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other than the fact that there definitely is planned a very enormous attack, a catastrophic type attack. that s probably the best way to describe it, and i can t really go any further than that. the threat is considered credible though ambiguous. it could target u.s. or western targets all across the region, though yemen is getting particular attention. with security around the u.s. embassy there even tighter than usual. there s a long history of al qaeda in the aarabian peninsula targeting the u.s., including the christmas day 2009 underwear bomb plot. now cnn terrorism analyst paul crookshank say there s a new twist, al qaeda s leader in yemen, one osama bin laden s personal secretary, is now reportedly the second in command in the worldwide operation. is this an opportunity potent l potentially for him to make his mark? it may well be. it could be his coming out party as the de facto number two of al qaeda. the plot was in the works at the
egypt where it was primarily people fighting about political and economic reforms, there really are sectarian divides in yemen. and the help of saudis that has contained that, but that president leaving and saudis no longer able to influence them, the doors are wide open for al-qaeda and the aarabian peninsula to get some footage. gregg: the point is the president there, he has been a key ally in our fight against al-qaeda. it appears that al-qaeda will rise. what do we do about it? i don t think they can rise to take over the country. most of the people are more interested in economic and political reform than they are in sharea law which al-qaeda continues to call for. intelligence we re going to have
steven hayes. the jury deliberating right now. we ll have the latest from new haven coming up. jon: a full report from each of them coming up later this hour on happening now. jenna: our top story today, a growing concern that al-qaeda may be entering a bold new phase of terrorist activity. a splinter group, al-qaeda in the aarabian peninsula, suspected in several attacks. joining us now to talk about this, former homeland secretary michael chertoff, also managing principle of the chertoff group. mr. secretary, thank you so much for join us. good afternoon. jenna: there s a lot to this story but one basic question: how safe are we? well, of course, one of the things that s important about this plot is it was not directed at passenger airplanes. it appears to have been directed at cargo jets or, perhaps, the ultimate recipient of the package. and that reflects a lot of the progress that s been made over the last years with respect to