other law enforcement agents, so those were never placed anywhere and no one was actually in any danger. can you tell us what role the mexican government played in the investigation of this? i mean, with the subjects traveling back and forth, can you tell us how they were involved? well, i can simply say that we have all commend dollars the mexicoan government for their cooperation with us, and in this, helping us uncover the plot, helping us ultimately unwind it. i don t want to go into too much detail as to what the nature of the cooperation was, but it was significant, and i don t think that without it, we would have been able to accomplish what we have announced today. are there any other suspects at large in the united states? there s a reference here to others who have conducted surveillance in washington. are there any folks that
the one on a worldwide jihad with the united states, but what this shows is iran is willing to consider this a worldwide conflict. um, and, again, i think that that is i m not sure what their game is, and i m not sure anybody knows what their game is, even themselves, but it really is entering a very high-stakes poker game. megyn: kt, thank you. stand by, if you would. joining me now for more is walid phares, terrorism experience. let s pick up where kt and i left off, and let me ask you, is this an act of war? should the united states even consider treating it as such, or does that elevate it to a level it does not justifiably get to? let s go bottom up. number one, for the iranian services, revolutionary guard and others to have enough networks, cells or individuals capable of striking inside washington, d.c., the federal capital, that is the first thing that comes to our mind in terms of homeland security. and if they have it in washington, so where else they
anything? reporter: right now, the pentagon would not be commenting. we ve called over to the state department, everybody is going to let the department of justice take the lead on this right now, but certainly, the state department is going to have to have a reaction, at a certain point, because this deals with this is an international issue, we re dealing with a potential foiled attack in washington, d.c., and if the culprits if the fbi believes they have links going back to iran and involving the saudi ambassador on u.s. territory, that is an international issue. megyn: certainly is. stand by as we await the attorney general. we expect him out momentarily. i want to get back to neil livingston if i can for a quick moment before we hear from the attorney general. neil, how bold is this? well, this is very bold. i have a department across the street from the saudi an apartment across the street from the saudi embassy, across from the kennedy center, this is in the heart of t
megyn: fox news alert, and we are now awaiting details on reports of a significant terror plot targeting the united states. our producers in washington tell us that attorney general eric holder and fbi director robert mueller will be holding a news conference in about 20 minutes, a fact we reported to you earlier. the topic we did not know, now we are getting these reports: that the plot reportedly involves iran and plans to bomb both the saudi and israeli embassies in washington, d.c. as well as to assassinate the saudi ambassador to the united states. the details as being reported by another news agency now suggest that the operation that our government conducted began in may when an iranian-american from texas approached a dea informant seeking his help to assassinate the saudi ambassador. again, a news conference on what we are being told was a foiled terror plot by iran targeting
megyn: a major alert, fox news now confirming a significant terror plot with targets inside the united states. our producers in the washington tell us the attorney general, eric holder, and the fbi trial courter, robert mueller, will be holding a news conference in ten minutes.