shaquille afridi, the pakistani be who helped us locate usama bin laden so we could kill him in thatd. he is in prison and the obama administration not able to get him out. now there is developments, attorneys and fox news analysts kimberly guilfoyle and lis wiehl. >> a one page letter handwritten and smuggled out by this doctor saying i'm in solitary confinement. i'm subject to mental torture. i'm not allowed to see a lawyer. what kind of justice is this? i'm quoting from the letter. >> okay. >> and so, you know, just it's a reminder for us as americans to do something about, you know, not just talking to the pakistani government. >> you have got to assume that kerry is trying to get him out of there. >> officially all we have had is something from august. that's the last official request. >> there is another hearing for this guy. >> december 18th. there is going to be another hearing to see whether or not that first conviction. convicted of not helping getting usama bin laden but of being a terrorist being a traitor to his. >> being a traitor. treasonous to his own country by collu

usama bin laden and anwar al-awlaki. the fbi says lowen worked as avian technician for the airport and planned on using employee access card to load a car with explosives and leave it at a terminal. >> he planned to pull the explosives himself and die as a martyr. he studied the various access points. he researched flight schedules to determine when there would be a maximum number of individuals at the airport. >> this lowen guy has made violent threats of jihad in the west. he had been on the radar since early summer. >>> did bernie madoff bring down j.p. morgan chase. provided key information investigators used by manhattan prosecutors expected in their criminal action against that bank. madoff made the claim email where he is serving 160-year-old sentence running his 20 billion-dollar ponzi scheme. those are the headlines. >> did you ever think you will be able to shed a tear for the insurance companies? well, today may be the day that you shed a little tear that comes down the side of your face because they're basica

if by al qaeda you mine the organization founded by usama bin laden. this issue came you up on sunday also. hillary clinton before a hearing on the hill last january. watch. >> the fact is we had four dead americans. >> i understand. >> was it base of a protest or because of guys out for a walk one night decided they would go kill some americans, what difference does this point does it make? bill: there are some suggesting that "the times" is covering for hillary clinton. do you believe that? >> i believe that the "times" is certainly covering for the state department. obviously hillary clinton was secretary of state at that time. i think they're also trying to defuse what they believe is a republican issue in the next presidential campaign. i'm not talking about a partisan -- talking about a legitimate policy issue. if they're going to claim that these affiliates of al qaeda are not al qaeda and therefore we don't have to be as concerned about them as we do about al qaeda and do not have to maintain anti-terror efforts at, same extent against these af

no chance that this was an al qaeda attack if by divide you mean the organization founded by usama bin ladenthis is a group of men inspired by video deliberately attacked the compound. >> well, those claims directly contradict what congress has said about the attack. and joining me now to explain is congressman mike rogers, a republican from michigan and he is chairman of the house intelligence committee. congressman, there is not a lot that takes may breath aaway in this town after having been here for 20 years now. this certainly takes the cake. i think it was in october of 2012. right after the 9/11 '12 attack. "new york times" reported the graphic thrown up on the screen that okay al qaeda related firefighters -- fighters were operating training camps near that diplomatic mission. received reports that islamic extremist groups were operating. he doesn't mention that report in the "new york times" investigation. >> yeah. it was shocking to me. and i have tried to do a thorough investigation of this some things that the administration said didn't happen and some on the other side of the ai

he made a six minute video about it saying usama bin laden might have been working with the cia.n who could invent a more pleasurable condom. he did. he called it the next generation condom challenge to improve uptick and regular use. >> agreed euphemism. john: next one, actress evangeline merely to raise money for street kids auctioned off sexy underwear. real or fake? no doubt about that. we have a picture of that. this didn't surprise you. >> too random celebrity for that not to be real. if you have said it will be goldberg. john: miley cyrus played strip poker to raise money -- to raise money for a children's music charity. kennedy got that one right. that is one that we made up here. it sounded so real flow. since president obama's limousine only gets eight mpg in begley jr. started a petition campaign to get the president to trade in his limo for an electric power version. real or fake? >> sounds like a great idea. john: you were all wrong. this is made up too. mary tyler moore tried to pay a restaurant $1,000 to free one of its lobsters. okay. yes, this really happened. yo

known as the usama bin laden of russia. is calling for tightened security across the country saying he would fight the terrorists until they are annihilated. just hours later, a bomb ripping through a trolley bus during monday morning rush hour. the attacks come as the country prepares to host the winter olympics in sochi just weeks from now. amy kellogg is live in london with the latest. hi, amy. >> reporter: hi, arthel. i've just spoken with a important russian news editor in dagestan. he has it on authority that the two bombers were identified by police in dagestan and they are both from dagestan or were from dagestan. bit players, not very well-known guys who were a part of what he calls the dagestan chapter of this caucuses emirate headed up by the man you referred to as being called now, arthel, russia's usama bin laden. however, there is another line of inquiry getting much attention in other russian media outlets. that is possible that one of bombers was ethnically russian convert to islam. the we need to say that t

