the local police, the fbi. they went into a house about nine houses down on the left side of this block back here in bridgeport. we were going to get our first chance to walk up to the home in a matter of minutes. that's when agents say they will clear the scene. we have seen them remove evidence. they describe it as possible evidence that has been taken away to a vehicle with six fbi agents. now, there is a second home where faisal shahzad had been living in the past. before that, for three or four years. he was living with his wife and two young children in a home about 20 minutes away in the town ofiéa&n shelton. according to one neighbor who lives next door, she has said that he was odd, to use her words. that he was strange. that he often wore black and would go jogging at night. he told her husband heñlktr worn wall street. we can't confirm that9eúcw-,l n. but that's information we're working to try to confirm. the sense would be he has some familiarity with manhattan in that is the case. again, the f

would doj and fbi, were they looking at this fellow at all times prior to the attempted bombing? >> well, we're in the process -- this is an ongoing investigation and we're in the process of looking at indices and files to see exactly what we knewbout this gentlem and when we knew it. i'm a little at a disadvantage because this is an ongoing investigation and there are leads that we are still pursuing from getting into too much detail about what we know at this point because some of that serves as the basis for thin that are in the process that are ongoing. but we are -- in answer to your question, we are in thprocess of trying to determine exactly what we knew about him and when. >> well, i want to get to a key issue as far as my agenda is concerned. and i ask this, it was reported that the times square bomber left a loaded handgun in his car at jfk as he tried to make his escape. the ste of georgia, state legislature recently passed a bill that that would allow peop carry a loaded gun into an airport. do you support allowing people to carry loaded guns into an american airport?

welcome, i want to ask you something, in your 27 year career with the fbi. how many people did you deal with like tom? >> one. >> tom ganley. >> he's the only one like that. >> what do you mean? >> normally you're dealing with informants, people who are actually involved in these crimes and you're trying to get them to tell you what's going on, help them help you defeat these people and along comes tom ganley and volunteers to help us and it's just like a miracle that you can deal with somebody like him. who is willing to do that, willing to put himself in danger and his family in danger. >> he was really in danger, wasn't he? >> there's no doubt about it he was in danger. >> a million dollar contract. >> million dollar contract. the mob says somebody gets the guy and a million bucks for them. >> him and his family. not only him and his wife-- >> he knew full well he was taking risks. >> he knew from day one he was. obviously you don't have that happen often. did you think it would take two years to get this all done? >> well, when we started, we figured it

with the fbi director. we believe those joint task forces, whether it's on violent crime, terrorism or mortgage fraud, is the way to go. we look forward to your budget on that. i know we've started late and i just want to make one other emphas emphasis, which isn protecting women and children. we really salute the obama administration for increasing funds against the violence against women and know when the hot line was created in the judiciary committee and senator leahy played suchn important part in that along with our vice president, we nownow that hot line, over 1 million women have called that hot line and they've either been saved from death or danger. we want -- that's as important as standing sentrygainst any other attack. the protection for children, as a former child abuse worker there's nothing as vile as a crime against a child anticipate want to make sure you have the right resources to do the job. there are other issues referring guantanamo bay, the purchase of the illinois prison and detenti

and i called the fbi and they immediately came out. sat and chatted with me and said, don't worry. this is ultimately going to be about money. and i said no, you don't understand. it's not about money. and they said, no, it will be about money and asked permission to put in hidden cameras and microphones and monitor my phones, commonly called bugging phones. both -- all the business homes and home phones and everything and shortly thereafter, the same person that brought forth this there the came back into my office and said, i don't like you. but i'll help you. but it will cost you money. and i said really? and he said yes. it will cost you x amount of dollars and i expect to pick it up tomorrow or i'm not going to help you. and i said i don't have the money now. which is what the fbi asked me to say, always say that. buy time and he said i'll be back tomorrow and he left and i found out later, the fbi followed him also. and they came in and said don't worry. we'll provide the money. we want to videotape him taking the money. and he c

