close because they had insider information, insider control. and you had referenced that you had said that to the group. no, what i said was inside control of the plot and that the device was never a threat. okay, insider control. , i said inside control, not insider. inside control. based on what the associated the associated press never made mention about inside control. why was it necessary, then, to add that? why couldn t you have simply said we ve intercept a plot, a successful interception? because once the word inside control got out, all the speculation was that that inside control was interpreted as meaning we got somebody inside.
talked about the fact that in answering the question how do we know this, i think the quote that came across from richard clarke was, quote, never came close because they had insider information, insider control. you had referenced that you had said that to the group. , what i said was inside control of the plot and that the device was never a threat. insider control. no, i said inside control. not insider. inside control. based on what the associated prose they never made any mention about inside control. why was it necessary then to add that? why couldn t you have just simply said we ve intercepted a plot. it s been a successful interception. because once the word inside control got out, then all the speculati
second. first, the news of the morning. officials are worried there are other would-be bombers who could get through most airport security screenings. the device did not contain metal meaning it probably could have passed through an airport metal detector. abc s chief investigative correspondent brian ross has the latest on this terror threat. reporter: as abc news first reported last week, the plot led the u.s. to order scores of air marshals to europe to protect u.s.-bound aircraft. flights out of gatwick airport in britain and elsewhere received 100% coverage with air marshals on every flight according to u.s. officials. the plot was foiled in time so that no flights were ever actually in danger. u.s. government is saying it never came close because they had insider information. insider control. reporter: u.s. and other intelligence services said al qaeda bombmaker ibrahim al asiri operating out of yemen was the mastermind of the plot. authorities tell abc news this latest
the plot was foiled in time so that no flights were ever actually in danger. the u.s. government is saying it never came close because they had insider information. insider control. which implies that they had somebody on the inside who wasn t going to let it happen. so is our current airport security sophisticated enough to detect this new bomb which does not contain metal? such a critical question. abc s pierre thomas reports on what has airport officials so concerned. reporter: fbi forensic experts are studying the bomb. dissecting it, and aviation experts are focused on one critical question would it have gotten through airport security? the bomb was designed to fit in the underwear and contain no metal. very similar to the device snuck on board a u.s. jetliner bound for detroit christmas day 2009. that means metal detectors would not work. the most sophisticated technology used to detect such bombs are full body scanners deployed at 170 u.s. airports.
we ll get to that in a second. first, the news of the morning. officials are worried there are other would-be bombers who could get through most airport security screenings. the device did not contain metal meaning it probably could have passed through an airport metal detector. abc s chief investigative correspondent brian ross has the latest on this terror threat. reporter: as abc news first reported last week, the plot led the u.s. to order scores of air marshals to europe to protect u.s.-bound aircraft. flights out of gatwick airport in britain and elsewhere received 100% coverage with air marshals on every flight according to u.s. officials. the plot was foiled in time so that no flights were ever actually in danger. u.s. government is saying it never came close because they had insider information. insider control. reporter: u.s. and other intelligence services said al qaeda bombmaker ibrahim al asiri operating out of yemen was the mastermind of the plot. authorities