Times Square Bomber Still Cooperated After He Was Mirandized, Says Sen. Kaufman

Sen. Ted Kaufman (D-Del.) says that the Times Square bomber, Faisal Shahzad, cooperated before and after he was mirandized and that critics are being hypocritical. (0:38)
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We Need To Go To The Terrorist To Protect The Nation, Says Senator

Sen. Ted Kaufman (D-Del.) says the key to success in frustrating any of these massive terrorist attacks is to go to the enemy, which is in the hills of Pakistan. (0:30)

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"Violent Extremism is Evolving," Says National Intelligence Head

Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair says during an Annual Threat Assessment hearing on Wednesday that it's harder to detect smaller terrorist groups. (:25)
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Sen. McCain Says A Military Commission Needs To Try 9/11 Conspirators

Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.) said in the press conference that the trial of the 9/11 conspirators by military commission is the only viable option for the U.S. (0:20)
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Osama Bin Laden's Move To Attach His Name To 'Underwear Bomber' Shows Desperation

Senior Research Fellow for Middle Eastern Affairs James Phillips says that Osama Bin Laden has become so 'desperate' to get his name in the media, that he has attached himself to failed terrorist attempts. (0:30)
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America Still Faces Many Threats Following Flight 253, Says FBI Director

Robert Mueller, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, says that the United States still face many terrorist threats following the disruption of a terrorist attack Christmas day. Mueller says that these include home-grown radicals and those who travel overseas for terrorist training. Mueller testified to the Senate Judiciary Committee early Wednesday. (0:28)
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Thornberry says we cannot kill every terrorist

Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) says that after September 11th he realized that the U.S. would not be able to capture and kill every terrorist, but rather that we stood the risk of creating more terrorists than we removed from the battlefield. He also says that while there was an ideological component to our opposition to the Soviet Union during the Cold War, since then our "us versus them" perception has greatly receded, to our detriment. (:57)
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Terrorist watch list is harmful to national security

Caroline Fredrickson, director of the ACLU Washington Legislative Office, says that the terrorist watch list is ineffective at best, likely useless and perhaps even harmful by creating it’s own security weaknesses and needs to be changed immediately. (1:00)
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All Islamist terrorists start with non-violent Islamism

Zeyno Baran, senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, says that we must not confuse religious Islam and politcal Islamism. She says that all Islamist terrorists start with non-violent Islamism. (1:12)
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Torture is illegal

Marjorie Cohn, Professor of Law at Thomas Jefferson School of Law discusses torture at the Committee on Judiciary hearing. Cohn says that torture does not work and the best way to get information out of prisoner or suspected terrorist is through other means. (0:30)
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Dr. Thomas Fingar says that suicide bombers create an asymmetrical threat

At the House Armed Services Global Threat Assessment, Dr. Thomas Fingar, Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Analysis, says he thinks that the most likely threat is a terrorist threat because of how suicide bombers create an asymmetrical threat in which the psychological threat may be greater than the physical destruction. (:44)
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The President talks about Iraq and Saddam Hussein at CPAC

The President does not have any regrets on overthrowing the late dictator Saddam Hussein and announcing an offence against the terrorists.
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