realize how dangerous it could have been if it had gone ahead. these were two very, very dangerous individuals these two women. one of them, siddiqui in contact over the years with khan an american who had gone to yemen and killed in an attack over there. he was the leading propogandist for al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. these weren t just two crazy people off in a basement somewhere. these are people who had capacity. they were talking about attacking a police funeral where they felt they could get as many as 15, 20,000 police officers in one location at one time. they were in court today. we now know about their case. it s a lesson for all of us. we ve talked about how this terror threat is global now and on our shores. congressman peter king, good to see you sir. have a very happy holiday weekend. jamie, thank you you too. bill: 20 minutes past. a tale of survival you must hear to believe. this man with only minor injuries after a few tale few thought he would live to tell h
what a sad story. bill: new details now on the american teacher gunned down in benghazi yesterday. ronnie smith, shown here, getting ready to spend christmas back in austin, texas, with his wife and young son, sending them home ahead of him while staying back to help his students with their exams. a man of faith. he saw what he was doing in libya as part of god s mission for him. no one claiming responsibility for smith s murder but just days before an al qaeda spokesman, adam gadd dan, american, calling libyans to attack westerners. lieutenant colonel ralph peters, fox news strategic analyst and military analyst as well. colonel, good morning to you. great to have you back. i want to get to his vocation in a moment. adam gadan, mentioned a few moments ago, al qaeda propogandist, mention to militants in libya, rise up and take vaning against america. that was his message. we don t have a link.
vice president dick cheney and his lawyer, liz cheney, chair of a national security advocacy group, keep america safe. together they wrote in my time, a personal and political ma am war. thank you both for joining us. i want to start with the drone strike that took out the top prop gan diss, at least for al qaeda in the iranian peninsula, perhaps took out the bombmaker for the same group and also took out samir khan. what s your reaction to that? well, i think it was a very good strike. i think it was justified. i think it is very effective use of our drone technology. thing i m waiting for is for the administration to go back and correct something they said two years ago when they criticized us for overreacting to the events of 9/11. they, in effect, said that we had walked away from our ideals, or taking policy contrary to our ideals when we had enhanced interrogation techniques. they clearly had moved in the direction of taking robust action when they feel it is just
he converted to islam, went over to somalia and allegedly has become a propogandist for al shabab recruiting from the u.s. to fight. two people were arrested in minnesota, women. the government alleges they were trying to raise money for al shabab, sometimes in face-to-face meetings but also through teleconferences. the government says that these women sometimes misled their donors telling them the money would be used to help the poor rather than to fund al shabab. jeanne meserve in washington this morning, thanks. now to the latest developments in the gulf of mexico and the words that millions living and working along the gulf coast have waited 109 days to hear the well is finally cemented shut. bp says it finished pouring cement down the well yesterday afternoon on top of 2,300 barrels of heavy drilling mud to force the oil back down into the formations deep beneath the