Dec 29 Which Watch List Was the Christmas Day Bomber On? By Hari Sreenivasan Margaret Warner stops by the Rundown to share some of her reporting on how and where the security system seems to have broken down around the attempted attack on a Detroit-bound passenger jet on Christmas Day. Continue reading
Dec 29 Details Continue to Emerge on Terror Suspect, Botched Airline Plot New details continue to emerge over the botched Christmas Day plot to blow up a trans-Atlantic flight bound for Detroit. The dangerous explosive allegedly concealed by 23-year-old Nigerian student Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab could have blown a hole in the… Continue reading
Dec 29 Watch In Yemen, U.S. Must Get Ahead of 'Failure Curve' Jeffrey Brown speaks with terrorism experts about the potential threats coming out of Yemen. Continue watching
Dec 29 Watch Yemen's Ties to Terrorism a Lingering Threat Yemen has taken center stage in recent weeks for being a base of operations for Islamic extremists. Washington Post reporter Sudarsan Raghavan speaks with Jeffrey Brown about the nation's ties to terrorism. Continue watching
Dec 29 Watch Obama Sharpens Criticism of Bomb Plot's 'Human and Systemic Failures' President Obama criticized "human and systemic failures" that allowed an attempted bombing of a flight bound for Detroit. Margaret Warner reports and speaks with Jeffrey Brown about the latest developments. Continue watching
Dec 28 How Should the U.S. Fight Air Security Threats? A bombing attempt on a trans-Atlantic flight has raised new questions about counter-terrorism and air security. The PBS NewsHour asked experts to answer the question: Where should the U.S. focus its efforts to keep up with air security threats?… Continue reading
Dec 28 Watch A Search for Answers After Attempted Attack on U.S. Flight In the wake of an attempted Christmas Day bombing of a Northwest Airlines flight bound for Detroit, Gwen Ifill speaks with a panel of terror experts about the state of U.S. counter-terror efforts and airline security. Continue watching
Dec 28 Watch Christmas Day Bomb Scare Prompts Review of Airport Security An attempted bombing aboard a transatlantic Northwest Airlines flight bound for Detroit on Christmas Day has raised new questions about U.S. air safety. Continue watching
Dec 25 Watch News Wrap: Passenger Allegedly Tries to Set Off Bomb on Flight to Detroit In other news, a passenger allegedly tried to blow up a Delta Air Lines flight today as it landed in Detroit, police in Pakistan said they plan to charge five American Muslims with violating anti-terror laws, and a Christmas Eve… Continue watching
Dec 24 Reports: Airstrike in Yemen May Have Targeted Cleric Linked to Fort Hood Shootings Yemeni forces backed by U.S. intelligence attacked alleged al-Qaida hide-outs in eastern Yemen early Thursday, killing more than 30 militants, Yemeni security officials have told news organizations. Reports are surfacing that a Muslim cleric linked to the accused Fort… Continue reading