001? >> guest: a lot of commissioners say at the end of the day they are hugely disappointed with the changes the director robert miller has made. much of what they were promised has come to pass. >> host: he avoided the huge government makeover but it is not clear that the institution has changed. >> guest: exactly. the commissioners feel they were not misled so much by robert muller as by the institution of the fbi. there were forms that were supposedly be

the cia didn't give it to the fbi. if you have a map of al qaeda, largely drawn from the telephone number, imagine drawing eight lines from yemen to san diego in january 2000. how obvious would it be? >> host: he was going back and forth getting new visas. >> guest: he pressured the muscle hijackers then it became one of the 9/11 nurse. >> host: one less scared are missing from the book. the religion of islam. it is so disturbing as they read this and the most recent article in "the new yorker," to see what is rather smallish group of people have done to their faith. and for someone who has lived in egypt and saudi arabia, friends everywhere. that's a painful story for muslims to see people debating the degree of savagery that is important, this colt is no longer their religion has come to define it. talk to me as we close out. >> guest: well, as long as in a period of introspection. relations change over time. christianity is certainly not the same as it was during the inquisition. every religion -- i. could go down th

the fbi was kind enough to turn back from a computer evidence. so i'm probably going to get out the tenant does. but it's not a promise, so it's not a contest. but that is probably what i will do. so i'll be happy to give out cards, sign books or whatever. [inaudible] >> yeah, let me do that. [inaudible conversations] >> for more information on kevin mitnick, visit mitnick security.com. >> i began two years before the bombs began to fall in cuba, exactly two years today. april 5th team, 1959. that evening, fidel castro arrived in the united states. this was his first visit to the united states since taking over cuba at the start of the year. richard nixon was vice president, john kennedy was from massachusetts. to visit with something like a promise, he and his bearded entourage arrived in washington loaded this cuban round and castro spent most of his visit hugging and smiling and seeing all the right things. there were some americans, including some at the eisenhower administration, including dwight eisenhower himself that had serious concerns a

hopefully the fact that the fbi act soed quickly to terminate that program may give the bureau more credibility with muslim leaders. >> has that fbi analyst been disciplined at all? >> we specifically asked the fbi spokesman will he be disciplined? he says they don't comment. we know he is still working at the bureau. >> but that whole program is done with? >> six months ago, one time they pulled it. >> thanks very much. more potential trouble in the middle east for president obama. details on a possible showdown rooming next week at the united nations. >> the state department issues an urgent warning to all

i id meet with the fbi agent in charge in arizona at the time. at the tremendous toll doj was referring the entire matter to the inspector general so we have reserved judgment of the report found. >> when were you made aware that guns, which were allowed to walk during fasting for his were used in the murder border patrol agent frank terry? >> sometime thereafter. i don't buy specific date, senator. >> may be despised for the record. we'd be interested. have you come to any conclusions , director mueller as to who was responsible for this operation? you're doing investigation, right? >> sator, we do the investigation of the killing on the border patrol agent and that has been pursued, but there have been submissions meaning court pursuant to the investigation. the investigation with regard to the operation itself is being connect it by the attorney general, but the inspector general's office at the department of justice. >> have u reaching a conclusion so far? >> i am not very to let the inspector general's investigation has shown at this junctur

the government. more trouble for solyydra. fbi agents moved in on the plant. >> they executed a warrant, showed us the warrant. we are cooperating with them. >> reporter: the fbi won't say what triggered this investigation only that they are working with the department of energy's inspector general's office. two years ago, the company received a $500 million grant from the federal government. agents tell us they could be here for quite some time. >> based on the size of this location, that will determine how long the search takes. going to the fact that this one location is so large, it's going to take a while. >> reporter: the f b. says fbi says that they are searching several of solyndra's facilities. it was manufacturing solar pams until next week when it announced it was folding: it's a shock. we have a fantastic group of people working here. we are all sad to see how things have transpired. >> reporter: even though they have fired for bankruptcy, there is still a so-called wind down team of employees staying on here until the

the fbi would not go into detail. get a chance to speak with a solyndra spokesperson who said this totally caught them by surprise. the spokesperson said the can to work at 7:00 a.m. and fbi agents said they needed to go through. the fbi has also told them do not mess with us. they have free reign of the campus buildings here. there is also another building towards milpitas. there are also searching their as well. solyndra, according to them they say that they were caught off guard and completely shocked. according to the spokesman said they thought they did everything right that everything was unfortunate but they were surprised. they showed up to half hours ago with a search warrant, going through the place. >> the department of energy made that loan to solyndra and in the last two weeks we have seen the house energy and commerce committee launch an investigation into that long. it is possible the subpoena came from the house committee. we will be right back as the kron 4 morning news continues. >> 9:47 a.m., we want

