
(CNN) – There is new information today about a bombing that was the deadliest attack in CIA history.
In a new video, the suicide bomber who killed CIA employees and contractors in Afghanistan says he knew he was meeting the CIA. Our Barbara Starr has the report.
Terror suspect Najibullah Zazi has pleaded guilty to three charges in New York. He admits he conspired with al Qaeda to make bombs and that their target was the city's subway system. The case is fueling the debate over the best place for terror trials – in civilian courts or military tribunals. Our Jeanne Meserve has the report.
Read more: Zazi admits role in terror plot; plea deal sealed
Top officials from five U.S. intelligence agencies believe al-Qaeda is certain to attempt an attack on America by the summer.
And while we've heard plenty of tough talk from the White House when it comes to tackling terrorism, there's a big difference between resolve and results. Our Barbara Starr reports with this memo to the president.
Related: Officials: Terror try 'certain'
(CNN) - The terrorist threat posed by radicalized Muslim- Americans has been exaggerated, according to a study released Wednesday by researchers at Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
A small number of Muslim-Americans have undergone radicalization since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, the study found. It compiled a list of 139 individuals it categorized as "Muslim-American terrorism offenders" who had become radicalized in the U.S. in that time - a rate of 17 per year.
That level is "small compared to other violent crime in America, but not insignificant," according to the study, titled "Anti-Terror Lessons of Muslim-Americans."
To be included on the list, an offender had to have been wanted, arrested, convicted or killed in connection with terrorism-related activities since 9/11 - and have lived in the United States, regardless of immigration status, for more than a year prior to arrest.
Of the 139 offenders, fewer than a third successfully executed a violent plan, according to a Duke University statement on the study, and most of those were overseas. Read the full story »
Editor's Note: Below is a list of six well-known offenders excerpted from the Duke study.
Name: John Walker Lindh
Year of arrest or attack: 2001
Official charges: Providing aid to the Taliban, carrying explosives
Status of case: Pled guilty
Nature of offense: Joined and fought with the Taliban.
Location of criminal activity: Abroad
Target of plot/location of violence: Abroad
Engaged in violent act/joined fighting force: Yes
Age at time of arrest/attack: 20
Age at arrival in US: US-born
Citizenship status: Citizen
Convert to Islam: Yes
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Today the president will give the public an idea of how suspected terrorist Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab slipped past post-9/11 airline security and nearly pulled off an attack on a Christmas Day Northwest Airlines flight.
The White House plans to release an unclassified report on what went wrong and reveal new steps intended to thwart terrorist attacks in the future.
On Thursday's American Morning we discussed what the report may show with the former director of national intelligence, Ambassador John Negroponte.
Understanding the president's approach to combatting al Qaeda means getting to know the man who is described as Mr. Obama's "general" on counter-terrorism – John Brennan. Our Jim Acosta has the report.

