Jan 07 Watch Obama Orders Intelligence Revamp; Says ‘Buck Stops with Me’ President Obama on Thursday outlined the intelligence missteps that failed to prevent an attempted terrorist attack on Christmas Day, saying that while the incident was a systemic failure, "ultimately the buck stops with me."… Continue watching
Jan 06 Watch Yemen’s Instability Muddles Plan to Close Guantanamo President Obama has made closing Guantanamo Bay a top priority. Yet as Margaret Warner reports, that effort has been complicated by the failed plot by an al-Qaida group in Yemen to blow up a U.S. airliner on Christmas. Continue watching
Jan 06 Watch Across Yemen, Sympathy for al-Qaida Pervades Jonathon Rugman of Independent Television News reports from the capital of Yemen on the appeal of al-Qaida there. Continue watching
Jan 05 Watch News Wrap: U.S. Reopens Embassy in Yemen In other news Tuesday, the U.S. reopened its embassy in Yemen after security concerns forced a two-day closure, and "rising threats and attacks" pushed the United Nations World Food Program to suspend aid to approximately 1 million people in southern… 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 04 In Yemen, Fears of Growing al-Qaida Presence By Larisa Epatko Yemeni government forces killed two suspected al-Qaida militants on Monday, as U.S. and other embassies remained closed for a second day due to renewed threats by an offshoot terrorist group there. Continue reading
Jan 04 Yemen Says 2 Militants Killed as Foreign Embassies Remain Closed Updated 5:42pm ET The link between the two alleged al-Qaida militants killed in Monday's raid in Yemen and the security threats that led U.S. and other foreign embassies to close remains unconfirmed. The Associated Press reports that in Monday's… Continue reading
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 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
Dec 30 Watch Dutch: Reports Appear to Confirm al-Qaida Role in Bomb Plot The Dutch interior ministry said Wednesday that initial findings appear to confirm al-Qaida's claim of responsibility in the Christmas Day airliner bombing attempt. Ray Suarez reports on the day's updates. Continue watching