to go in and locate high value target with ties to usama bin laden. recon area. and monitor his activity. >> where were you exactly? >> afghanistan. we were in the mountain range. >> did you cross to pakistan. >> no, sir. we were on the border. >> okay. so you are looking for a high valued al qaeda guy, right? >> yes, sir. >> okay. you know where he is because you got intelligence. there is four of you that go up and, you know, people not familiar with the geography, you are in rugged mountainous terrain, wet, difficult. you engage the enemy. how did that happen? >> we had been self-compromised by goat herders. we had to relocate around to get a better vantage on our objective. and, when we did that, we kind of set ourselves out, villagers and goat herders walked on us with their herd. gave us a soft compromise. we relocated. we turned them loose. about an hour later, a whole militia. >> knew you were americans, you took them into custody had to let them go. they went back and told the bad guys that you were there and then they hunted you? >> yes, sir. >> and the

it takes a long time because it took a long time to you find usama bin laden.ut it's the totality of the effort that matters. the notion that people who don't have a full understanding of what nsa is actually doing can say we can do without it. i just think it doesn't pass scrutiny. what you need is more congressional oversight and involve seattle. that doesn't guarantee protection because members of congress can run like called -- run like scalded dogs. gregg: best wishes to you and your family. >> merry christmas. jamie: tis the day before christmas and all through the skies you can count on norad to track santa live. how's that? gregg: very good. jamie: you can follow santa's path by phone, facebook or twitter. norad is the north air can aerospace defense command. -- the north american ear so space defense command. gregg: it started with a kid calling the wrong number and it evolved from there. jamie: he's near russia. gregg: a different take over the firestorm on the duck commander's controversial comments. while bristol palin says it isn't phil would would

send more enforcements in, but how would you characterize how al qaeda is organized now post usama bin laden >> what you could call the central headquarters in pakistan and part of afghanistan is really weak now. so the regional affiliates are attracting recruits, so al qaeda operations in syria, for example, there are about 2000 europeans who have traveled to syria nor to fight on the side of the rebels. connell: do they all operate independent of one another? syria and iraq and so forth? or is the organization centrally controlled in some form? >> there is some level of central control. they still communicate and share supplies. logistically assist one another. typically the act unto themselves, but ofte oftentimest gets discredited. connell: bottom-line al qaeda is still getting weaker? as it is a pretty good job of fighting this war on terrorism? >> i think al qaeda is getting stronger. connell: at some point there was a turne turn to getting back st. >> that is right. syria and other battlegrounds are giving them an to radicalize people. afghanistan in the 1980s, that is the equivalent

includes al qaeda operatives who have longstanding ties sometimes going back at least two decades to usama bin laden himself, jenna. jenna: is this assessment consistent with what the american people are being told about al qaeda? >> reporter: well it is certainly accurate that the al qaeda core, that is the term used to describe the leadership in pakistan, has been seriously degraded with the loss of bin laden and u.s. drone campaign in the border region of afghanistan but if you listen closely to congressional testimony from senior counterterrorism officials you will see they are urging caution about al qaeda's leadership and its ideology, that the two are in fact very resilient. >> we've seen that there has been an interest in al qaeda in parts of afghanistan, particularly northeastern afghanistan. and it is going to be an issue we'll have to monitor very closely after 2014 to see what types of activities al qaeda or other allies of al qaeda, for example, haqqani network undertake in that region. >> reporter: in addition americans including the cleric anwar al a lackey who was first american targ

i don't care whether you're the pope or usama bin laden as long as there's an individualized, articable probable cause for targeting these people as legitimate foreign intelligence. that's fine. i don't think it is imposing a ridiculous burden by asking for probable cause because you have to understand, when you have access to the tools the nsa does probable cause falls out of trees. the reporter who spoke to edward snowden describes the nsa leaker in russia having constant internet access and eating a lot of rahman noodles and chips. jenna: i thought that was interesting detail. we'll get a colorful picture what life is like for him. another big story as we enter into a brand new year. peter, thank you very much. jon: well same-sex couples are rejoicing after a federal judge in utah allowed hundreds of gay couples to continue exchanging vows on monday. the judge rejecting the state's request to set aside his own ruling last friday declaring same-sex marriages legal in that state. the judge saying all residents had a quote, fundamental right, to get married. salt lake county issued abou