and then finally, i ran into an fbi, former fbi colleagues with whom i served in islamabad and i asked him and he said put into a box sent to an fbi storage facility in suburban maryland. the box has never been opened and nobody ever traced the calls. so for all we know your we are eight years later these people still living in the united states -- >> host: the complex nsa operation at the beginning of the george w. bush administration where we were using -- trying to digest that information to get who was al qaeda calling in the united states and why. >> guest: that's right. and there it was in black and white. >> host: well, one of the really most exciting parts of your book is your capture of zubaydah, this high-ranking al l qaeda officials. can you take us through that? >> guest: sure. in february 2002 we got word from headquarters the abu zubaydah was somewhere in pakistan and that is all they said was he was somewhere in pakistan. >> host: do you know him by the name of the time? >> guest: we did. we thought at the time that he was the number three ranking person in al qaeda. tha

because it was an up-and-coming investigation the fbi had the lead, so tommy cabled the fbi saying we did it, no problem, everybody is accounted for. we got everything. we will start going through. he said congratulations. advice me if you find it interesting. of course later he came to my office and said you are never going to believe what i found. it was a final folder with telephone bills and the telephone bills were written in english, pakistani issued a telephone bills and they documented 168 calls made from the taliban embassy to the members inside the united states and i mean all over the united states, bethesda maryland, the santa was, buffalo, kansas city, all over the country and the calls stopped abruptly on september 10th 2001 and started again slowly on september 60 and. >> host: so you have a live one. >> guest: this is the best lead we had during the time i was in pakistan. he was very excited about this. this is a very serious catch so he cabled the fbi and said be advised this is what we found. we're patching the originals back. he said police majeure the original com

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an fbi surveillance team did not see him drive away. one official says he switched cars and that agents were forced to keep a distance to avoid detection. still, some considered it a serious lapse. >> the fact that they didn't know where he was for several hours and got him back only in the nick of time is a cause of worry. >> reporter: earlier that day, fearing that shahzad might try to flee, the fbi got his name added to the government's no-fly list. airlines are required to deny boarding to anyone on it. but the rules only required airlines to update their lists every 24 hours. starting today, they must update no-fly lists every two hours. the fbi also asked on monday that shahzad be added to another watch list, one used by border agents. it's that border alert list that was actually used to pull shahzad off the flight here at kennedy airport. once the plane was fully boarded, the airline gave the passenger list to agents of customs and border protection. they spotted his name and hauled him off the flight. officials say when they wa

are you the nypd or fbi? the agent then exposed his badge and said, cbp, customs and border protection. a little bit like a movie, wolf? >> yeah, got all the plot there of a movie, but unfortunately, this is all very, very true. jeanne is working the story for us as well. thank you. counterterrorism officials were asking questions about faisal shahzad six years ago. what were they looking for back then? coming up this hour, i'll be speaking with the chief of staff of the president's national security council, denis mcdonough. we'll talk about the investigation. stand by. >>> we're also following other breaking news. a new attempt to try to cap the leaking oil well in the gulf of mexico. will a giant containment dome do the trick? brian todd got a firsthand look. stay with us. you're in "the situation room." to the seekers of things which are one of a kind. the authentic, the rare, the hard to define. to those who'd climb mountains or sail across seas... for the perfect vanilla or honey from bees. to the lover

i'm sure the fbi is going to do their afteraction and figure out what might have happened. the second one is a little more troubling. it ended up well but demonstrated a flaw in the system even after we changed it and improved it so much. the airlines are not mandated to update their no-fly list more than once every 12 hours. because of that, emirates air said, hey, we weren't told to do it. department of homeland security has said, wait a minute. when we sent out shahzad's name, we asked the airlines to do it right away. so now we've seen the administration say you have to update every two hours. that's the new policy. so they're starting to fix that loophole that had it broke in the wrong way, shahzad would have been on a plane. it's not to say he would have gotten away. but he would have been on a plane and it would have taken off. >> just to put this in perspective, 12:30 the feds put out this note to the airlines saying, hey, watch your passenger manifest for this guy. he's on the no-fly list now. he arrives at the airport 7:30 monday and is allowed to board. the only