he made contact with the fbi. you may contact, continued contact with a lot of the fairfax county folks. rick is reported to i was just digging out as i went. he was able to follow a. he did a good project, made it a great book. >> i really enjoyed the book. it's not just a great read but also i think you have done a service, an important chapter in american history. but i'm curious because many people you talk to, what they said in other places, half my opinion, distorted, they thought a missile or the explosions were triggered. i'm curious, as you working on this, were you ever dog by the crowd that is trying to create an alternative to history? >> pat and i have a lot of wired discussions about this, i mean, we agreed. we agree at the end. my approach from the beginning was we need to be aware that those people think what they think, and you know, they were probably say we are part of the conspiracy. for the record were not part of the conspiracy. and we do not even are aware of any conspiracy. but we decided we

it came to the fbi, the fbi did not act upon it.can you tell me what you're trying -- you know, director clapper, what you're trying to do to make sure when we have the information it gets to the counterterrorism center and somebody acting on it. >> well, sir, there's the old saw that you learn in intelligence school early on. you know, there's just two conditions in life, intelligence failure or operational policy success. i would say that in the intelligence community like the adversaries has to be, and i believe is, a learning organization, and so in the case of the christmas bomber, for example, the intelligence committee did an outstanding piece of critique for us which, you know, lessons learned from that experience, and what we need to do to improve. one of the things that has been done to hopefully preclude a similar experience has been the availability of more information that could possibly shed light on potential terrorist travel, so travel records, immigration records, these kind of things that were not previously freely

a partner with the fbi to lead a threat assessment coordination group. to figure out the best way to get to our state officials. i might mention something as an example where we have come is after we established a community task force to exploit the treasure trove of a media that was picked up at the compound, we set up a task force to get every arabic ministry to get our hands on. the first day of reporting went to state and local entities. i think that is a small anecdote and important one, indicative of the changes we are making. i also want to mention the fusion centers. there are 72 of them which is the local naxos -- nexus for imparting intelligence we collect at a national level. and conveying up words, i will call it street intellence, which only localit is clearly an progress. let me dwell for a moment on the importance of homend security and law enforcement, because that is where for mos americans we are focused. when i first took this job, i was in joined by many to look for efficiencies and ways to sharpen our focus. one of my reviews, among o

the fbi made a surprising company this morning to execute a search warrant. what was described as a joint upper reason with the u.s. department of energy. this comes after hundreds of the employees are right for work that it told there were be laid off in the companies filing for vagrancy. half as rob fladeboe reports, filing for--bankruptcy. >> with the familiar blue jackets with " fbi " the team of fbi agents this morning through this solar complex early thursday. they executed a search warrant and a spokesperson would not say exactly what they're looking for. >> unfortunately i cannot go into detail on what is on the search warrant. >> what, if any connection with the bankruptcy? >> fortunately, i cannot go into any detail. >> reporter: the fbi who was a complete surprise to the company. >> the fbi cannot speculate on why they're here or what they're looking for i think it is too early to know. >> what has been the reaction of employees? >> shocking it is an interesting way to arrive to worked. >> one week ago they applied for bankruptcy--once a high-flying

the book was approved by the fbi. when we finished the approval process with the bureau it took about three months and it was reviewed by the counterterrorism division, reviewed by information security. we didn't have one single redaction. so unfortunately for some reason some people at the agency thought that there's a national security need in redacting a lot of the things that you showed. >> you never worked for the cia. you worked for the fbi. >> no, never worked for the agency. you know, fortunately for us, it doesn't take away from the narrative. it doesn't take away from the story. people know that i justified, and my statement is the only statement under oath about what happened with zubaydah. i testified on the senate at that. they know the enhanced interrogation techniques and what i believe that they didn't work. and that's what i'm trying to say in the book and that's the narrative i'm putting in the book. and i believe all the threats that's mentioned in the book are threats that are already in public doma

sources tell abc news, ferdaus became radicalized on the internet. an fbi affidavit claims in 2010, ferdaus met with an informant and told him of a desire to wage jihad against the u.s. the fbi says undercover agents posing as al qaeda recruiters to meet ferdaus. soon, ferdaus, prosecutors say, was converting mobile phones into detonators for bombs that would be used to kill u.s. soldiers overseas. at one point, ferdaus was informed that his detonators had been used to kill three u.s. soldiers in iraq. his response? "that's exactly what i wanted." then, sources say, ferdaus embarked on a plan to target washington, d.c., traveling to take this photograph of the pentagon and to conduct surveillance. according to the affidavit, his desire to attack the united states was so strong that he confided, "i just can't stop. there's no other choice for me." diane, the fbi says it allows these cases to play out so that potential juries can see the overt acts, listen to the tape-recorded conversations and see that the suspects really do have deadly intentions. >> all ri

