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Collapsing its control over the city. to build on that, president obama, on my and chairman dunfords advice, ordered u.s. special operations forces to go into syria to support the fight against isil. american special operators bring a unique set of capabilities that make them force multipliers such as intelligence gathering, targeting, and enabling local forces. where we find further opportunity to leverage such capability we will not hesitate to expand it. next, in the south of syria, were also...

Collapsing its control over the city. to build on that, president obama, on my and chairman dunfords advice, ordered special operations forces to go into syria to support the fight against isil. american special operators bring a unique set of capabilities that make them force multipliers such as intelligence gathering, targeting, and enabling local forces. where we find further opportunity to leverage such capability, we will not hesitate to expand it. next, in the south of syria, were also tak...

Keashtd is testifying -- ash carter is testifying on capitol hill. hes getting intense questions already about how we are handling isis. he says the u.s. is requesting special operations forces from coalition allies. >> the capabilities make them force multipliers such as intelligence gathering, targeting an enabling local forces. where we find further opportunity to leverage such opportunity well not hesitate to expand it. next, in the south of syria we are taking advantage of opportunities to ...

Isis uses to spread its propaganda and recruit new members. its also a way that isis can secretly wire money or carry on private text messaging. >> im going to say hello and send. so its just like a conversation. >> since the attacks in paris, telegram has taken action, blocking hundreds of public isis-related channels. its a step. but private encrypted messaging between members has not been affected. for u.s. intelligence officials encryption is of grave concern. >> stop watching us. >> but to ...

Isis uses to spread its propaganda and recruit new members. its also a way that isis can secretly wire money or carry on private text messaging. >> im going to say hello and send. so its just like a conversation. >> since the attacks in paris, telegram has taken action, blocking hundreds of public isis-related channels. its a step. but private encrypted messaging between members has not been affected. for u.s. intelligence officials encryption is of grave concern. >> stop watching us. >> but to ...

Defense, what role did he say the special forces would play? >> its not a big expansion in numbers because were talking about a few dozen special forces. that it becomes bigger because you have support troupes, an additional 200 in this force. but what this force will do, thats a big change. they are going to be going after high value targets, hostage rescues, raids, intelligence gathering, those are tip of the spear operations. they can be very dangerous high value targets. so not a big change ...

Propaganda and recruit new members. its also a way that isis can secretly wire money or carry on private text messaging. >> so im going to say, "hello" and send. so its just like a conversation. >> since the attacks in paris, telegram has taken action blocking hundreds of isis channels. its a step, but private encrypted messaging between members has not been affected. for u.s. intelligence officials, encryption is of grave concern. but to privacy activists, it is a necessary reaction to the kind...

Them. look at the paris attack. the week-ago attack group, they had no idea that was happening. six or eight people. usually, in the u.s. when we have had six or eight people do something like that, the fbi has been informed throughout reach and local intelligence investigations, being able to stop it. thats been the weak link here in the u.s., a one or two-person lone wolf or wolves can do an attack. nobody is going to know about it. as soon as they reach out, it becomes known to us and it is s...

Joining me is bob cor. >> obviously, there are concerns about what could happen here. im on my way to the middle east but to focus on what we do in syria. hell meet with minister of defense, and the equivalent of the national security adviser. its both about the intel here, whats happening here in paris and in france, and also what were going to do about the situation in syria, where the root of this is. >> how is the cooperation between the u.s. and france on intelligence sharing and also coope...

Let fear become disabling. ari melber, msnbc chief legal correspondent, is with us back in new york. ari, he also said that they are using every tool they can, i think the words were, using all of our lawful tools to help with the intelligence gathering. >> thats right. lawful tools, kate, include something that director comey has been emphasizing for some time arc certificative and proactive attempt to arrest and detain and prosecute anyone who might be a sympathizer with isis. on the security ...