hobbyist drones were used three years ago in an attempt to kill the president of venezuela. but congress only recently gave federal agencies the legal authority they need to develop systems for tracking drones and bringing them down as the nation adapts to new threats 20 years after 9/11. all right. people, thank you so much for that. okay. well, joining me right now is peter newman, a director at the dependent of war studies in london. he served as the founding director of the international center for the study of radicalization. peter, thank you so much for being here. so the terrorists that carried out the attacks were essentially hiding in plain sight. do you think that we re doing a better job identifying threats right now? i think so i think that before 9/11, airport security was not really good and the
the plane crashed in pennsylvania just 20 minutes flying time from washington, d.c., the intended target. i think it made everybody aware that defense of the country is not just for those in uniform everybody has to play a role in securing our nation. reporter: the nation responded by defending against organized terror attacks with screening now commonplace at airports and at public events that draw big crowds but the government is now struggling to counter some new threats. example, more than a decade after drones went mainstream with over a million now in the u.s., the federal government is still struggling with how to counter dangerous ones terrorists overseas have used them to drop bombs. hobbyist drones were used three years ago in an attempt to kill the president of venezuela. but congress only recently gave federal agencies the legal authority they need to develop systems for tracking drones and bringing them down as the nation adapts to new threats 20 years after 9/11 lest
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us lives here. where we can be surprised by others. and ourselves. for a better us, donate to your local y today. the faa has a new attempted at tracking drones. they plan to monitor consumer and commercial drones alike. gad ee schwartz has details. reporter: more liftoffs than before from hobbyists to delivery drones, a sweeping rule proposed by the faa could bring real time tracking to most drones as soon as they take flight. think identity even for small drones, bought by consumers. a tracking system regulators say