and then amanda knox, an italian court citing what might have happened the night her roommate was killed. a major development that could totally change knox s life. for a special report let s go outfront. good evening everyone i m erin burnett. terror attacks foiled. today the head of the national security agency told congress the top secret surveillance programs, like the ones recently leaked by former nsa contractor edward snowden, were key to thwarting specific terror plots against the united states. in recent years these programs, together with other intelligence, have protected the u.s. and our allies from terrorist threats across a globe to include helping prevent the terrorist the potential terrorist events over 50 times since 9/11. over 50 times since 9/11. but among those 50 events, according to general alexander, there were at least ten, quote/unquote, homeland-based threats. including a plot by a kansas city man to blow up the new york stock exchange. a
prized fbi informant. outfront kevin cullen, a reporter for the boston globe and author of whitey bulger: america s most wanted gangster and the manhunt that brought him to justice. what exactly did martorano say when this big revelation came out that according to him whitey bulger actually pulled the trigger? that was the killing of a guy named eddie coners. eddie had helped them set up a guy named spike o toole. after spike was murder eddie was bragging about it and the winter hill gang decided he had to go. the hit team came over, johnny martorano who usually was a hands-on guy himself. he was the driver he claims and he says that he took whitey bulger and stevie flemmi, whitey s partner in crime, and they actually laid an ambush ready and coners when he went to a phone booth supposedly to talk to holly winter the head of the gang they opened fire on him. john martorano admitted under oath that he did not see whitey pull the trigger. that he was over the hill, and
that whitey and stevie ran up to the car after he heard the gunshots and said he s gone. did bulger s defense team when they were trying to defend against this actually putting the gun in whitey bulger s hand but john martorano was able to do today did they do a good job defending him? well i think hank brennan, one of whitey s lawyers, did a very good job on cross-examination of martorano. if only by portraying him as venal and vile a guy as he is. there was this almost comical exchange about john not admitting he was a serial killer. because he said serial killers enjoy killing and he never enjoyed killing. the one thing the defense really has a problem with and this is just indisputable. john martorano put himself in those murders. they did not have him on any murders until he actually volunteered to give them up as a way to get back at whitey. he was so angry at whitey and stevie flemmi for being
0 outfront next the nsa says they ve stopped dozens of terror attacks by snooping. they described a few of them in detail today. so here s the question. would americans have died if it were not for these secret snooping programs? plus police say they have uncovered another instance of people being held captive for years in ohio, this time it was a mother and a daughter. and we re going to have the latest on that store you tonight. and then amanda knox, an italian court citing what might have happened the night her roommate was killed. a major development that could totally change knox s life. for a special report let s go outfront. good evening everyone i m erin burnett. attacks foiled. today the head of the national security agency told congress the top secret surveillance programs, like the ones recently leaked by former nsa contractor edward snowden, were key to thwarting specific terror plots against the united states. in recent years these programs, together with other