the detonation mechanism was not successf successful. if they can put assembly a bomb that has the sort of blast effect and they can get the detonation right and they can get it past our screening methods, it could have a very serious impact. and we ve seen sort of experts explode bombs and show the impact of them blowing out the side of a plane, but it requires a whole lot of things to go right. and fortunately up to now, they haven t been able to pull it off. we weren t blind to this threat before, so there are screening methods in place. especially at flights in emanate outside the united states heading in. we know that s a particular focus of this threat. so go back to the shoes that are easy to get on and off. exactly right. appreciate the perspective as always. going to take a look at the morning papers. we re going to start with the washington post.
actionable intelligence to actually arrest somebody, but that s often the case. you never get the full report. you know, that leads immediately to an arrest. i mean, this guy, the suspect is a master bombmaker, at least intelligence officials tell us, ibrahim al asiri. 30-year-old college dropout but incredibly sophisticated in terms of making bombs. how dangerous is he? i mean, the fact that we know his name and this is the second time in a few months that his name has come up in particular relating to threats of bombs on airplanes? certain technology they re worried about that went down to yemen and he picked up developed by the politicians in the 70s. it is the ability to hide explosives and use specialized detonators that can get through security and i can tell you even though it s from the 70s? it was a couple engineers that built these things and it wasn t widely defused, but it
this this bomb maker in yemen, this is the guy who brought you the underwear bomb, the computer cartridge bomb. right. i m told, yes, we know there have been shoe bombs in the past, but they say now tieing it to this guy, that this bomb maker, he s real enough that if he is making these, we have to be careful. that s right. and we know that he s been trying to make different kinds of bombs that will guess passed screening methods. we do take threats emanating out of this particular bomb maker s group very seriously. shoe bomb sounds small, but what is the damage potential? well, it depends on sort of the mass of the bomb, it depends on the purity of the mix, the detonation, the i about to detonate. we ve seen successful bombs and
that any of them got out. a man trained to protect americans accused of making bombs. the national guard and intelligence analyst could face years in prison after a traffic stop turned out to be anything but routine. it is our top story as we go across america. ohio, is there anything in the car. no comment from the suspect as he headed to court on weapon s charges. he was pulled over for speeding on new years day. he had 48 bombs and detonator in the vehicle and held on $1 million bond. also in ohio, about 80 firefighters can only watch as a multimillion dollar mansion burned to the ground. confusion about the location delayed their arrival. it was too unsafe to enter.
investigation into cia torture claims. it blocks them from discussing their time as cia captives. explosives found may have come from an american bomb maker who is a u.s. attorney in arizona refused to prosecute. the department of justice says that a grenade was discovered at the location of a shootout involving drug cartels in gaut law harr guatalahara. he made grenades from parts manufactured in the u.s. he was arrested in 2010 but the assistant u.s. attorney in arizona did not prosecute. he continues making bombs for the cartel until he was caught by mexican authorities back in 2011. he remains in a mexican jail held on terrorism charges. senator john mccain says he is seriously thinking about a sixth run in the senate in 2016.