particularly focused on fbi, and whether or not you had the responsibility for working with the fbi to ensure that the discrimination complaints that have come from within are being settled, and whether or not there is a backlog. and i will be writing his more on this, but i want to hear from you just briefly what you know and what you have done. >> well, just two weeks ago i issued a directive come up plan for the department of justice that includes all of the departments components, including the fbi, the dea, the atf and other components that make up the department. there are people who are going to be in place to monitor this, to monitor these diversity efforts, all of the components have to come back i believe by the end of june with what their plan is to diversify their ranks. this department of justice is committed to diversity. this department of justice is at its strongest speed due to a backlog in the fbi discrimination? do have a backlog of discrimination complaints in fbi? >> i don't know. i'll have to check and i can get back to on that. >> and the report is public, that i

nypd and fbi guys were all over that car. they knew to go to the vin number. they knew that would lead to the owner of the car. that went to the sale, back to the internet, to the individual. like clockwork cops working around the clock. it worked pretty well, keith. >> i don't want to get too political, but as a function of tamping down fear, what did you think of this president saying -- congratulating the police in this city, the residents in this city and saying this is not a country who is going to be terrified or terrorized. >> i think he got it right on. if we overreact we amplify the attack of the terrorism. terrorism is an instrument of the weak and cowards. they are attacking our psyche. if we overreact to a terrorist attack we are playing into their hands, amplifying their power. i think he got that message right. by the way, keith, new yorkers get this. they know they live in a city of risk. it is a city, life is full of risks. new yorkers get it. we shouldn't cower in fear. this city, the day after this attempt there were 10,000 bicycles riding th

intelligence community and the fbi. our watchlist system properly implemented can be an effective mechanism for preventing individuals with suspected terrorist ties from boarding an airplane. it also averts law enforcement and burglar protection -- border protection agencies to screen potential terrorists and allows the state department to revoke of pieces of foreign individuals when terrorist ties of people trying to -- travel to the u.s. airline the evidence remains that the evidence used to compile the watchlist is fragmentary and of varying degrees of credibility. as ted kennedy discovered when his name was included. the watch list can be inaccurate. it is not, in other words, the equivalent of a criminal history report.

and the fbi is a great organization. but it's not a perfect organization. and there have been times historically that the fbi loses somebody in a surveillance as does every police department. this is the reason why we have the system we have. we create layers of defense. there are a number of things, a number of points at which you can catch somebody. in this case, because of that, we did catch the person. and it's a recognition that there's no perfection, and therefore you build a series of defenses. and that's what gets the job done. >> why was he permitted by the airline to book the reservation if he'd already been put earlier in the day on that no-fly list. >> this is a flaw in the current configuration of the no-fly list which is in the process of being corrected. for a number of years we fought for a program called secure a flight. which would take the responsibility for implementing the watch list from the airlines to tsa and the government. >> the airlines fought you on this. >> the airlines fought us on this for years. happily, about a year ago, ac

the fbi and homeland security are involved. there are a lot of cooks in pot.s o everyone's been awhile you'll hear somebody and they are less of an expert and say we should have a service like the british do. my response is, here is the first problem. this constitution we have built was built for one purpose. we have three branches of government. they're all countervailing. there is a lot state governments. there is some justification with central power and also about size. british are about 60 million toll. mi5 can work with the police forces and the british are much more accepting of a greater intrusiveness of their lives as events by so many cameras around the country. they have more of a willingness and an experience. we do not have that level of experience in terms of dealing with terrorist activities yet and i hope we do not. host: ron marks is our guest and we're talking specifically about surveillance cameras and other domestic issues he can address. caller: thank you. i appreciate listening to this. my question or feel

specific terrorist organization we worked closely with the fbi through the joint terrorist task force in this case. the bomb maker claimed on the internet that the car bomb was placed in times square to avenge the deaths of mudadeen fighters we have no evidence to support the claim. >> i got off the phone with mayor bloomberg to make sure they and federal officials are coordinating. we took eerie step necessary to assure our state and local partners have the full support and cooperation with the federal government. >> it is a reminder new york is a target of people who want to come here and do us harm. >> you are looking live at the actual surveillance photographs taken at exactly 6:28 saturday evening of the nissan path finder fitted with tinted windows and jam packed withlet

