who can perform this type operation. we don t think it many been tested. but medically and scientifically it can work. we have to be concerned it can work and we have to be on guard for it. reporter: experts say anybody who had one of these bombs surgically implanted would show signs of pain or discomfort because after recent surgery. still no word as to the mental state of the passenger who was arrested and is in fbi custody. megyn: a potential new clue in the search for answers in the case of missing missouri baby lisa irwin. now on the heels of my sitdown with the baby s parents. mark if you areman will join us live and we ll get his take on the clue that little lisa s parents want police to pursue plus what he thought of my interview. plus a growing number of
but we are our intelligence community is united in the view that the ability of central al qaeda that is, osama bin laden and company in those mountains has been significantly degraded and we don t believe they have the capacity from there to pull off a 9/11 type operation. but what has also happened, as you ve noticed, in the arabian peninsula and other parts of the world, there are al qaeda-related affiliates not under the direct control of osama, but yet engaged with him. they are planning much smaller war, but yet deadly attempts to go after the united states of america. we saw that in the underpants bomber last christmas, we saw that in a times square effort. there are going to be continued efforts to be coming out of other places other than the
pull off a large-scale terror attack against this country? you never say never, okay? but we are our intelligence community is united in the view that the ability of central al qaeda that is, osama bin laden and company in those mountains has been significantly degraded and we don t believe they have the capacity from there to pull off a 9/11 type operation. but what has also happened, as you ve noticed, in the arabian peninsula and other parts of the world, there are al qaeda-related affiliates not under the direct control of osama, but yet engaged with him. they are planning much smaller war, but yet deadly attempts to go after the united states of america. we saw that in the underpants bomber last christmas, we saw that in a times square effort. there are going to be continued
and we ll be totally out of there, come hell or high water, by 2014. let me ask you something that s on a lot of americans minds. we talk about afghanistan, number one goal, preventing another terror state in afghanistan from where terrorist attacks can be launched. we know what happened with the christmas day bomber during the holidays last year. what is the capacity of al qaeda or affiliated organizations to pull off a large-scale terror attack against this country? you never say never, okay? but we are our intelligence community is united in the view that the ability of central al qaeda that is, osama bin laden and company in those mountains has been significantly degraded and we don t believe they have the capacity from there to pull off a 9/11 type operation. but what has also happened, as you ve noticed, you ve seen in the arabian peninsula and you ve
feeling to have knowing what they must have gone through to be able to get to this point. i mean, we re not talking about some simple buy and bust type operation here. we re talking about people getting into the business community, into the banking, and yet being able to carry this through in silence until they could get the effects that they wanted. how was this case developed and cracked? are we talking about undercover work? are we talking about surveillance video? are we talking about informants or a bit of all of the above? you re exactly right, tony. you re talking about all of the above. no one element of this operation could have been successful. the undercover operations have to be patted on the back because they re going in and playing a role every day and they can t afford to make a mistake in any way. you have all of the other entities, the street people, the people buying, selling, talking, moving these types of drugs, and to keep this silent and great