Jan 08 Abdulmutallab Enters Not Guilty Plea in Detroit Hearing Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the man accused of attempting to blow up a U.S.-bound flight on Christmas Day, entered a not guilty plea during his arraignment Friday in a federal courtroom in Detroit. The 23-year-old Nigerian suspect said little during a… Continue reading
Jan 08 Watch Airline Plot Exposes Issues With Intelligence Analysis The November attack on Fort Hood and the failed plot to blow up a passenger jet on Christmas have renewed questions on how U.S. intelligence is analyzed and tracked. Judy Woodruff talks to a panel for more. Continue watching
Jan 08 Watch Nigerian Suspect Pleads Not Guilty in Airline Plot Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the 23-year-old Nigerian man accused of attempting to blow up a U.S. airliner on Christmas, entered a plea of not guilty during an arraignment in Federal court Friday. Ray Suarez discusses the arraignment with Paul Egan of… Continue watching
Jan 07 Obama: ‘The Buck Stops With Me’ on National Security By Dave Gustafson President Obama said Thursday afternoon that in regard to terror threats against the United States, "the buck stops with me." He suggested that nobody would be fired as a result of the attempted airliner attack on Christmas, saying that the… Continue reading
Jan 07 Al-Qaida Says CIA Killings Payback for Pakistan Drone Strikes By Larisa Epatko Al-Qaida claimed responsibility on Thursday for last month's attack on a base in Khost, Afghanistan, that killed seven CIA agents. According to Islamist Web sites, the attack was "revenge" for U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan. Continue reading
Jan 07 Thursday’s Headlines: Obama to Speak on Findings; Bomber Tied to Cleric The American public will learn on Thursday of the government missteps that allowed Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab to get on a Northwest Airlines flight to Detroit on Christmas Day. The Obama administration is set to release an account of the… Continue reading
Jan 07 H1N1 Vaccine Reaching Poorer Nations as Flu Fears Continue to Wane By Talea Miller Developing nations will begin receiving donated H1N1 vaccine Thursday, just as the U.S. shortage is waning and some European nations find themselves with more vaccine than they can handle. Continue reading
Jan 07 Watch Obama Details Intelligence Lapses Around Botched Attack President Obama took responsibility for the systemic failures that allowed a terror suspect to board a plane with an explosive, saying in a statement "the buck stops with me." Jim Lehrer talks to counter-terrorism experts and lawmakers for reaction. Continue watching
Jan 06 Abdulmutallab Indicted in Plot to Attack U.S.-Bound Airliner The man accused of trying to detonate an explosive on a Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas Day was indicted by a federal grand jury Wednesday in Michigan on charges including attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction. The seven-page indictment… Continue reading
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