the times square car bomb is linked to any specific terrorist organization we worked closely with the fbi through the joint terrorist task force in this case. the bomb maker claimed on the internet that the car bomb was placed in times square to avenge the deaths of mudadeen fighters we have no evidence to support the claim. >> i got off the phone with mayor bloomberg to make sure they and federal officials are coordinating. we took eerie step necessary to assure our state and local partners have the full support and cooperation with the federal government. >> it is a reminder new york is a target of people who want to come here and do us harm. >> you are looking live at the actual surveillance photographs taken at exactly 6:28 saturday evening of the nissan path finder fitted with tinted windows and jam packed withlet that will tar go of gasoline and all of it wired to a cluster of fireworks and intended to detonate a gigantic and huge explosion. we are live and at large in times square, new york and as we speak a nationwide manhunt of unprecedented d dimensions of a man who would commit

. >> reporter: it turns out that the fbi surveillance team lost track of shahzad on monday as he was driving in the area. >> the key is, you want to stay with him and follow him but you don't want to have the surveillance made. you don't want to spook him. you're going to stay back, and the fear, obviously, in staying back is, it increases the likelihood that you could lose him. >> reporter: and they did. so, unknown to the fbi, shahzad drove directly to kennedy airport, where he parked his car in a short-term lot, leaving a .9 millimeter semiautomatic pistol in the vehicle. though his name and passport number had been flagged, he was able to buy a one-way ticket in cash and board an emirates flig flight. >> there was a problem alongline. >> reporter: it was only as the plane was taxiing for takeoff, u.s. customs boarded the plane to arrest him. the attorney general said today he was never worried. >> i was never in any fear that we were in danger of losing him. >> reporter: once shahzad was in custody, officials made sure the naturalized u.s. citizen was questioned by a special fbi

now, what the fbi says is that's right. we had a loose tail on him. we didn't want him to know we were there. that's what happens in the course of these things. sometimes you lose people for a while. for that reason, they say, they had asked customs and border protection to put him on a separate thing. this is not the no-fly list. it's a separate deal. a border watch list. frankly they were concerned he would get in his car and drive to canada. they wanted to make sure he was stopped at the border. that same list the same the cdp, customs and border patrol folks were looking at on every outbound flight, had started doing that at 11:00 monday morning. they noticed he was on united emirates airlines flight to dubai. that's why they pulled him off the plane. it's not the no-fly list as such. it's a separate deal. >> pete williams our justice correspondent today. >>> there's an active organization overseas in faisal shahzad's pakistan, dozens of people there rounded up, including several relatives of faisal. foreign correspondent richard engel there from

la nave no alcanzó a despegar >>> según autoridades shahzad le dijo lo estaba esperando son el fbi o de la policía preguntó cuando la arrestaron en el avión >>> por lo menos dos favl significativo que pudieran permitir salir el país sin problemas >>> empezando porque el equipo de vigilancia de fbi le pefrd oí el rastro que shahzad se fue el re puerto kennedy y como resultado investigadores no sabían que iban a bordar un avión para que vieron las lista horas después >>> por el lado es aerolínea es que no comprobaron los mensaje que mandaron a todos la compañías >>> eso le hubiese perm de text de textos aro cuando compró el boleto >>> hay ver as punto que tiene que conseguir ante de poder hacer un arrestos de un individual. son 5 largos cargos que enfrenta >>> acto de terrorismo y uso de un dispositivo drurp y transportar y recibir explosivo y su dañar y o destruir por propiedad por medio de fuego y su explosivos >>> en califica actualmente para un pena de muerte. simplemente y gracias a dios nunca llegó a realizar lo que planificando >>> espero espepero este es un de cad

