administration? well, the big picture is what john brennan said this morning. the pakistani taliban recruited shahzad and sent him back here to kill americans. the notion this is a home grown attack, a loa lone wolf, a onef is worry some. the obama administration having gone through the attempt to make shahzad and abdulmutallab an isolated extremist and then be embarrassed within a few days. once again, that is still interesting. maybe mr. brennan s mints represent a change and maybe we will be serious about the international attack on us, the war on terror we are fighting to use a term that the administration doesn t like very much as opposed to pretenting that random guys are popping up here and there and trying to set off bombs. chris: mara? the administration is not suggesting or pretending that these are random guys. they are involved in a serious effort to stop terrorists who
taken up arms against the united states of america. chris: in those cases they said it wasn t enough. they had to voluntar waive their citizenship. it wasn t like they came and said they no longer want to be citizens. people actually do that. but the passport is part of a tool that the terrorist groups have now. it is probably the main reason why the terrorists in pakistan wanted to use shahzad, he had an american passport. we got to stop that. chris: congressman king, i want to go back to you and to this interesting conversation i just had about eric holder s statements with john brennan in which he defended holder who is saying that it is still reasonable to consider holding a trial for ksm and the other 9/11 codefendants in new york city. your reaction? unbrennajohn brennan is defg
joining us is john brennan, the pez s top counter terrorism advisor. welcome back to fox news sunday. thank you, chris. start with the alleged times square bomber. has reportedly told authorities that he was trained by pakistani taliban commanders. on the other hand, general david petraeus says shahzad was a lone wolf who did not have direct contact with terrorists. what is your best understanding of this. first of all, wish a happy mother s day to all those mothers out there. many who are serving in defense of this country. mr. shahzad who attempted to carry out the attack in times square looks as though he was operating on behalf of the ttp, the taliban within pakistan. a group that is closely allied with al-qaeda. it had a murderous agenda
similar to al-qaeda. they plan together and plot together. almost indishable. this is something that we are looking at in terms of the investigation and understanding exactly who mr. shahzad worked with and the extent of his training as well as his interaction with the individuals whether here in the united states. chris: do we believe that he was trained and funded by the pakistani taliban? we believe that he was. did he meet with the top like mashed and their. he had extensive interaction with the ttp and this is something that we are looking at carefully, understanding the extent of the interaction and the extent of the direction and guidance that was given to him. chris: do we believe this was a response to the u.s. drone attacks in pakistan? the ttp has been working with al-qaeda for a number of years. they have targeted u.s. interests and pakistani
it was handled by the obama administration? well, the big picture is what john brennan said this morning. the pakistani taliban recruited shahzad and sent him back here to kill americans. the notion this is a home grown attack, a loa lone wolf, a onef is worry some. the obama administration having gone through the attempt to make shahzad and abdulmutallab an isolated extremist and then be embarrassed within a few days. once again, that is still interesting. maybe mr. brennan s mints represent a change and maybe we will be serious about the international attack on us, the war on terror we are fighting to use a term that the administration doesn t like very much as opposed to pretenting that random guys are popping up here and there and trying to set off bombs. chris: mara? the administration is not suggesting or pretending that these are random guys. they are involved in a serious effort to stop terrorists who