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Infatuation with extreme and mental -- extremism and had mental instability. how could this have happened? >> thats a great question. and the question of whether its an intelligence failure is going to loom large i think in australian discourse. for one thing, he openly pledged allegiance to the islamic state on november 17th on his own website. in addition to the fact that he had about 50 counts of assault against him and that he was considered an accessory to his ex-wifes murder. all of this a...

Common. whatever issues he had. he was known since 2008. the shia community, when he was still a shia, you know, urged the police to investigate him. they passed on information to the authorities, as we would expect the cooperating group to do. and you know, i share the concern of others when they say that it could have possibly been an intelligence failure. but again, its impossible to know when this individual is going to act. just short of monitoring somebody 24/7, theres really nothing else ...

Citizens to "maintain a high level of vigilance and take extra steps to keep themsue@x safe." we will keep you updated through the night as the situation develops. this has been a fox news alert. im leah gabriel. now back to "the kelly file." mitch cloury is editor of the national review and a fox news contributor. so rich, shes not a fan of the cia. the cia did snoop on her committee and take documents off of their computers that they hacked into. so shes got a right to be ticked off. but do ...

But as we learn more about why senator feinstein says she released this thing, were also hearing growing questions about whether she has an axe to grind with the cia. kirsten powers, rich lowry editor of -- fox news contributor. shes not a fan of the cia. the cia did snoop on her committee and take documents off of their computers that they hack sbood. so shes got a right to be ticked off. but do you think thats the motivation here? >> yeah. as you say, she may be right about everything the cia ...

Standard for success in this new era of terrorism. >> reporter: so how do you police lone wolfs? its working within muslim communities. the u.s. learning a great deal from the uk on this. also important, undercover operations, as well as encouraging members of the public like us to report suspicious activity. but the fact is, it may be impossible to know whats in the mind of an islamist sympathizers until he or she strikes. thats the real challenge. when you have an intelligence trail, you can t...

But as we learn more about why senator feinstein says she released this thing, were also hearing growing questions about whether she has an axe to grind with the cia. kirsten powers, rich lowry editor of -- fox news contributor. shes not a fan of the cia. the cia did snoop on her committee and take documents off of their computers that they hack sbood. so shes got a right to be ticked off. but do you think thats the motivation here? >> yeah. as you say, she may be right about everything the cia ...

>> yeah. as you say, she may be right about everything the cia did wrong in this dispute over the computers, but you dont let that flow over into thissin k y inquiry. over the intelligence failure over iraq wmd, a very hot button issue -- >> she says that the republican senators voted in favor of kicking this thing off initially, this investigation. >> right. then they quickly got off the train. and in part because they believed it was going to be a prosecutors brief. and, megyn, i think if you ...

Did to save america and keep america safe as an integral part of the fact that weve not been attacked in a major way since. so thank you for all youve done. we appreciate it. >> well, thank you very much. and thanks to all the people who are actually involved in the years that it took to destroy the al qaeda organization that attacked us on 9/11. >> thank you, sir, appreciate it. my next guest says the release of this prort amounts to nothing less than providing aid and comfort to the enemy in w...

Department. so there are many mistakes that were made and the agency officials will admit that today, but they also want people to understand that the twin towers were lying in a heap of ruin at ground zero. they were doing what they thought was necessary to defend the country. and in addition, brooke, i think its important -- >> yeah. >> -- at that time, members of congress were yelling at the agency saying this has been a colossal intelligence failure, get any information you can about al qaed...

Responsible for the end results. we can help, we can train, we can assist and advise, and we are doing that and will support them. >> hagel was addressing u.s. and australian troops at the baghdad airport. u.s. defense officials say that what iraq needs to fight isis is not more weapons but competent military leaders. >> after the release of this torture report from the senate, what are they saying around the pentagon about that? >> well, theres a great deal of frustration in the intelligence an...