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Protecting the chain of how they got their, how they determined it who they are talking to why they are talking to certain individuals. therefore, they are not going to want to do this. i believe by the way -- i happened to be in london late last year. they have the identity of this particular individual. >> they know -- >> they believe with a high degree of certainty who it is. >> this particular individual just want to get your confirmation hes high on the u.s. target list for assassination or...

Thats his name. we all know now thats his name. do you understand whats going on here? >> well, kwie offquite often when you have a non-confirmation they dont want to reveal operational details or give away knowledge that they have obtained order how they obtained it. theres usually some reasonable basis for that. as you say, its pretty widely known. im not going to confirm it. but i think its an operational intelligence reason for not owe fushlly ly fishl -- >> if you cant confirm it you dont h...

Supposedly to take place to turkey and syria. do we know if that individual was directly linked to isis? >> i dont know the answer to that. one of the things that were working through in this case and in others is what is the level of engagement with isis. was this a situation where as the criminal complaint points out that some of these people were in touch with a website thats affiliated with isis or was there some more direct involvement, were they getting instructions from isis to finance pa...

Investigations under way right now all 50 states. the director of national intelligence james clapper said 2014 was the most lethal year for terrorism since they started counting about 45 years ago. whats going on over here? >> clapper is right. i mean you have to look at the islamic state even though it is a semi-state as a terrorist group. kid p naing of the christians and cops and the rest of it its a tearrrorist group. it has reeked more havoc and destruction than anybody, including al qaeda...

Earnest. the police said we dont want the media to speculate on the name of jihadi john because life is at risk. those are the words they have used. even today, the police are sticking by that line. this is metropolitan police here. they are in charge of counter terrorism in london. emwazi was on their radar but what their message at the moment is is they have an ongoing terror investigation. the prime ministers office here david cameron, has said -- david cameron himself has said in the recent ...

I just -- again, i dont understand secretary kerry. >> is he trying to downplay the threat from terrorism to make it look like the war against terror is basically been won? >> i cant imagine he would try to make that claim given the totality of the news were seeing. were seeing threats at home threats in europe and in the middle east. i just think he made a mistake. im not sure. i didnt see the whole -- i will give him this leeway. i didnt see the context of the whole statement. maybe it was a b...

Around the world. u.s. officials are confirming the identity of the mass killer. his real name mohammed emwazi, a british citizen born in kuwait. as more air strikes in iraq and syria, the white house is emphasizing the isis killer is one of americas top terror targets. i will ask senator angus king what he is learning about this. he is a key member of the intelligence and armed services committees. our correspondents and analysts are standing by. they are covering all the news breaking right no...