that we identified through a fisa that the fbi applied were able to detect a nascent plotting to bomb the new york stock exchange. he had been providing information and support to this plot. the fbi disrupted and arrested these individuals. the nsa and the fbi detailed two other cases one targeting a danish newspaper and another plot. nsa director general keith alexander is also disclosing the sheer number of plots they have intercepted. in recent years, these programs together with other intelligence have protected the u.s. and our allies from terrorist threats across the globe. to include helping prevent the terrorist or the potential terrorist events over 50 times since 9/11. joining me now is u.s. congressman jim himes, democratic from connecticut. he is a member of the house intelligence committee.
will the 38-year-long goose chase for jimmy hoffa finally end in a field outside detroit? welcome to the lead with jake tapper, their hands forces by nsa intelligence contractor edward snowden have been out there trying to justify the nags national intelligence association s hearing intelligence. top officials made their case. in recent years these programs together with other intelligence have protected our u.s. and allies from terror threats from across the globe to include helping prevent the potential terrorist events over 50 times since 9/11. kind of some interesting language there. these programs together with ore intelligence have protected the u.s. and its allies from threats across the globe. a lot of caveats and expansive
discovered the rest of these facts slowly. in talking to that police chief they told me the suspects were indicted today. they are facing federal charges. we re going to get to that information as soon as we get it here in to us at cnn. the evidence is public that u.s. government snooping works to stop terrorists. this has gone now way beyond meta data, numbers crunching, officials talking in general terms. folks, we have names, faces and targets. details were declassified and put on the capitol hill hearing. leaders of the fbi named four separate plots that they say were thwarted because of the surveillance programs that a lot of critics are calling a mass invasion of privacy. it is just four they say of many more. in recent years the information gathered from these programs provided the u.s. government with critical leads to help prevent over 50 potential terrorist events and
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. and a plot to bomb the new york city subway system in 2009. but could these plots have been foiled using other methods? or, and this is the big question, did the government need to snoop on citizens phone calls, e-mails? outfront tonight, cnn national security analyst and former cia
the 9/11 hijacker medaar was located in san diego and communicated with a known al qaeda safe house in yemen. in recent years, these programs, together with other intelligence have protected the use u.s. from terrorist threats to club helping the potential terrorist events over 50 times since 911. we will actually bring forward to the committee tomorrow document that the interagency that is agreed on that in a classified setting giving every one of those cases for your veal rue. as the chairman noted, if we give all those outs, we give all the secrets of how we re tracking down the terrorists as a community. too much is at risk for us and for our allies.