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    CIA disrupts Al Qaeda plot

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Fox is is told that at least three other countries.

Are involved in this ongoing operation a law enforcement source told fox that there is reason to believe more bombs may be out there.

And this morning the chairman of the house homeland security committee confirmed that the killing of this -- find -- -- so.

Who met with the first underwear bomber in 2009.

Before he left Yemen is tied to this ongoing operation.

Focused on the group a QA -- al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.

For instance the the killing of the they QEP leader of the weekend that was tied -- this operation so this is more than just.

One person one Bob.

This is a larger scale operation and and that's why -- security on this has been so tight.

This morning FBI investigators are working on the device similar to the underwear -- shown here.

They're looking for here is -- DNA that we'll tie it to the bomb maker.

The device is described to fox as an improvement over this one it does not contain any -- as you mentioned John and the detonator has been modified.

The device -- all the hallmarks of Ebert he -- -- the bomb maker believed to be operating in Yemen.

-- Syria was behind the underwear bomb the printer cartridge bombs and a plot to assassinate -- Saudi prince in 2009.

This morning the administration stood behind his statements that the device was not tied to the one -- anniversary of the seal -- The statement was that there was no specific credible plot tied to the anniversary of this month's death.

So.

And that list is an accurate statement.

But in a briefing to coincide with the anniversary Fox News as a senior counterterrorism official if another device had been picked up.

And it was denied quote.

I'm not familiar with the report you just cited of another bomb in the last six months.

So nothing's been intercepted or picked up not that I know of this morning -- the law enforcement sources told fox that they believe the credibility of homeland security and the FBI has been undercut because on the eve of the anniversary.

The issued a bulletin saying there was no plot when the administration knew -- device had been intercepted.

This source questioned whether politics have been put ahead of national security in this case John.

I'm Catherine Herridge interest in developments there thank you.

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