thing for the fbi. that important reforms resulted from it. i thought that was the biggest surprise as far as public reaction is concerned. >> from all the research you have done, what is the biggest change that the fbi has made today as a result of all of this over the years? >> the biggest changes that took place, i am not so sure that they are still in existence today. but they were certainly very significant changes at the time. , theh committee hearings first congressional investigation of intelligence agencies took place as a result of the succession of events that started with the burglary. they started in 1975. reformsult, significant took place, including the establishment of congressional oversight committees, oversight of intelligence. such committees have never existed before. in 1974, the freedom of information act was strengthened. in the end, that might be the most important and enduring reform that came out of all this. that meant that it was possible for people to apply and receive file

that's a challenge for the fbi. is the fbi hiring the right people? of the fast and innovative enough to keep pace in counter this threat around the world? a they going to be it will to compete with this plot, dynamic and decentralized network? that is something that i think our commission will be looking and making recommendations on. mr. chairman, you and your career has probably created many commissions. i have served on for commissions since i left congress. i highly recommend for you than to leave congress and some point. i served on the 9/11 commission, served on a commission on radicalization, served on a commission on national parks and down the fbi. these commissions are created for many, many different reasons . they're commissions created for civil rights, education, assassinations, tragedies like the 9/11 attacks, some created by the executive branch, some by congress, some much more effective than others in terms of their outcome and then getting recommendations from congress. a few things that probably made the 9/11 commission particular

and the same thing with the fbi. the fbi did not care that innocent people were being murdered by whitey because they did not want the scandal to come out that they have protected whitey and enable them. i mean, it's not that the fbi looked the other way. they actually lied to colleagues within the bureau. there were agents and oklahoma city were trying to the nail whitey for murder of a legitimate businessman and the agency lie to their colleagues and get that guy back on the streets of a good murder people. so to me it's about the abuse of power and the idea that institutional core option, it's not the peculiar to the bureau, not peculiar to the archdiocese of boston where the archdiocese of newark. it's peculiar the power. can you talk a little bit about the individual's impact it? your book is one of the unique books that brings out the victims instead of emphasizing the gangster. >> i think the one thing that was very important to us was not to sensationalize the story. i mean, this story is so amazing so many t

the fbi engaged in. probably the one that had the strongest impact was impossible to tell that it was so important. it was a simple routing slip, a cover on a file of an article from barron's. it was advice to a college administrator about the need to get better control of protesters on campus, antiwar protesters. the routing slip, in big letters, said cointelpro, which stood for counterintelligence program. we did not know that at the time. the fbi was watching for whether that file would emerge. a new that it had emerged because i wrote about what it was attached to. they knew what it was attached to and it stirred up quite a bit of action in the office today that the story appeared that they decided they might have to take action because, for the first time, this term, which turned out to be the name of one of hoover's most vicious operations, most powerful operations against dissidents, they knew it was outside the fbi for the first time. at first, they sent a memo out saying this is out there but ha

the fbi's headquarters. however, here you have, and the report indicates, the fbi agent, those two state troopers from massachusetts, rated him an 8 on a level of 10 in terms of danger before they ever went there. they knew he's a mixed martial arts fighter, an ultimate fighter. he had a history of assaultive behavior. he has a hair-trigger temper. in addition to all that, as they're going in, they see the stencil outline of an assault weapon on the door. they walk in and there's a ceremonial samurai sword posted on the wall. they knew that this guy was dangerous. and yet, some of their actions indicate that they had placed themselves at great jeopardy being there. and they did not take the opportunity, and they had the opportunity, according to the report after 10:00, he had waived his miranda rights. he had made incriminating statements. he had said he thought it was -- that incident that turned out to be a triple homicide was only going to be a robbery. he said that, look, i was involved, i just didn't kn

