were murdered, plus many more murdered in those two bombings. ambassador rice worked at the state department. were you satisfied with the questions she asked about what she knew in terms of any of the requests for protection or beefing up security? i know you asked her those questions. i did ask her those questions. we take a look at the 1998 accountability review report on the bombings in kenya and tanzania, and at the time susan rice was essentially in charge of african affairs at the state department. this was a searing incident, one of al-qaeda s most successful truck bombings, and 12 americans decide. 4,000 people were injured. 200 people overall lost their
third party groups that can carry out attacks like the one on the u.s. embassy a few weeks ago or the truck bombing at the nato headquarters a few days before that. it wasn t us. they send the signal, of course it was, do what we say or you ll have more truck bombings. we have to teach them terrorism is simply not acceptable and there are ways we can do that. one of the ways they ve become reliable on is payments from at&t. remember, at&t is their only link by using phone lines to the outside world both satellite and land line and payments are made from at&t to pakistan on a monthly basis. those payments could be held up if pakistan doesn t comply. there s a lot of leverage that the american government has to get creative. we don t have to bomb them to change their policy. thank you very much for joining us this morning. thanks, eric. coming up on the show, is rick perry the new fred thompson? our next guest says yes and that could spell big trouble for
security intense in new york city s times square. thousands of police patrolling the streets and subways. ed the unconfirmed threat targets either new york city or washington, d.c. around the anniversary of the september 11 attacks. it involves car or truck bombings on bridges and tunnels. catherine herridge is live in washington. you are the first reporter to obtain this 5-page bulletin. what does it suggest? reporter: it lays out the basic of the threat information and the potential plot. a national security source confirmed the fbi and national security community. there is word there is a smaller sub set within that group that may include legal permanent residents or citizens.
not to be intimidated by it noting he plans to take the subway to work this morning as he usually does. more on this threat, we re joined by phone to msnbc terror correspondent roger cresse. credible but unconfirmed. what do we make of that? it means there s probably a single source who passed the information that got to u.s. intelligence. there s an obligation when you have that type of credible data to run its ground. when i used to do the job, there were four questions. so you ask on a threat, is it credible, specific, imminent, can you corroborate it? in this case, you had yes to three of the four questions. that s why this is being taken as seriously as it is. we hear about reports of bridges and tunnels, perhaps the use of car or truck bombings. we hear about pakistan. you put all of the pieces together, can you trace it back to a source, roger?
the first guantanamo bay detainee to stand trial in the u.s. has just been sentenced to life in prison for his role in the bombings of two u.s. embassies in africa. last year, ghailani found guilty on a single count of conspiracy, acquitted on 281 other charges related to truck bombings in 199 that killed 224 people at u.s. embassies in tanzania and kenya. russia s security services were tipped off a terrorist attack was in the work a full week before yesterday s grisly suicide bombing. security agents reportedly seeking three suspects before the bomb went off, killing 35, injuring more than 160 others. russia s president medvedev says every official must answer for the breach. medvedev promises to liquidate the terrorists behind the attack. je