tactics to smaller-scale attacks. indeed we should not forget that one of al-qaeda s goals is to force the russ and allies to adopt additional expensive safeguards that would further burden our economies. and the senior republican on the committee said hundreds of americans would probably be dead if it weren t for some luck. but as we look back over the last ten years, there have been failures as well, including the fort hood shooting. attempted christmas day becoming of flight 253 and the attempted bombing in time square. as we reported on fox, one failed to explode because the explosives were damp and one they had the wrong explosives. and the feds are still chasing the 9/11 terror threat. they are. in a separate hearing before homeland security the fbi director and homeland security secretary stated publicly, the investigation continues. we consider it an ongoing
transitioned from being a proselytizer to a senior member of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. his knowledge of the united states is part of the reason why aqap has tried to target the homeland with flight 253, the failed underwear bomber. he understands our security and he is very, very talented mike lieder pointed him out as he is a military kid, lived in new mexico and went to colorado state university. let me move over to libya, secretary of state hillary clinton talking about the fears of evacuating power there. one of our biggest concerns is libya descending into chaos and becoming a giant somalia.
u.s. and western counter terrorism world. al qaeda and the arabian pen li peninsula, they have tried to plan operations elsewhere, but our view of them changed last december when flight 253 was attempted to be blown out. so now that they are now that there s a threat aimed at europe as well, it s confirmation that they have a capability that goes well beyond just the meet. that s why we re paying so much attention and threat is viewed yes ve credible by the french. aqap behind the terrorist magazine which put out its second edition called inspire was encourages small-scale attacks on western targets. how much concern is there here in the u.s.? well, i think what s interesting about inspire is that it s an english language
blessed the missionas not only to down the american flight, but he also provided the 23-year-old sgerian withraining in yemen, advice how to side step western security and al-awlaki was the middle mp. al-awlaki was born in new mexicn in 1971 when his father was a student at new mexico state university. and he lived a very double life. he spent most of his childhood in yemen and then he returned to the u.s. for college and the photo you see on the right is from 1997 when this so-called holyan was picked up by san diego police for soliciting prostitutes. u.s. officials have told fox that really in the last 18 months, al-awlaki has been seen face ofof the new if you will,these, digitalrt orirtual jihaddistsn the internet andas as t a consequence, has taken on a more operational role withinl- and yemen. he s no longer content to be apr propaganda on the web.
other, they confirmed that he nationwide down the american flight but he also provided the 23-ar-old nigerian training in yemen and advisedim how to side step western surveillance. he was the middleman between mutalab and the bomb maker. this is gregg: katherine, live in washington, thanks.ro julie: troops serving overseas honoring their fellow soldiers who have given their lives since the war on terror begin. we re talking to you f a remarkable run on this national day of rememance and the sounds of sadness over normally noisy lower manhattan as the nation honors the loss and sacrifice of americans on september 11th. [ bell ringing ] don t lavoy adams, patrick