Terror Plot By Yemeni-Based Al-Qaeda Branch Foiled Updated with Video

A terror plot by the Yemeni Branch of Al-Qaeda has been foiled. The plot involved sending several explosive packages to synagogues in Chicago.


An explosive-laden package was intercepted in Dubai, another on a cargo jet at Midlands in the United Kingdom and planes were searched at Philadelphia and JFK Airports.






President Obama made a brief address to the nation concerning the series of incidents. Here is the video of that statement:













White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs relayed a timeline of events in the current terror plot and John Brennan, Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Adviser for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, made a statement and took questions along with Robert Gibbs. I will have either the audio or video posted of that later. 


**6.29pm** 


Here is the audio:



**1.51am** 


Here is the full briefing, including the statement from the President and the Press Conference that followed: