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Were joined now by cnn terrorism analyst paul cruickshank. paul, people are saying this man appears to have acted alone. he wanted an isis flag, no one knows if theres any direct link between this man who calls himself sheik haron and isis. but is this a new model? where there doesnt need to be a direct connection between a person and isis itself where people only need to be inspired to commit terror? >> thats right, john. all the indications is this is a loan wolf attack. that he was inspired b...

Was effectively setting up his own broadcast channel of what was going on inside at his will. four times he posted videos among other ways through a service called live leak which is a uk-based service where people can post videos. these were videos from hostages pleading for the authorities to go along with his demands. we have a clip from one of the last ones here. take a listen to what he had on here. >> please help us. its simple. he wants an isis flag and he wants tony abbot to speak to him...

These public protests, draping himself in chains, holding up letters saying he was being politically persecuted. interestingly, in a lot of his social media logs he gets increasingly radical and on his web site seems to pledge allegiance to isis. theres no indication at this point, for example, that there was any communication or direct communication with isis in syria or iraq at all. so he does seem to be somebody who was sort of acting out on his own for the most part and doesnt seem to be aff...

Anyone who wants to be a member, sign on, follow us on twitter and facebook and do violent acts in our name. so many many ways while lone wolf is accurate in the seasons that he was never trained or told by isis to do this the fact were talking about isis 1 good for isis brand. this is exactly what they would want. and the number of people willing to do this, unfortunately, is infinite. >> these are not the days of the al qaeda training camps in afghanistan where hundreds would flock there and l...

Violent or went after their wife more to this case all of the above. its a way law enforcement has to learn about what are the potential triggering events for someone like this who is a -- who they are aware of to then find a meaning for their craziness. for their violent behavior and isis or al qaeda provides them that meaning. its delusional, we know this. im not justifying it. but in open societies like ours and australia where we love the diversity of religion and ethnicity and the peacefuln...

What is the chatter online right now? is anyone claiming to be connected to this man? the anyone praising the actions that just happened in sydney? >> isis itself have not yet weighed in but there have been responses on social media from jihadis calling this guy, as can be expected, a hero. calling it a lone wolf operation. well see much more of a response in the hours ahead. isis is very likely to make propaganda out of this but it does not seem at this hour that this guy was organizationally c...

Vicinity. australia is a key u.s. ally. australia is also a country where the terror threat level was raised this fall from medium to high. want to go to evan perez in washington we understand the fbi was helping australian authorities. what was the fbi role? >> they have a very close relationship, the fbi does. and u.s. intelligence with the australian counterparts. we know that one of the things they were trying to do is help australians get information on the suspects. one thing australians f...

What australian authorities are saying is it appears hes been acting on his own. the fact he does appear to have been the only hostage taker inside the shop, the fact that, from, one of his requests was an isis flag, that he didnt have one of his own suggest he is wasnt operating under anyones order bus seems to have done this on his own initiative. >> atika shubert in london tracking this man. youre seeing him right there, sheik man haron monis, apparently known to authorities both in the the u...

Was that a message to sit tight? we believe a group of hostages broke away at the end and it appears there was a hostage down somehow. >> you know, i heard that, too. i think what he might have also been telling them is we dont care who this guy is, theres going to be all sorts of talk, is he part of isis or al qaeda, we are focused on getting you out safely. but, you know, just back to the points weve been making this whole segment, the police are trained to anticipate that hostages will take a...

Involved in a murder of an ex-wife. is this a deranged man? >> it appears that way. unfortunately, there is no short imagine the the world of sociopaths and no shortage of soft target, right? thats a combination of terrorism were facing today. your correspondent makes it perfectly clear that he didnt even have an isis flag so that suggests hes self-motivated. but 24 this notion of a lone wolf can be somewhat misleading. isis and before that al qaeda wanted this to happen. they used to be formal ...