so or do you mirandize them right away. i m told this debate is happening behind the scenes right now. it s crucial because this is going to change the whole course and tone of the investigation and the prosecution how they determine whether the person is going to be considered an enemy combatant and the rights they are afforded or somebody american or naturalized citizen. legal framework. they don t have to mirandize them right away. no. they don t. intear guise interrogate them first. he did one of the things vote to extend the interrogation period after they apprehend if it is a foreign national. they did that to abdulmutallab. they went in and got all that information and got his father to convince him to talk. if it was greg that was picked up for this he couldn t be given his-mile-an-hour can miranda rights. he is a u.s. citizen and who he was working with.
undetected bomb. are you confident in our current screening technology? for this particular material candidly, no. and i can t say that i am. i think the pat down probably is better than the magnetometer. i think americans have to understand that this particular kind of explosives nonmetallic is not easily detectable. and that is one of the reasons why abdulmutallab wore it in his underwear so he couldn t be patted down sufficiently to detect it and that is a problem and something that tsa has to grapple with. and the american pub liv publit been terribly sympathetic. most travelers say i will go with the flow, i recognize the need, therefore i don t mind being patted down. i m in that category but not everybody is is.
stopped an ambitious al qaeda plot to blow up a passenger jet bound for the united states. a u.s. counter terrorism official tells cnn the explosive device is similar to the one used by the would-be underwear bomber. just like that bomb, there one did not contain metal, which raises real questions about whether it could have gotten passed airport security. as of yet, the person who had developed that bomb had not yet bought a ticket. here s defense secretary, leon panetta. what this incident makes clear is that this country has to continue to remain vigilant against those that would seek to attack this country and we will do everything necessary to keep america safe. fran townsend is cnn s national security contributor, a member of both the dhs and cia external advisory boards. chad sweet is a former dhs and cia official, also the cofounder of the chertoff group, a global security firm. good to see both of you. fran, i know you ve been reporting on this throughout the day
presidential nomination is all but over but we will get a taste tonight of whether the tea party will finally show some 2012 strength and a test of how important the culture wars will be in a year defined mostly today by economic challenges. our first stop indiana where 80-year-old senator richard lugar, leading republican voice on foreign policy is asking for one more term but facing a tea party and conservative revolt, revolts lugar s critics prove the senator last touch with the folks back home. dana bash is at lugar headquarters in indianapolis. you had a chance to talk with senate lugar a bit earlier today. let s listen to some of the exchange. reporter: you re 80 years old. you ve had by all accounts a stellar career. why did you decide to take on this fight within your own party rather than just say it s been great, time to go? well, first of all, because i believe that i have a unique opportunity to serve my country with regard to arms control, with regard to terr
policy has been a complete failure. if we had captured anwar al-awlaki, what would we have done with him? if today we capture zawahiri, the leader of al-qaeda, what would we do with him? on the underwear bomber who tried a bring a jet down over detroit, the fbi had to bring in abdulmutallab s parents before he would cooperate. if our interrogation policy for people who commit attacks on our country is going to be we hope that a where we hope that a parent comes and intervenes to help us get information that will protect americans, i think that we re in trouble f. that s our intelligence gathering procedures. reporter: senior democrats, including senator levin, say there s a waiver that would allow the administration to bring people into civilian court if that s what they choose, bill. bill: typical is the veto threat serious from the white house? the white house sending