accused bomber faceal shahzad was driven away from the fbi's offices. the 30-year-old allegedly admits he is the one who built the car bomb and drove night times square. at his bridgeport home, officials say a day-long search uncovered evidence like fertilizer and fireworks, evidence similar to the components used in the bomb that did not explode. >> but all of that together, that lethal assembly, really made a very big hurt lock. >> in lengthy questioning, he calmly claims he acted alone. prosecutors say shahzad did travel to pakistan for bomb training. and investigators want to know more about the extremist he met with there as well as phone calls he made to pakistan in the weeks before the alleged plot. >> we're, of course, working with our law enforcement intelligence partners to uncover all possible ties this particular individual has or may have had to radical creamism or terrorist organizations both at home and overseas. >> reporter: as of now, officials say one theory is that even though shahzad got help from others for bomb training, he returne

>> reporter: diane, he's been talking since he was arrested, reportedly telling fbi agents he was angry over friends killed in pakistan that he suffered a personal crisis in his life, and, according to one person, even a claim that he carried out the attempted bombing because he was under duress. authorities are skeptical about that. shahzad told fbi agents he feared for his family's safety if he did not carry out the mission, driving the vehicle bomb into a crowded times square. >> that begins to make more sense why the pakistani authorities apparently have, quote, arrested his family members. that may have been protective custody. >> reporter: his was not a suicide mission and he was a bumbling bomber. police say the bomb was wired correctly but seriously flawed in other ways, including the failed fuse for the bomb. and executive of the pennsylvania store where shahzad bought the fireworks said today what he bought lacked real fire power. >> they're not going to do the damage. i think he thought these products were a lot more powerful than they are. >> reporter: bomb technicians also

he's talking, giving fbi and government prosecutors information they find valuable. at least that's their explanation. although sometimes when you hear that, that can sound self-serving. as i understand the law, there's no requirement a suspect appear immediately. it's supposed to happen without unnecessary delay. they are taking some time. ags you know, every aspect of this case, how he was arrested, when he was read his right, when he's going to appear in court is scrutinized very, very closely. the big thing is, of course, he's an american citizen. once he appears in court, he gets a lawyer and everything changes. >> ron, speaking of scrutiny there's a lot of that when it comes to the fact this man almost got out of the country. he was actually on this flight that was taxiing away. we now have reports that he was being tracked by fbi a little, and they lost him as well as there was an urgent e-mail to put him on the no-fly list but he made it on the plane. what else can you tell us about that part of some of the questions out there? >> well, yes. the details of al

he's a former fbi agent. we're going to ask him a bit more about how the team work played into this, the joint terrorism task force, fbi and local police from new york all teaming up to make this arrest in such short order. we'll also visit with bob windrem. he's going to have the latest on the time line and how we got to this point, including questions still being answered today, about how this man who paid for his flight in cash and purchased it at the airport or on the way to the airport mere hours before he was arrested was even allowed to board that flight before it had to taxi and return to the gate before he was arrested. >> those details coming in fast and furious today, peter. >>> some of the other headlines today, a lawyer for a university of virginia la crosse team member george huguely now charged with murdering his ex-girlfriend says the death was a tragic accident. >> we are confident ms. love's death was not intended, but an accident with a tragic outcome. in the meantime, george is withdrawing

segÚn las autoridades les dijo los estaba esperando son del fbi o de la policÍa, les preguntÓ cuando lo arrestaron. hubo por lo menos otros pasos significativos en la respuesta de las autoridades. empezando porque el equipo de vigilancia del fbi le perdiÓ el rastro, no se sabe por cuÁnto tiempo, hasta que se trasladÓ al aeropuerto kennedy, y como resultado los investigadores no sabÍan que Él iba a abordar un aviÓn hasta que vieron los nombres de pasajeros por el lado de la aerolÍnea las fallas fueron que sus empleados no comprobaron el mensaje electrÓnico, que les enviaron alertandolos, eso les vez he -hubiese permitido detectarlo cuando hizo la reservaciÓn. >> hay varios elementos de evidencia y varios puntos de las leyes. >> son cinco los cargos que enfrenta; uso de armas de destrucciÓn masiva, actos de terrorismo traspasando las fronteras, uso de un dispositivo destructivo, en relaciÓn violencia criminal... >> no califica actualmente para pena de muerte, simplemente gracias a dios nunca llegÓ a realizar lo que estaba planificando. es un caso de cadena perpetua. >> los

