dead? no. reporter: which is the greatest threat to u.s. national security right now? al qaeda in pakistan, al qaeda in yemen, al qaeda in north africa, or home grown terrorism? i would start with home grown terrorism. the most immediate threat is home grown terrorism as we ve seen in the boston marathon. reporter: the threat connecting most home grown plots from the ft. hood massacre in 2009 to the boston marathon bombing is the followers of the first american targeted for death by the cia. the increase in individuals who are radicalized on the internet and in addition to that can gain the knowledge on how you develop an explosive device on the internet, that s the biggest threat at this juncture. after that al qaeda in the arabian peninsula out of yemen. reporter: fox s ongoing reporting of the cleric and newly declassified documents are raising questions over whether the u.s. government tried to recruit him as an intelligence source in 2002. i am not personally familia
the arab spring that will territorially present the substantial threat down the road. so al qaeda is not dead? no. reporter: the threat connecting most home brown plots from the ft. hood massacre in 2009 to the boston marathon bombing earlier this year is that the suspects are followers of anwr al awlaki. the first american targeted for death by the cia. the increase in individuals who are radicalized on the internet and in addition to that can gain the knowledge on how you develop an explosive device on the internet, that is the biggest threat at this juncture. after that i would say probably al qaeda in the arabian peninsula out of yemen. reporter: fox s ongoing reporting of the cleric in newly declassified documents are raising questions over whether the u.s. government tried to recruit al awlaki as an intelligence source in 2002. i am not personally familiar with any effort to recruit anwr awlaki as an asset. that does not mean to say there
read and consider it carefully before investing. risk includes possible loss of principal. pnchs live from america s news headquarters, army major nadal hassan has been convicted of fay it willy shooting 19 people during the ft. hood massacre. he ll continue to represent himself in the sentencing phase of the trial which begins on monday. during the trial, hassan called
the ft. hood massacre, hassan. they asked the judge if they could review testimony from the police officer who shot him. the rampage left 13 people dead and 30 wounded. they will pick up where they left off later this morning. hasan is acting as his own attorney. robert muller says there does not appear to be a plan against the u.s. he told cnn intelligence officials continue to monitor the situation carefully. any planned attack has been postponed. if the u.s. had the intelligence before 9/11 like now, at least part of the september 11th attack might have been prevented. now to this amazing story. the story of a school bookkeeper in georgia who overted a tragedy
zoraida, thanks so much. there is a lot of news developing at this hour. straight to mikial for the latest. fire crews reporting good progress battling the beaver creek fire near sun valley, idaho. the fire scorched 106,000 acres and is at 30% containment. meantime, an out of control wildfire near california s yosemite national park is threatening thousands of structures. in all nearly 50 major fires are burning in 11 western states stretching fire fighting resources to the limit. ft. hood massacre suspect nidal hasan begins his defense today. the former army psychologist faces 13 murder counts and a possible death sentence for the 2009 shooting rampage at the texas military base. a court hearing for a vanderbilt football player and