the accused ft. hood attacker, u.s. major anadal hasan and three 9/11 hijackers and faisal shahzad. the death of awlaki is a major blow to al qaeda s most active operational affiliate. awlaki was the leader of external operations for al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. in that role he took the lead in planning and directing efforts to murder innocent americans. reporter: for more on awlaki, the al qaeda off shoot he represented and where we go from here, i want to bring in cnn s international correspondent nic robertson. nic, this was a huge development. why was awlaki such a threat and a priority for the snus. he was an intellectual. he was smart. he was well educated. he knew how to sort of manipulate his audience and the one thing that he had that al qaeda really wanted was a way to communicate the potential recruits in the west. he spoke english and he spoke it with a charisma and a meaning that drew in radicals or potential radicals towards al qaeda. and really that
have given them over the last decade to combat terrorism, we didn t fully trust their commitment to finding bin laden or any other high profile terrorists who might be living and scheming inside pakistan s borders. the relationship between the united states and pakistan is deeply strained now. pakistani s prime minister has warned the united states his country s military will respond to any future u.s. raid. ghailani said in his speech yesterday, the attack against pakistan s strategic assets either overt or covert will find a matching response, unquote, fighting words. dianne feinstein, chair of the senate intelligence committee is now questioning the u.s.-pakistani relationship and the amount of aid we send them. $20 billion over the last eight years. she says that relationship makes less and lessens, her words. but two other top leaders from the senate intelligence
on the committee a lot of spending goes through the committee, something you may not have anything to do with and the new congress men are saying, that is a no win being on the committee and i don t want any part of it, is that what is going on? guest: a lost people do not want to be compromised and do not want to go along to get along are be put in a compromised position to feel like they have to say yes, to make a deal. some of us, i would not thrive in that position. there is no way i would get through that. so, i like oversight and government reform where i can help reform this government. neil: what do you think of the airport pat downs? i don t how it is in your neck of the woods but it is unseemly. guest: ridiculous. the threat real but america is being presented a false choice. trade your liberty in the name of secure. that is a false choice. we should be profiling. i am willing to say yes, profile terrorists, do what the israelis do. and have people walk through a