. >> a talk about the cooperation between the fbi and the new york police department? >> it seem less. glass that question and the answer is the same and it's true. we're working extremely well together. >> attorney general, you refer to this as a terrorist plot. can you give us any idea of whether we're talking about three people or more, for example, and a terrorist group being part of this? >> at this point, i think i'm going to say no more than what i have said in that regard e >> president obama also commented on this when speaking before the business council. he then spoke on the proposed financial regulation bill. this is half an hour. >> good morning. it is a pleasure to be here this morning. i want to thank everyone for joining us. we have a busy agenda and we have some excellent speakers. i am looking for to wait productive two days. it is my pleasure to introduce our first speaker. i want to thank the president for making that time, given his extremely busy schedule, did join us at this critical time. the topic of improving the economy, focusing on the defic

he is former deputy assistant director of the fbi. mr. brandon, good morning. >> good morning. >> it is the question of the morning. what good is it to put a suspect on a no-fly list monday morning when later that same day, he's going to successfully buy a one-way ticket, clear security, and get on a plane bound for dubai? >> well, this is the question of the day. how could this happen? this is not necessarily rocket science, and we've had a long time to work out all the glitches. it shouldn't have happened. but, in the end, we also have to remember, that, in fact, it did work. very close call on it, but it did work. >> it did work, but he still managed to get on the plane. what if, for example, he'd had explosives with him then? >> sure. >> on the plane. >> sure. no, it was -- it's not what should happen. there's no question about that. i don't mean to imply that at all. this has to be reviewed, and fine tuned, unfortunately we've been through this for a number of years and had a number of incidents. it has to be fixed right now. >> we h

there is a larger fbi data base of people who are subjects of investigation. this could be done by the fbi are regulation. and i will ask about that on the second panel. what did not make sense to go beyond -- and this precautionary system that we're talking about, what did not make sense to offer it -- also ask that someone coming and to purchase a gun be run through the larger data base the fbi has of people under active investigation? >> senator, i would fully agree with that. all the records have not been made available to us, but yes, i am using that case as an example. i agree with you completely. >> thank you. commissioner kelly, a couple of quick question. you have a problem -- a program called operation nexus that reaches out to businesses that sell certain types of equipment seven days. i want to talk -- i want ask you to talk about it and how it has worked and whether the federal government should try to encourage other communities to adopt the same kind of program. >> that is ashley program similar to that and customs. haddad specifically to do wit

yes, the artist, the fbi artist did a great job. the woman communicated it of course because that's the key. it was very good sketch, about the best sketch that i have seen. >> charlie: what's next? >> well, hopefully we'll continue to get information and that information will be exploited perhaps telephone information, as you said contacts, is he part of a larger group, we don't know. >> charlie: they have arrested some people in pakistan? >> apparently they have, yes. i don't know the specifics of that. >> charlie: it's difficult, there's so many things that are not known and ongoing investigation you have person who you're trying to have a conversation with him so you can maximize the benefit of what he's telling you. >> that's true. >> charlie: thank you for coming. >> thank you, charlie, always good to be with you. >> charlie: ray kelly. police commissioner, city of new york. back in a moment. stay with us. >> charlie: tom watson is here, simply regarded as one of golf's greatest players. in career spanning five decades he won

the nypd and fbi detectives are pretty good at that. i'm sure he is still lying at this point. >> how could it be possible he was trained at a camp and is acting alone? in itself doesn't the training mean he is working with someone? >> absolutely. he has already admitted to being in training and obviously it wasn't very good as indicated by the bomb with all of the errors he conducted. right now there is no evidence, no sign of any other complicity. i'm sure they're going to focus on that as they want to round up any cell he might have been associated with. >> let's talk more about this image we have about what is a terrorist in this country. i want to play what retired general michael hayden had to say to savannah guthrie on the daily rundown this morning. >> for the new model, less complicated attacks, frankly attacks that would probably be less severe. attacks that are less skilled and therefore with a lower probability of success but now here is the very bad part. probably a lot more numerous and that's what we have to be prepared f

