my name is todd woodard and i'm a contractor supporting the office for reconstruction and stabilization. given the recent alleged attempted attack by the young nigerian on christmas day and also the purported audio message from osama bin laden harold that attack and assuming responsibility for it, i'm curious to hear your thoughts regarding the connection between islammist organizations and young muslims in western africa, specifically nigeria, i'm curious to hear what your opinion is behind the driving factors of the youth accepting and embracing the islammist i'd ologies. >> well volumes have been written on that but let me say briefly that there is a connection between young people and the efforts to radicalize them that are promoted, sponsored, financed by al qaeda and other extreme ordinary cares. with a very narrow definition of islam, and they have been quite effective on the internet, as you know. we can track connections between not just the christmas day bomber, but the fort hood shooter, the shooter at the little rock military recruitment station, and can see that they were a