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claims the fbi will now investigate. porting live, nbc bay area news. >> could be the beginning of a long investigation. >>> new tonight at 11:00, the medical bills for giant's fan bryan stow are piling up. stow's expenses are reportedly going to cost more than $50 million. cites lack of security and lighting at the ballpark. two men charged in the beating of stow pleaded not guilty last month. stow's family blog says the paramedic continues to respond to commands and a recent infection appears to be gone. >>> biggest loser star remains in critical condition tonight. we have new information on what led to his fall. he was at a rooftop party when he found himself locked out. he tried to climb the fire escape to get down, but fell. his family says sam has made improvements since his accident and has undergone three surgeries. he was a contestant on season nine of the hit show. >>> it all started with a bag of chips, and tonight walgreens is being sued by a former employee who says she was fired for eating chips during a dia

the fbi described it as a junk operation with the u.s. department department of energy. 4's rob fladeboe has more. >> reporter: fbi, a team of fbi agents swarmed through solyndra early thursday. they executed search warrants. but a spokeswoman wouldn't say what they were looking for. >> i can't go into detail about what is on the search warrant. >> reporter: what can you tell us what if any connection there is to the bankruptcy? >> i can't go into detail. >> reporter: with agents at every door, the fbi's arrival was a surprise to the company. >> yeah. i can't speculate on what they are looking at, why they are here. it's too early to know. >> reporter: what is the reaction from employees? >> shocking. employees are coming to work. interesting way to arrive. >> solyndra filed for bankruptcy, laying off 1100 workers. they were the recipient of $500 million in loan guarantees as well as a visit from president obama who praised the company's job creation. as for what the fbi is looking for, there is lots of speculation. as one worker put it, they are the fbi, right? they inv

why it's now gaining the attention of the fbi and homeland security. weather >>> why anonymous is gaining the attention of the fbi and homeland security. >>> the wet weather we saw over the weekend out of the forecast. we see sunshine later on, but cloud cover later this morning. a look at how warm we'll get in just a bit. >>> a little bit busy already in the cash lanes here at the toll plaza. chp dealing with a fender bender out of the altamonte pass. how far things are stacked up coming up. >>> good morning to you out there. it is monday september 12th. i'm grace lee. >> frank mahako. the time 6:00. in an hour, the new memorial for the september 11th attacks will open to the public for the first time in new york. the memorial at the site of the 2001 attack on the world trade center. yesterday's victims' families were there for a ceremony to pay tribute to their loved ones. >> i love you forever. >> and my father sebastian gehrke, who i never met because i was in my mom's bellly. >> the memorial includes hundreds of white oak trees on the eight-acre si

and cheryl is here now about news at 5:00. >> the fbi raids fremont's bankrupt solar company. why agents are serving search warrants. >> regulateors say it must prove something important before increasing pressure in a pipeline. bart protesters plan a new tactic to keep the heat on bart. will it backfire? >> developing news right now, the u.s. government has received a credible terror threat. that threat is unconfirmed but according to abc news, counter terrorism sources say three individuals entered the u.s. last month intending to launch a vehicle bomb attack in washington, d.c. or new york. and this reported threat comes just three days before the tenth anniversary of the september 11th attacks. one official says the information threat is so specific, it cannot be ignored. we'll update you with new developments as soon as we can get them. the fbi swarmed the headquarters of fremont's solyndra today, declaring bankruptcy last week z we have the story from solyndra. >> and the raid comes one week after the company suddenly went belly up, and closed down. and one week before a

so the connection to ksm was never explored by fbi -- the lead fbi investigator on the trade bomb case, james fox. that is something that irritated the investigation at the time because they saw lots of foreign connections. instead the bombing was portrayed as a random group of people who spontaneously came together for reasons perhaps insanity to carry out the first major foreign terrorist bombing in the united states and it ends there. years later as the investigation deepened they found other connections. the man who killed him --myer a hahan one of the demand of the world trade center bombers was his release from sing sing. that can't be a coincidence. and how are these men connected? by the so-called blind sheik, sheik abdul rahman on who is in prison but at the time was teaching at the mosque of peace in new jersey who was across the river from the world trade center. so khalid shaikh mohammed sets in motion and i believe the america hon --myra khana assassination. is brothers have joined the extended community that is supporting the arab port of the jihad against the soviets and

was from the fbi. >> i opened the slats on the window next to the door and i see what turns out to be eight uniformed armored armed officers, four of whom are pointing guns through the window at my face. >> reporter: as the officers were about to cuff him, clemens warned them that they had the wrong guy and then mentioned that his wife was priya david, a correspondent for cbs news. >> when they yelled at me, is anyone else in the house, i did say, yes, my wife is a cbs news correspondent and she is upstairs nursing our infant baby and that seemed to deescalate things. >> reporter: it turns out the person or persons the fbi was trying to arrest at this house used to own this house but they have now moved across the street and they are renting this house. this is cell phone video of the arrest being made across the street. the only thing the feds will say is that state and federal warrants were issued and that the investigation is ongoing. >> this is the question. it's always the question. did the neighbors seem nice? did anything seem out of the ordinary? no. these neighbors were compl