that eli reported. it is implausible. it s a very important thing that should be shot up the chain. it s not a matter of what people are saying, its a a matter of who are making these calls. the two people are known al qaeda, affiliates, minor league people of al qaeda. that is the important point. if they re saying in this call, this is sort of what we know now, is that, you know, maybe we should use the cover of the egyptian embassy business to launch our attack now. the egyptian embassy business is not the important point here. it s the two people that are having the coverinnversation ant they re plan to go do. there s a lot of fear about what this means for how they re going to do their job in the future and the pendulum of security. we re going to talk with a former diplomate after this break. [ male announcer ] feeling like a shadow of your former self?
that anything alarming was happening on board that flight until it was on the ground. many of them had high praise for the crew and air marshalls. here is a bit of what one of them had to say. they spent some time in the upper galley talking to the guy and sent him back down. you couldn t tell it was an incident until the very end when they put the plane in isolation. then it became clear something really big was going on. reporter: now, the embassy of qatar, the ambassador did put out a statement saying we expect special security precautions. this diplomate was traveling to denver on official embassy business on my instructions. he was not engaged in any threatening activities. the facts will show this was a mistake. avoid reckless judgments and speculation. clearly, this individual would