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Alo alone. they are auxiliary support here in the united states. thats one of the reasons i think the fbi is working furiously to find out other connections as it relates to the san bernardino tragedy. >> so lets dig into your words a little bit. its one thing to point to president obamas rhetoric and the changing tone. other republicans have been critical of it and says his words dont it the match the threat. thats one thing. another thing is is to assess the capabilities of the united states a...

Relationship? a couple contacts? again that group was planning to go to afghanistan as kyung mentioned and commit an attack overseas and all arrested. so, you know, apparently farook did not get into that group enough where he would have been seen as someone also intenting to go and commit a terrorist act against u.s. troops in afgh afghanist afghanistan. >> was this an intelligence failure or do we not know enough at this point? >> i think so far it wasnt. the fbi can only move if there is an a...

They religious extremists, which includes a survey of trying to figure out if they have a radical ideology and trying to access information on the internet that would show their position as well as what -- where they have graduated from. my anger is over the fact that for years ive been trying to get specific schools closed and we have not been able to get the civilian government to stand up to the religious extremists. >> in pakistan there was no check of her background. she had posted talking ...

Bernardino terror attacks including confirmation that this couple was plotting jihad well before the wife came to the united states. and new reports that this -- that the islamic state terror group is specifically trying to sneak people into the united states by having them pose as syrian refugees. contrary to president obamas claims that the refugees are basically just widows and orphans. with stories like that you would think republicans would have a good issue in their run for the white house...

American? and i thought that was the whole goal of the surveillance program that is so controversial to track exactly this kind of conversation? >> well, jake, exactly. the problem is this is a fire hose of intercepts. you just cant believe the number. they dont really make sense taken in isolation. you know, support for jihad is generally, you know, a tenant of islam, it means struggle. and if they dont take an overt act like buy a ticket to syria or send money to a jihadist militant -- militan...

They are meant to reassure people, inspire people. what did the president say? we have to watch out we dont have anti-muslim sentiment in the united states. and we have to watch out for a lot of crazy people and the answer to that is gun control. but the american people are rattled. that didnt solve any problems or reassure anybody. jon: this couple was as director comey said apparently radical eyed and committing themselves to jihad even before they met. one would think that would have been con...

Understand their source and inspiration, and we are also wanting to know if there is anybody else involved with assisting, supporting and equipping them. and we are working very hard to understand if they had plan fs r that day or earlier, and that work continues. >> and jim, what is important there in that what he is talking about there, it is simply the fact that now the question arises is whether or not farook was shopping for a jihadi bride when he went and found this woman. and so the quest...

Occasion was done within days of this event. >> we have the vice-president of research for the defense of democracieses and a former terrorism analyst in the treasury department. good to see you, sir. >> good to see you. >> if these two were radicalized for sometime, how did they go undetected? >> that is a big question that the fbi will have to answer in the days and weeks ahead. it was a intelligence failure. the fact that we anyhow they were radical and training at a arms location. these are ...

>> i noticed the guys roifl was smoking. i asked why was it smoking? and farook told him because it was new. and the guy said to authorities, how do i detect if there is unusual behavior? how do we do this? we are the public, lay people. what do we do? >> you can only point out what is awkward or dangerous. we continue to tell the public to be aware of their surroundings particularly in public places. this looks like an intelligence failure in the u.s. government. we can point to certainty that ...

Between the united states and islam. and if we look like were applying religious tests who comes into this country, were sending a message that essentially were embracing that frame. and that is going to make it very difficult to partner with muslim communities here in the united states and around the world to prevent this scourge of radicalization that we need to be focused on. we should be making it harder for isil to portray this as a war between the united states and islam, not easier. >> al...