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This week, Mohave County Sheriff’s Office welcomed their newest Volunteer Posse members. The Volunteer Posse academy was held on Sept. 8-10, where the new volunteers were instructed on policies and
them. it could create more danger than it avoids. earned the other extreme would be to do nothing. if we do nothing if another incident like newtown occurred, we could regret not doing anything. middle ground that would improve the situation, having highly trained person in every school and yet not, not do something that might cause more problems than it would solve. harris: so there s also the law enforcement aspect of this just a little while ago this came into your newsroom that sheriff joe arpaio, maricopa county is weighing in. across the nation he is known for being tough on u.s.-mexico border policy. he is announcing plans today to deployed an armed volunteer posse to protect students in the wake of sandy hook shooting. will that be part of your program? well i hope to work together with sheriff arpaio. three other sheriffs already said they would work with me. i expect others to join as well. sheriff arpaio s proposal is
congressman peter king in new york is chairman of the homeland security committee. he s been briefed on the plot and joins us on the phone. what are the latest you can tell us? i got briefed by secretary napolitano and john brennan. basically it s a nonmetallic deaf vits, intended to be put on an american-bound airline. it never made to it the airline. it s right now as you said being tested and analyzed by the fbi. obviously a concern would be that being unmetallic as to whether or not this could evade security in our airport. that s a real concern. also, this is an ongoing operation. this particular part of it occurred sometime last month, sometimes in april. but it s not over as far as the operation itself which is why you re seeing very few details being given out. obviously and the questions, use your judgment as to what you can say or whether say, is it known who made this bomb? bomb makers tend to have a certain signature. there are certain bomb makers particularly
everyone, it s 10:00 here on the east coast. they have foiled a terrorist plot to blow up an airliner, they re not saying where, oar when it happened. here s what we know, according to the fbi an improvised explosive device was seized and fbi officials are investigating it. it s a nonmetallic explosive similar to the one the underwear bomber used in his failed attempt in 2009. similar but not the same. the plot has the hallmarks of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. and president obama was briefed about the threat in april. chairman of the homeland security committee has been detaild briefed on the details and joins us on the phone. i ve just discussed this. it s a nonmetallic device that was intended to be put on an american bound airline. it never made it to the airline, it s right now, as you said, being tested and analyzed by the fbi. a concern would be that being nonmetallic as to whether or not this would affect the security in our airports. this is an ongoing operati