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And what you are realizing here is just how difficult it is to keep track of these guys. to keep track of their movements. we were hearing as recently as a month ago french and coalition forces were targeting this man with air raids inside syria. now it appears he may be here in central paris. that is of course a startling development if it is true. and it really highlights the difficulty of following up on all of these different guys when they were able to move within the european union, open b...

Got a lot of people in the security industry now locking yet again at the potential threat. we have seen this before. this was the alleged plot to bring down the planes over the atlantic with the liquid bombers. you may recall a number of years ago, using liquid explosives. tsa, atf, homeland security concerned about the possibility of an explosive on a u.s. jetliner and the kind of explosive theyre talking about. now, when i talk to john pistol, the former tsa chief a short time ago, he said we...

Abdelhamid abaaoud, he was a gang leader inside belgium. he knew other members of the attacker crew from belgium. he was communicating with them from syria. they were using encryption apps, they are using telegram, they are using surespot, they have that criminal know-how, they are used to ducking authorities. they know how to stay under the radar. as french authorities have said to us many times, they have something like 10,000 people on their watch list. and you know when you talk about the re...

Community. the terror group had a digital help guest that helps budding jihadists learn how to stay off the grid. it features 5 or 6 experts with collegiate or masters training and developed a messaging system and youtube like video services that is designed to help them avoid detection. >> as the world unites against the threat of terrorism and american university has decided not to recognize the anniversary of 9-11. a student group at the university of minnesota voted down an annual ceremony s...

Intelligence assessment published in may warned that isis had developed capability to plan and carry out complex attacks in the west and noted that abaaoud appeared to fake his death to elude authorities traveling between syria and belgium with an estimated 11,000 terror suspects, french authorities say, they are simply overwhelmed. >> we dont have the number of participant to monitor 10,000 people. so intelligence and we have to improve our intelligence system to detect better detection of jiha...

The west. >> go back to beginning of the year, it wasnt clear that isis had the ability to move a large number of operatives and keep them under the radar and help them avoid detection, now they were able to do that to devastating effect. >> reporter: details of the plot foiled in the january raid in belgium eerily what happened in paris. the in the january incident, precursor chemicals to make explosive known as tatp. the same materials french officials say used in suicide vests worn and detona...

Detection canines to enable the process to go a lot faster, but for a standard stadium, you need at least seven or eight hours to do a sweep to ensure that youve got no problems. . >> so thats whats happening now in germany. let me take you back to paris. as we have been reporting, authorities searched this budget hotel, this apartment where one of the suspects stayed days before the attacks friday night. we have pictures of cigarette butts lying around this it room and pizza boxes and these syr...

Counter terror tactics asked its members to further tighten its efforts. the cia director acknowledged isis learned to stay off the grid to help avoid detection. the attorney general said these encrypted communications are a major concern. >> we are pursuing a number of options. were in discussions within the industry looking for ways they can lawfully provide us information and still preserve privacy. >> reporter: the big concern is there are 6,000 european suyria fighters. the u.s. has far few...

Are also increasing security. the nfl which already uses counterterror tactics like metal detectors and bag screening asked its members to further tighten its efforts. the cia director acknowledged isis has learned how to stay off the grid to help avoid detection. the attorney general said today these encrypted communications are a major concern. >> we are pursuing a number of options. were in discussion with industry looking for ways in which they can lawfully provide us information while still...

Far away from where the attacks occurred. the identity of that driver, location of that driver is unknown. one of the vehicles rented, that was caught at the belgian border. two others were in the car with one of those attackers. u.s. officials say the terrorists may have avoided detection by using sophisticated encryption technology to communicate with each other. i want to bring in jim sciutto who has been following various aspects of the investigation. >> this has been a concern for some time...