phone and credit card records are being searched. all part of an effort to build comprehensive picture of who the men are and who they know. what s interesting to me tonight is a former security intelligence official, homeland security intelligence official told me the question is whether the men are victims of bad luck and a series of coincidences or whether they are what s called clear skins. reference to recruits that have spotless records who can move effortlessly throughout system, shep. shepard: catherine herridge reporting from washington tonight. kathleen, thank you. you are welcome. shepard: israeli and palestinian leaders are in washington to formally restart direct peace talks this week. the secretary of state hillary clinton sitting down with palestinianian president mahmoud abbas it was the first of six scheduled meetings with other key players, including the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. negotiations set to begin thursday. but not surprisingly, violence