May 09 Watch How Unusual Was al-Qaida Infiltration Effort That Stopped Bomb Plot? How Unusual Was al-Qaida Infiltration Effort That Stopped Bomb Plot?… Continue watching
May 09 Watch Undercover Saudi Agent Reportedly Foiled al-Qaida Airliner Bomb Plot The would-be terrorist targeting a U.S.-bound plane was in fact an undercover agent from Saudi Arabia who had infiltrated al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula. He was supposed to slip past airport security wearing a sophisticated bomb in his underwear, but… Continue watching
May 08 Watch Al-Qaida Bomb Plot: How Alarmed Should U.S. Be? A day after news broke that the CIA foiled a new al-Qaida plot to bomb an airliner, the official responses were low key on Tuesday. Margaret Warner, former National Counterterrorism Center director Michael Leiter and former FBI supervisory special agent… Continue watching
May 08 Watch In Light of New Bomb Plot, U.S. Must Be 'Proactive,' Napolitano Says "Our adversaries are very creative, and they are very determined, and they are very persistent," Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Tuesday in the wake of the CIA thwarting another al-Qaida plot to attack an airliner. The FBI is now… Continue watching
May 07 Watch News Wrap: CIA Reportedly Foils New al-Qaida Underwear Bomb Plot In other news Monday, The Associated Press reported that the CIA disrupted a plot to bomb an airliner -- around the first anniversary of Osama bin Laden's death. Also, a key suspect in the 2002 nightclub bombings in Bali apologized… Continue watching
Dec 20 Watch How Does North Korea Stay So Secretive? The fact that U.S. intelligence apparently didn't notice the death of Kim Jong-il for 48 hours is a demonstration of how impenetrable North Korea continues to be. Margaret Warner discusses the mysterious nation with former senior CIA and State Department… Continue watching
Sep 30 Watch Was U.S.-Backed Killing of Anwar al-Awlaki Legal? Anwar al-Awlaki, a high-level U.S.-born cleric linked to al-Qaida, was killed in Yemen Friday by a U.S. airstrike targeting his convoy. Ray Suarez discusses the implications and legality of his killing with Brian Fishman of The New America Foundation and… Continue watching
Sep 30 Watch Obama Hails al-Awlaki Death as 'Significant Milestone' in al-Qaida Fight A U.S. airstrike in Yemen killed Anwar al-Awlaki, a high-level U.S.-born cleric linked to al-Qaida who had been involved in several terror plots against the United States. Ray Suarez reports. Continue watching
Sep 07 Watch Brennan: Post-9/11, U.S. Has 'Right Balance' Between Civil Liberties, Security In an interview with Judy Woodruff, White House Chief Counterterrorism Adviser John Brennan discusses the strength of al-Qaida after the death or capture of high-level leaders and the difficult-to-detect threat of homegrown terror. Continue watching
Aug 30 Watch Real-Life Thriller Explores al-Qaida Triple Agent's CIA Infiltration, Bombing In the real-life thriller, "The Triple Agent: The al-Qaeda Mole Who Infiltrated the CIA," author Joby Warrick examines the unlikely story of an operative who infiltrated the CIA and detonated a suicide bomb at a U.S. base in Afghanistan. Margaret… Continue watching