the city of new york and fbi and department of homeland security. looking at the vehicle and tracing finger patriotics. a lot of activity today -- fingerprints. a lot of investigation today. >> the white house press secretary wouldn't discuss who might be involved and what the motives might be. >> the president was briefed. anything on the latest on that? >> gibbs says the president was briefed again today by the homeland security and counter terrorism advisor, john brennan. this happened on marine one while the president was headed to andrews air force base. now, the press has tasked john brennan with communicating with the nypd about federal support the white house says will be provided. the nypd and fbi are leading the investigation with help from other federal agencies. the fbi this morning said all of the resources in their office in new york are available to assist with the ongoing investigation, eric. >> in 1993 they put a bomb in a van and drove it in the world trade center garage and exploded it and they were right across the river in new j

what the fbi and the nypd did is pull the string on his electronic communications after interviewing the individual who sold shahzad the nissan pathfinder. that was the first big break in the case. once that happened, then they're able to quickly move to the point where through additional phone number checking and between pakistan and here, ultimately led them to shahzad and that's why he's in custody today. >> and how did we stop him from flying away? how did we catch him on the plane? who gets responsibility for catching him? >> the last line of defense there was the department of homeland security. it was the customs and border police. they were the ones that picked him up. i think there's going to be some discussion about how did he get from the fbi monitoring him, surveying him, to the point where he ultimately got on the plane. there may have been a disconnect there at some point. but i frankly think some of the discussion we've heard now about how if he got on the emirates plane he would have gotten away, is overblown. that's a flight i have taken a lot. it's a 13-hour nonstop

now, the refusal to give in forcible whistleblower rights to national security professionals in the fbi in the intelligence agencies. our philosophy is that it uses a secrecy enforced by repression are a clear and present danger to national security because they sustainable durability to terrorism created by bureaucratic recount. there's a luncheon panel today's sponsored by the federal law enforcement association will have five national security professionals from the front lines, from 9/11 to keeping our planes they will tell you what it's like when they try to honor that duty. we've got other goals for this conference. we're going to learn from each other. we'll be having panels and workshops, an overview of the whistle protection act legislation, streetlight in the right side of ten passed recently into media pertaining. will be networking of strategizing and workshops on corporate accountability, medical care whistleblowers and the office of special counsel. we'll be honoring those in our community, who has given exceptional service over the course of their professional lives. will

. >> the american people can be assured that the fbi and partners, in this process, have all the schools experience they need to learn everything we can. and that includes what if any connection this individual has to terrorist groups. >> faisal shahzad's connecticut home was searched by fbi today. neighbors say he kept a low profile. expected to appear in court tuesday. >> it took authorities three days to track faisal shahzad down. they were tipped off to the whereabouts when he bought a last minute, one way plane ticket with cash. terror experts say investigators wanted to see if there was others involved in the plot before making the arrests. >> they have very significant strategies. so you want to make sure that you are not just getting this individual but get inanyone else that may be concerned. so you make a decision as to when you will take them. not just based on when it is easiest to take them. but when you feel pretty sure that you have seen all you need to see. >> allowing the suspect to go through security was a good idea because then they knew he was unarmed. >> well that b

i was going to say that -- >> this is for you. >> the fbi would send the leads immediately. and in this situation, they may have already done that because that one person was developed as a suspect started to obtain telephone and e-mail records. they saw contacts going to not just pakistan but all over the united states. they would be sending leads to those countries for the fbi to request the host country to provide the information of who was the recipient of the e-mail or the recipient of the phone calls in those countries. and then also as they were identifying this person, what's his background in terms of the other country? is he still a citizen of the other country? what residence did he have? did he have affiliations with us is suspicious persons of the country. the investigation will be absolutely immediate once they have the identity of the suspect in this case. >> also wonder if this suspect was on any kind of list, no fly list or, you know, if his name was on any terror list. drew, your thoulghts on that. >> i'm sorry. >> no worries. i was just telling orb asking