and the fbi. the questions we raise in the work that you do we want to help you pursue that. i want to encourage you and all the folks who work with you to do everything we can to work with chairman wolf's commission to review the 9/11 recommendations to see how you were implementing those and to be as forthright as you can and do your best to encourage her folks internally to overcome the instinctive reaction they have. don't criticize the bureau. don't be negative. don't mess with texas. don't mess with the fbi. we do it out of love and support. i hope none of you would ever take this the wrong way. there are things that worry us. judge john carter had to leave to represent central texas amp all of us particulate texas are deeply concerned about what happened at ft. hood. judge carter who is chairing the fema subcommittee hearing at homeland security asked me if i could to ask you about -- that was brought to the attention of the fbi in 2008 and ask your opinion what happened. communication brea

and the fbi had written a memorandum about us. it was heavily redacted and will run and was seeking to do was to find out what was behind this reduction is whether the fbi was investigating. sniper allegations. and i'm comfortable with a wrench into stock. my kids to tell i know you read that this plane as julie want this information could be revealing what one evening and here. the only thing we can know for certain from the fbi s response is that the word acting different parts of it they had to do any explanation as to which part of the law they will rely on to hold it so we know that certain parts of the information are considered classified. others would identify named individuals who might be responsible and the other part of the fbi said would reveal secret was a horseman techniques that are not known to the d the court rejected the time that latter part that the fbi had not demonstrated that there was any law enforcement purpose so why the nasty about that and why given that the response the fbi had which is that they have

the fbi alleged and david hardy, the head of the foia division of the fbi, asserted in his declaration to the court the records were exempt from foia because they were part of the fbi's investigation, and national security oriented terrorism investigation of occupy houston protesters for potential terrorist activity, including the advocating of the overthrow of the government. david hardy provided no evidence to back up his claim. he just said the words. because so often, as sadly the cases, so often judges are deferential to the fbi and other intelligence and security agencies in the sorts of foia questions because the fbi tells the judges, we are not qualified to decide whether or not this constitutes a threat to national security to release, so we're going to tell you. it does and you should defer to us. in this case, the judge made a wonderful ruling and said, no, you can just say the words. the words are not just talisman. you have to back them up. you can't just wave them around like magic and expect us were expected court to give you what you want. so now the judge has required

the fbi's progress. some of them have been referred to earlier this morning like the webster commission. we don't want to reinvent the wheel. we want the bill that was already done. the performance of new programs since 9/11, including those related to terrorism,iolent online radicalization, and the need to counter violent extremism. also be going to fbi training facilities to visit selective joint terrorism task ofces across the country various sizes because there is considerable difference in terms of the programs and availability of resources at the large, middle, and counterterrorism locations. we will be working through a study of several counterterrorism cases, several of which we referred to earlier today, as giving us an opportunity to look at what happened in those cases, what was successful and what was not successful and where improvement was needed. we will take a look at how closely the fbi is collaborating with other intelligence agencies and with strategic partners at the state and local l

the fbi. the documents revealed the existence of jay edgar hoover's secret counterintelligence program that targeted people he groups the fbi considered to be subversive, including but not limited to members of the black panther party and the american indian movement. this is a little over an hour. ♪ >> in the spring of 1970, the war in vietnam was preaching. >> american battle to be at not now total 1001 or 42. >> anti-work were finally crashing. >> it's like a nightmare unfolding. i took what was outrage and horror about what was going on and i realized that i had to take it somewhere. >> bonnie raines worked at a day care center in philadelphia. her husband have religion at temple university. they were the picture of the golden couple. >> wieden 8-year-old comest extrude and 2-year-old. we were family folks who also wanted to keep another track active in our lives, which was political act to visit. >> that activism attracted the attention of the fbi, its director, the powerful and figured

the fbi is taking over. it's a critical turning point. >> it was an uncomfortable situation because the alcohol, tobacco, and firearms felt a great sense of loss. it was their own men, their own agents, who were down and were gone. >> shortly thereafter they were told that we were going to be taking over the handling of the response to the events on that day, and that was crushing for them as well. >> at the time, you know, it's personal. you have some animosity. i felt a little, hey, someone is coming in and taking away what i started. it was for the best because you never know because what we went through, what we could have done. get that camera out of here. get it out of here! out of here! go, go, go! >> i need help! >> news of the shootout immediately spreads from coast-to-coast. the national press swarms into waco, looking for answers. from the start one question dominates all others. who shot first? >> when we drove up, the davidians opened fire and i'm sickened by any other assertion. >> but in a cnn

history of the relationship of puerto rico and the fbi. and he opened up and he said there's a part of the history that there's nothing we could be proud of. he quickly agreed to begin to release files, over a million files of that relationship that went fast basically a group of people that wanted independent source of porto rico. but it turns out they went out after a lot of folks and hurt a lot of people in the process. those files had been coming to the senate in puerto rico and they're on a website. i would hope that the relationship continues with your office and your leadership, that we continue to open up those files and we find out what went wrong so that that kind of behavior doesn't take place again. and for members of the committee that may not remember, it was a time when there was very sees persecution but he admitted to it. it was -- >> co-intel pro. >> and hope that we continue there's been sort of a lapse now can we continue to to get those files that they would understand how the files have to show up. some of them have t

the sciences and nasa and the fbi. so the questions we raise, the work that you do, we want to help you pursue that and i do want to encourage and all of the folks who work with you to do everything we can to work with chairman wolf's commission to review the 9/11 recommendations to see how you all are implement in those, and to be as forthright as you can and do your best to encourage your folks internally to overcome the instinctive reaction they have, that is, don't criticize the bureau. don't be negative. it really is a lot like don't mess with texas. don't mess with the fbi. we do it out of love, support. i hope none of you would ever take any of this the wrong way. but there are things that were used to judge john carter gradually to represent central texas has always are across the country but particularly in texas deeply concerned about what happened at fort hood. and judge carter who is chairing a theme the subcommittee hearing that homeland security at 10:00 asked me if i could to ask you about hassan was bro

which is why the fbi needs the public's help. >> it's been many years since the fbi is asked for the public's health. >> san diego is charged in the bombing of the chiron office building in 2003 as well as a second building at shaklee corporation him present in. >> intended to cause damage to physical property and it would've been easy for i standers to be caught by these bombs. >> agency san diego is a member of extreme animal rights group and targeted the biotech companies for the contentions with an animal testing lab. san diego could also still have several tattoos, a picture of burning hillsides on his chest, and burning and collapsing buildings on his back and sides. but it's this picture of san diego with glasses, a crew cut, and a hoodie the fbi's banking on. the hope one of the millions of drivers who pass these billboards will lead law enforcement to this fugitive. >> it's another person in our community that needs to be brought to justice. >>> the billboard company clear channel has partnered with the fbi for this campaign. they even put his image at the crossroads of the

rick ames is arrested by the fbi around the corner from his house. he was on his way to cia head quarters. not too long after that, his wife was arrested at their home. both pled guilty to espionage. his wife got five years and was stripped of her citizenship and deported to columbia upon being out. rick received life. it is almost 20 years. he is at the federal pen at alanwood, pennsylvania. as i mentioned at the beginning, jean and i are most proud that we have been given permission to be able to tell the story of our assets. they are about real people, real spying and real contributions and most important and as jean and i and others at cia understood when these soviet intelligence officers volunteered their services to the united states they knew they were putting their lives in our hands and we, meaning the cia, failed them. we could not repay them for thor sacrifices or their flames, but we owed each of them an answer and that was the goal and mission and the story of "circle of treason." questions on that sad note? [ applause ] yes? >> so this

this is one of the spots raided by the fbi this morning. this building behind me along an alleyway in chinatown. it belongs to the chinese free mace -- chinese free mason. they are trying to cut open an antique safe as they search for ifd. it sounds like they -- for evidence. it sounds like they are having trouble. the fire department was called in to help open the safe. agents served a search warrant here at this location as part of this widespread criminal investigation involving state senator leland yee and the fbi does confirm they've arrested raymond chow, the president of the freemason association. these are recent photos of chow taking part in a ceremony in chinatown. he's a number of people arrested today. agents are not revealing much about the nature of the investigation. >> this morning, the fbi is conducting multiple search warrants and arrests. we ask that you limit your questions at this time. >> reporter: according to local law enforcement agencies, though, the fbi did serve search warrants at more than a dozen locations arou

