shahzhad s father, also a retired senior air marshal in the pakistani air force. joining us now, former cia officer peter brooks, a senior fellow of national security affairs at the heritage foundation. and former cia intelligence officer ralph moett larson, a senior fellow with the bell forward center. thirteen times in the last ten years or so, peter. does it suggest he should have been on some kind of a watch list? well, certainly since 9/11, pakistan has been a major terrorism problem for the united states. the epicenter of radicalism. and i think that people that are traveling there should get a look to see what they re doing. of course, it s equally important, jon, that on the far end, out in pakistan, that our intelligence officers and the pakistani intelligence and military intelligence are working together to gather information that might lead us to somebody like this most recent terrorist. jon: yeah, and i guess,
lieberman, what is unfolding, the police commissioner from new york, ray kelly and mike bloomberg, they re discussing the availability of vence and terrorism of weapons and terrorism and yesterday as you point out, authorities looked in the car, jfk, airport, what did they find inside, a semiautomatic weapon and they found a number of rounds of ammunition. this is precisely the type of thing they want to halt, by having this hearing today in washington. jane: we ll continue to watch. david, thanks. jon, to you. jon: shahzhad s escape prompted new rules for airlines which it comes to the no fly list, the tsa from now on will require airlines to recheck the list within two hours of receiving an update. pete hoekstra called shahzhad s capture and a bomb s failure to detonate lucky and he says luck cannot be our national security strategy. congressman hoekstra joins us on the phone from grand rapids, michigan, member of the house intelligence committee. he had the guy s name, he was put
possibly 13 times since 2003. his father is a retired senior air marshal of the pakistani air force, and his in laws also are from pakistan, though his wife is believed to be in saudi arabia. our procedure, sid caiffee has been digging up details, he s in islamabad. reporter: jane, several arrests have been made in the past two days here. one man arrested in karachi has now confessed, according to sources, that he has ties with the pakistani taliban. he s believed to be the friend of shahzhad, and they have played a significant role in connecting him to hussein, where he learned the art of bomb making. although shahzhad s father-in-law, a retired army officer has been arrested, his father, also a retired air vice marshal, is believed to be a naturalized american citizen. shah swratd comes from a wealthy and educated shahzhad comes from an
testifying before a senate hearing, he s been asking for more homeland security money for his city in the wake, of course wake, of course, of the attempted times square bombing. we ll watch that. in the middle, general motors recalling hummers h3 since the 2000 model year to fix part of the hood that can detach while driving. on the bottom the u.s. middle east envoy by george mitchell beginning the long awaited israeli-palestinian peace talks today, he sat down with prime minister benjamin netanyahu and is expected to speak to mahmoud abbas later this week. jon: faisal shahzhad said he received training in bomb making on a trip to pakistan. we re learning more about ties to his native country. shahzhad grew up in pakistan but left for america on the age of 18 on a student visa. he s returned to pakistan 13 times, since 2003, his most recent trip in february of this year.
educated and wealthy family and his family is well reputed, well respected with no connections to militants. the interior minister said the investigations are in preliminary stage and pakistan is willing to assist the u.s. to bring the mowvators of shahzhad to justice. all brothers in canada have been identified, along with bank accounts, associates, cell phone numbers, the interior minister has said. this is a very disturbing situation for pakistan, as the militants are now recruiting a new breed of operatives, and these militants, the people probably behind motivating shahzhad are far from the reach of pakistani security forces. jane? jane: sid kaife. in islamabad, thank you very much. jon: the birth place of democracy, in chaos right now. tens of thousands, rioting