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Good afternoon. Im Karen Greenberg and im the director of the center on National Security at fordham law school. Insulated today to be joined by allie phon by the new book the black standard declassified how tortured the war on terror after 911. I thank you probably know olley from some events weve done together, former supervisory special agent with the fbi, investigated highprofile terrorism cases before, during and after the 911 attack and in recent years he is brought his investigative skills to the private sector and is ceo of the soup on center and specialty is Global Security affairs in everything from governance culture to state actors to nonstate actors and i will try to put as much of that today as we can. One thing i want to point out is each day the Souf ....
Intelligence officials in the us are claiming that hamza bin laden, son of the founder of alqaeda, has died. Hamza bin laden, thought to be 30 years old, had released audio and video calling for attacks on the us and other countries, to avenge his fathers assassination by American Special forces eight years ago. The us had offered a Million Dollars for information on him and saudi arabia stripped him of his citizenship in march. Chris buckler had this update. Media reports are saying that they have now confirmed military officials that hamza bin laden is dead, however, there has been no official word from the pentagon and what we dont know is how or where he died. Although, there are some suggestions that it happened during what the pentagon is describing privately as some kind of operation. Certainly there have been real attempts to find hamza bin laden in recent months. ....
good morning. it s saturday, february the 3rd. i m ali velshi. the israel, gaza war continues. it s steady creep outward, threatening to explode into a widespread regional conflict or worse at any moment. now, the united states has upped the ante, conducting what the biden administration says is the first in a series of strategic retaliatory strikes against iranian-backed proxy forces operating in iraq and syria. and their iranian handlers operating alongside them. these groups are among those responsible for more than 160 tags on u.s. troops in the region since the october 7th attack on israel. that include last sunday s deadly attack on tower 22. it s a u.s. base in the extreme northeast corner of jordan. right near the border with iraq and syria. more than 40 u.s. service members were wounded and three u.s. soldiers died in that attack. 24-year-old specialist, kennedy sanders, was posthumously promoted to sergeant. 46-year-old sergeant, william jerome rivers, and 23 ....
forces, also in the programme, chinese made surveillance cameras in british officers, high streets, and even government buildings. the bbc s panorama has investigated security flaws involving the two top brands. and broadband in the usa. joe biden has been outlining his plans for internet infrastructure across america. with me on the panel for the next hour is miles taylor, a republican and former official at the department of homeland security, and lord kim darroch, a former british diplomat who served as the british ambassador to the us from 2016 2019. who served as the british ambassador to the us from 2016 2019. but first, russian tv has broadcast an address by president vladimir putin late on monday evening in which he gives his version of what appeared to be a mutiny led by the head of the wagner group, which had been fighting alongside the russian army in ukraine. the speech was broadcast late on monday evening and was apparently recorded in moscow. in it, he s ....
ayman mohyeldin here with alicia menendez. it is 11 i am in new york, six a.m. in moscow, where kremlin officials are no doubt waking up on edge this morning, unsure of what the day might bring. just hours ago yevgeny prigozhin ordered his forces to halt their march on to the capital city and return to their bases. it was a stunning about face, considering how quickly provisions trips were advancing towards moscow, and an armed rebellion against the russian government. however, we have learned shortly after that russian ally and neighbor in belarus had negotiated a deal to de-escalate the situation. kremlin spokesperson dimitri peskov provided some details of the compromise that included russia s criminal case against prigozhin would be closed and he would be allowed to go and remain in belarus. moreover, wagner fighters who had participated in the advancement will not be prosecuted. and late this evening, some new reporting from the washington post is shedding more l ....