. >> the suv ruptured the gas line, three homes nearby were temporarily evacuated. >>> the fbi unveiled a nationwide billboard campaign this week in hopes of capturing a fugitive from the bay area. it asked drivers to be on the lookout for daniel andreas san diego from berkeley. san diego has been on the run for a decade. he's accused of setting off bombs at two companies in the east bay. this billboard campaign marked a turning point in the investigation and the fbi needs the public's help. >> the fbi has plastered giant photographs like this one of daniel andreas san diego near the bay bridge and all across the country. he's the first domestic terror jump terrorism fugitive added to the fbi's most wanted list. the bureau is casting a wide net in order to arrest him. >> anyone with eyes and ears can help the fbi out there. and that's why we targeted not only northern california but major port cities miami, tampa and orlando. >> seven states have put up these billboards to ramp up the hot. last december fbi agents went door-to-door in this neighborhood where san diego has family ties. t

the fbi will not be catching us any time soon. >> the fbi, of course, had no idea about the unabomber's identity or whereabouts. and ted kaczynski took great pains to make sure he didn't leave a single clue. >> he would take files and he would file everything down after he built something so that he could ensure that he was getting rid of fingerprints. he was obsessed about leaving fingerprint evidence. >> kaczynski also planted false clues to throw investigators off the trail. >> he went to a bathroom at the bus station in missoula, montana, and he actually took hairs off the floor of the restroom. and then in subsequent bombs, he would take those hairs and put them in between layers of tape. and the whole idea was when the subsequent bombs exploded at a crime scene, we would think that hair might have something to do with the unabomber. when he was out on a run to collect information or to collect components for his bombs, he would make sure he had a disguise. he put cotton up his nose so his nostrils would look bigger. he had a fake mustache he had worn. >> for another 18 months, eve

the joke was bulger was on the fbi's "least wanted list." there hadn't been a credible lead in more than a decade. and their efforts in bulger's old neighborhood of south boston were met with mistrust and ridicule. >> torsney: some people, they told us right out front, "you guys aren't looking for that guy." people just made the assumption we had him stashed somewhere. i mean, people really thought that kind of thing. >> tommy macdonald: despite that mindset that "we're not going to help you," the fbi still got it done. >> kroft: took 16 years. >> macdonald: took 16 years. yeah, this was not a typical fugitive. >> kroft: the fbi says bulger had planned his getaway years in advance, with money set aside and a fake identity for a "thomas baxter." during his first two years on the lam, bulger was in touch with friends and family shuttling between new york, chicago, and the resort town of grand isle, louisiana, where he rented a home until his identity was compromised. after that, it seemed as if bulger had disappeared from the face of the earth

the fbi has several -- protect the u.s. from terrorist attacks, cyber based attack, espionage, also to combat transnational criminal enterprise or violent crime and, of course, this incident could be several of those or none of those. walk us through your from your fbi experience how the fbi looks at a question mark event like this and prioritizes its investigation. >> yeah, well, in this particular case the malaysians have primacy in terms of the investigation. the fbi has legal attitaaches t are distributed around the world. they're in about 70 different embassies around the globe. there's an agent who's assigned in the embassy in kuala lumpur and i'm certain is coordinating with the malaysian authorities. in this particular case, the fbi will provide guidance. they may provide expertise as in the situation where they're looking at analyzing using their subject matter experts to do forensic evaluation on that flight simulator, the recording device. so the fbi in this particular case will be providing supporting capabiliti

