Jan 05 White House Halting Gitmo Transfers to Yemen The White House, via spokesman Robert Gibbs, announced Tuesday that it would stop the transfer of detainees from the Guantanamo Bay prison camp back to Yemen, a country recently under the spotlight in Washington. "While we remain committed to… Continue reading
Jan 05 Watch Attack on CIA in Afghanistan Blamed on Double Agent The suicide bomber who killed seven CIA officers in Afghanistan last week is reported to have been a Jordanian double agent who American officials recruited to help provide intelligence on al-Qaida leaders. Gwen Ifill speaks with two experts about who… Continue watching
Jan 05 Watch Obama: U.S. ‘Failed to Connect the Dots’ in Bomb Plot President Obama said Tuesday the U.S. had sufficient information to disrupt the Christmas Day plot to blow up a U.S. airliner, but "failed to connect the dots." Ray Suarez interviews Chief of Staff for the National Security Council Denis McDonough… Continue watching
Jan 05 What Reforms Would Help U.S. Intelligence Agencies? By Quinn Bowman As President Obama talks to advisers about the lapses that allowed an attempted airline bombing on Christmas Day, the PBS NewsHour asked intelligence experts to weigh in on what reforms they would recommend and to reflect on changes since 2001. Continue reading
Jan 05 Watch Obama: Intelligence Failures Allowed Attempted Plane Attack President Obama told U.S. security chiefs Tuesday that an attempted airliner bomb attack was the result of a "screw up" by intelligence agencies and that he won't tolerate it. Jim Lehrer gets reaction on the president's remarks and U.S. efforts… Continue watching
Jan 04 Watch Years After Attack on USS Cole, Focus Back on Yemen More than nine years since a suicide attack off the coast of Yemen killed 17 Americans on the U.S.S. Cole, the failed plot to blow up an airliner bound for Detroit has put the focus back on the Arab world's… Continue watching
Jan 04 Watch News Wrap: 5 Americans Held in Pakistan Deny al-Qaida Ties In other news, five U.S. men detained in Pakistan for their alleged terrorist ties have denied charges against them, and Iraq's prime minister said he would seek punishment for five American security contractors accused of killing 14 civilians in Baghdad… Continue watching
Jan 04 Watch U.S. Expands Terror Watch List as Airline Security Tightens The fallout from the failed attempt to attack an airliner bound for Detroit on Christmas Day continued Monday as the U.S. tightened security for international travelers, and the White House weighed its response to the terror fight in Yemen. Continue watching
Jan 03 U.S., Britain Close Embassies in Yemen in Response to Security Threats The U.S. and Britain closed their embassies in Yemen Sunday, citing continued security threats from al-Qaida groups in the country. Both counties also plan increase aid to the government of Yemen to fight terrorism in the aftermath of the… Continue reading
Dec 31 Cleric Investigated for Ties to Plane Bombing Plot A U.S.-born cleric, now based in Yemen, is being investigated by U.S. counterterrorism officials for possible links to Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the 23-year-old Nigerian accused of trying to bring down an airliner on Christmas Day. Anwar al-Awlaki, who has… Continue reading