Bin Laden Asked Yemeni Terrorists to Attack U.S.

Newly discovered intelligence from the files obtained at Osama bin Laden's Pakistan hideout is providing further evidence that the threat from Al Qaeda in Yemen is a clear and present danger to the United States.Information obtained by ABC News shows that bin Laden had repeatedly urged senior Al Qaeda operatives in Yemen to attack within the United States. Communications between bin Laden and the Yemeni Al Qaeda leaders were discovered in the trove of information recovered from bin Laden's compound.

The Yemen Al Qaeda affiliate is actively planning new plots targeting the U.S., officials with access to the intelligence said. Mike Rogers, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, issued a warning to the American public in an exclusive interview with ABC News."Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula is strictly, or has been strictly focused on attacks in the US homeland," Rogers said. "This morning, when you're over your breakfast cereal there is somebody in Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula planning another attack in the U.S."