in the fbi, that the shooting has been ruled at the federal level justified that the fbi needed to use deadly force that day. we're also being told, again, by anonymous sources that that investigation by the independent source in florida, by the state prosecutor of florida, that one we were expecting to not hear anything about until next tuesday, we're also hearing from self-exculpatory anonymous sources that will investigation will also clear the fbi. we reached out to the florida state attorney's office today. these leaks purport to say what's going to be in that official report that's released on tuesday. we asked, did those leaks come from investigators in florida? is what those anonymous leakers saying true? is the fbi absolutely in the clear here? the state prosecutor in florida actually told us no. sources inside the office investigating the todashev shooting say they have not made a determination yet about whether to charge anyone in the todashev shooting is unfair and unaccurate to his family. so a mysterious, messed up and completely opaque incident of deadly force got even w

that same night the fbi raided severance' home in ashburn. he was arrested in west virginia the next day. and tonight we also drove to the ex-wife of charles severance. she got out of her car, was walking to her home, and she refused to comment about this latest development. again, alexandria police are not calling him a person of interest or suspect in this case right now. they're waiting for more leads and information. live in alexandria, i'm shomari stone, news4. >> severance is no stranger to a lot of people in alexandria. he went for mayor in 1996 and 2000 as an independent. folks who knew him then say severance was fixated on mental health issues. we found a website registered to a charles severance of oakton, virginia called mentaldisorder.com. it details his legal troubles with the alexandria courts over custody of his son and possession of guns. long-time mayor carrie donnelly says severance used to come to political events dressed in black and focused on that one issue. >> whether you asked a question about a local community questio

fbi is now assisting the malaysians. the fbi is now looking at copies of the hard drives taken from the computers from both the captain and the first officer's homes in malaysia. again, the fbi now assisted by looking at copies of the hard drives provided to them by the malaysians to get a sense of what's on the hard drives. you know, today we had this word from it will malaysians that they had found that some of the files on the computer associated with the flight simulator in captain shah's home, that some of those files had been delete sod there's a forensic effort under way to determine whether it's possible to retrieve any of that data and now we're hold that the fbi is assisting by looking at the copies of the hard drives from the computers of both men's homes. >> any indication at all, tom, how long something like that might take? >> i don't have any indication at all but i think it's fair to say they don't want to rush this process, they want to make sure they're being thorough and they glean everything possible

told earlier today is that the malaysians did not have the expertise that the fbi has. they didn't know how to go back and find deleted files like the fbi does. basically when you delete something on your computer it is actually not deleted. it is only really deleted when something else is put back on top of it. and what the fbi is hoping is that whatever was deleted was not -- did not have anything written back on it. >> so it was not overwritten. >> correct, overwritten. and if that did not happen then they may have access and be able to find out what the pilot did to it. >> do we know about any other investigative steps that the fbi or the malaysian authorities are taking? in other words, we ran into a short sound bite, but are we investigating friends, anybody they may have flown with in the last 60 days? >> even though the malaysians have kept the fbi at a distance in terms of the investigation, right off the bat the fbi in the days after the plane went missing did the things you would expect them to do. they went into their own data base ba based on the msituation

the fbi probe ensnared more than two dozen people. at the center of the charges, multiple crimes including bribery, drug distribution, arms trafficking, even murder for hire. shock waves are rippling throughout california. joining me now for the latest developments are nathan haverson from u.c. berkeley. melissa lagos an investigative reporter. and scott, you were at the s meeting today when the suspension decision was made. now the governor has called for all three senators to resign. what's the mood like in san francisco? >> angry, disgusted, shocked. this is the second time in go two months a state senator has been caught allegedly taking bribes from fbi agents in senate history in california no member has been suspended. today three different lawmakers suspended by their colleagues, not allowed to come back to the center leaders say until they're either cleared of their charges. leeland yi takes us to a whole different level. the conversation all year has been about one corruption issue or another whether it was ron calderon caugh

the fbi is executing multiple arrests and search warrants. that's all i have at this time. i request that you allow us to conduct these operations. >> reporter: fbi spokesman pete lee says he can't elaborate and can't tell us what the charges are against senator yee. agents are also searching yee's senate office in sacramento. also arrested today, raymond chow, also known as "shrimp boy." fbi agents spent hours at his office at the [ non-english language ] in chinatown. a house on high street was also searched by feds. >> it was a allow thumped that woke me up and i looked out and there was a guy leaned up against the apartment door with a [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: fbi and irs agents are on the scene in the 600 block of 42nd avenue in san mateo. senator yee is scheduled to face a federal judge this afternoon. we expect charges will be detailed. in fact this operation continues as we speak. it was in the predawn hours executing these search warrants. they are thing right now. we know of at least five locations where federal agents, michel

in 2004 the fbi designates animal rights as the leading threat to the country despite the fact that not one of these movements have ever injured a person in this country. and one of the documents i have obtained is a document demonstrating fbi demonstration of terrorist acts on animal activists. activists who videotaped animals confined in cages so small they can't stand up, turn around or spread their limbs. i encourage everyone to learn what goes on behind the greats of farms. >> we're going to get into everyone's opinion on the role and influence of industry. but has president obama delivered on the promise to make government more transparent and are that risks to you for looking into that. here is a look at a few other stories we're following. ♪ >>> welcome back, we're talking about government secrecy, and the freedom of information act. president obama has committed his administration to quote . . . professor, do you think the president has delivered on this commitment? >> no, unfortunately i have to say he has not. i have held several academic programs looking at the development

next, the sheriff's office sent the prints to the fbi and their automated fingerprint identification system or afis. it's one of the largest fingerprint databases in the world, at the time containing over 45 million prints. >> our impression at that time was that if we submitted those fingerprints to the federal afis system, that we were covering the broadest spectrum that could be accessed. >> again, there was no match. >> as a father, i felt like i should have been there, and i wasn't. so, i went through, i was going through a failed marriage and then i wasn't there as a father for my children, so i blamed a lot of that on myself. why wasn't i there? >> my biggest wish was that somebody had taken her who had lost a kid of their own, and that was what i clung to. [ male announcer ] this is the cat that drank the milk... [ meows ] ...and let in the dog that woke the man who drove to the control room [ woman ] driverless mode engaged. find parking space. [ woman ] parking space found. [ male announcer ] ...that secured the data that directed the turbines that powered the farm that mad

the cia, at the end of the day, and the fbi, were joined at the hip. and they agreed totally with the department. >> let's talk about the evidence by magrahi and libya, that you just heard the defense talk about. do you think that the identification of magrahi was not correct by the store owner in malt a. saying that magrahi was the guy who bought the clothes and the suitcase that blew up? >> eyewitness identification is a flawed prospect. you don't always get it perfectly right. and in fact, in a year and a half or so, two years after the bombing, he said that of all of pictures that he looked at, when he saw the picture of magrahi, he said this is the person that i think bought the clothes, and i want to say that he never picked out a picture of abu talb and said that he bought the clothes. the only person was magrahi. >> . >> what about the intelligence in it. >> out of all of the proceedings being finished, he never got anything, was never promised anything, and was never paid anything, and this would not have been an hue coming to court. so he was

the fbi to gather intelligence on the soviet union. those tunnels are said to be understood beneath this seven story brick building now the russian consulate. >> are you aware of a tunnel underbeneath the russian consulate in san francisco. >> i can't talk about it one way or the other. i worked on that squad that handled things like that for about 21 years. and it's just not something i was comfortable talking about. >> reporter: but smith says the corner has been under scrutiny since the soviets first established this consulate in 1973. >> i can tell you that the soviets have been very successful. >> if there were tunnels, it comes to no surprise for residents here. they've been hearing rumors of cloak and dagger activities. >> you can see the fbi guys and the kgb guys you can see the cars parked on the street with people peering out of holes and newspapers. you can spot them because there was nothing secret about it. >> reporter: one neighbor say this is house is still used by the fbi to cover activity. but that was denied by a woma

fbi agent mike mccomas rushed to the scene. the driver was standing by the highway. >> he was talking with the officers. saw a black male. he had on a baseball hat. had on glasses. >> the young man was wayne williams, about to turn 23. a self-anointed music talent scout who slept days and roamed the city at night. mccomas invited williams over to his car. >> he got in the car and i said, do you know why we're here? and he immediately said, yes, it's about the missing children. that kind of stunned me and i said, what do you know about that? he said, i don't think that the various news agencies are covering it adequately, do you? >> two weeks later, this headline would break the news of that night on the bridge. wayne williams would be sent to prison to serve two life sentences for murder. at first glance, he hardly looks like a serial killer. not much more than 5'1/2" feet tall, barely 150 pounds. now in his 50s, and growing bald. >> the bottom line is nobody ever testified or even claimed that they saw me strike another person

the cia, at the end of the day, and the fbi, were joined at the hip. and they agreed totally with the indictment by the justice department. >> let's talk about the evidence by magrahi and libya, that you just heard the defense talk about. do you think that the identification of magrahi was not correct by the store owner in malt a. saying that magrahi was the guy who bought the clothes and the suitcase that blew up? >> eyewitness identification is a flawed prospect. you don't always get it perfectly right. and in fact, in a year and a half or so, two years after the bombing, he said that of all of pictures that he looked at, when he saw the picture of magrahi, he said this is the person that i think bought the clothes, and i want to say that he never picked out a picture of abu talb and said that he bought the clothes. the only person was magrahi. >> . >> what about the intelligence in it. >> out of all of the proceedings being finished, he never got anything, was never promised anything, and was never paid anything, and this would not have been an hue

the fbi's already looking at the pilot's flight simulators. but our next guest says they'll need a lot more evidence to find out what really happened. tim murphy is a former deputy director for the fbi. we continue to focus on these pilots because we have nothing else to focus on. is that where you would focus? >> i think if the fbi is doing this. and they're not leading the investigation. they're assisting in the investigation, providing guidance, providing, hey, maybe you should look at the pilot, the co-pilot, the crew, all the passengers doing normal scrub like the fbi would do. they're late to to the game. yeah, generally you want to look at the life cycle of an individual. what have they been doing for the last year? their online presence, who are they communicating with? what's their family life like? their financial situation. all of these can build to the clues that are already out there. >> would you look at the cockpit? >> yes, i would. if you look -- to be an investigator, you have an open mind and i would look at the cockpit becau

they always have the backup of the full fbi. i think they probably had the support all the way along. >> david, i want you to weigh in on these transponders. first of all, there are three things effectively right now that are in the layperson's it terms, making noise. making themselves known. somewhere out there. whether it's land or sea. that is the emergency locater transmitter in the tail. >> correct. >> that is the epirb, on the rafts. and then, of course -- we like to call them the old fashioned name, black boxes, cockpit voice recorder. give me a breakdown on those other two transmitters and battery life left on the black boxes. >> well, the elt and the epirbs are short-term, 24 to 48 hours. once they touch water they start sending a signal for only 24 to 48 hours. >> so what was in the tail and what was on those life rafts is done. >> correct. however, if that had happened, if they did get water in them, there's 16 satellites constantly monitoring that frequency. so that's what brings in some puzzling -- >> and they're ge

and they are not alone in the questioning, sources telling fox news the fbi cannot corroborate what the malaysian leader is saying. plus, there is the issue of the capta captain's personal flight simulator. so far we do not know what the fbi has learned from it but according to a report in the u.k.'s daily mail, the mail reports they suspect it may have been buried in an elaborate process to cover the use eruser tracks. and then there are questions about the cargo which malaysia seems unwilling to share. it would help the search teams know what objects they should be looking for in the water. a lot to get to tonight, but we begin with congressman peter king, a chairman of the subcommittee on intelligence, and serves on the select committee on intelligence goiod to see you. >> we have a situation now where they did not question the pilot's estranged wife because apparently under malaysian culture that is considered inappropriate if she is grieve, and indeed she may be. but we need answers on the pilot's state of mind. the malaysian government said there were no controversial batteries on

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