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Day instruments and turn them into weapons. to weaponize in that sense. and it makes it almost impossible to predict. what i can predict at this stage is that if this man isnt caught, all the bearings of how hes behave willed tell us that what hes planning to do is another attack. he clearly shot the guy that was -- looks like he shot the guy in the truck. so he is armed. and probably doesnt intend to get caught until he can conduct another attack. and everything we see from these attack looks l...

Certainly a debate about surveillance in that country. >> they are having a tough time in the world of terrorism. >> they are talking about why the attacks are becoming so difficult to predict. >> the terrorist organizations have been instructing people to use every day instruments and turn them into weapons to weaponize our day-to-day lives. it makes it almost impossible to predict. actually, any form of attacking this way, any jihadist attack

Them into europe after the terrible civil war in syria. now, what i think im particularly worried about is if this does push out to be either a jihadist attack or more specifically, a refugee or somebody whos used the refugee channels to attack germany, then the negative political consequences of the back of this is considering that merkel is up for re-election next year and considering that at the moment, it looks like one of his biggest competitors are the right-wing anti-muslim, an entire pag...

The probability this was some kind of horrific accident is small. it looks like it fits in with the criteria would expect for a jihadist attack, similar to what we saw in nice, from the jihadist perspective, an attack on a french national holiday -- >> there were weapons there. it is different in the sense that im not hearing reports of shots. it sounds like this individual we know nothing about this individual or if this person has even been caught, drove up going who knows how fast into this c...

Behind and target set full of people that are innocent civilians. that would add up, the absence of weapons or gunfire, it may be they realize all you need is the vehicle looking very likely this was a jihadist attack given all of the indicators we have. >> i remember being in nice and talking to our terror analysts who are saying this is what isis was essentially saying to followers, this m.o. of using a car as a weapon, am i correct? >> oh, absolutely. as buck was saying, its easily accessible...

And actually, the evidence points to the fact that those who join terrorist organizations would try to conceal any sign of religious devotion. precisely so they are not detected. so if we look to profiling, i think that ethnic profiling and profiling for overt signs of religion would miss the target. as would have been in this instance, if this is a jihadist attack. we need to look at psychological factors. look at ideas that are adopted and behavior. the sort of ideas we are familiar with, anyo...

>> yeah. and actually, the evidence points to the fact that those who join terrorist organizations would try to conceal any sign of religious devotion. precisely so they are not detected. so if we look to profiling, i think that ethnic profiling and profiling for overt signs of religion would miss the target. as would have been in this instance, if this is a jihadist attack. we need to look at psychological factors. look at ideas that are adopted and behavior. the sort of ideas we are familiar w...

Jihad they have, he believed he would atone for his sins and go straight to paradise. certainly his writings would seem to indicate thats the case. >> you believe if we shouldnt necessarily be looking the a what group might have inspired him if any. rather, an islamist extremist. as a whole. especially when it comes to lone wolves. >> yes. i think counter terrorism operationally is very much concerned with which group. that affects operations and tactics in targeting those groups. i think from a...

Case. >> you believe if we shouldnt necessarily be looking the a what group might have inspired him if any. rather an islamist extremist. as a whole. especially when it comes to lone wolves. >> yes. i think counter terrorism operationally is very much concerned with which group. that affects operations and tactics in targeting those groups. i think from a civil society perspective, it is erroneous for us to worry too much about whether it was isis or al qaeda. if it indeed was a jihadist attack....

Want to bring in buck sexton. buck thanks for coming on. the first big question is were learning about the father was the center of an fbi terrorism investigation. there were enkwir rees opened on him twice and then closed. how relevant do you think that is to the current investigation involving the shooter? >> its difficult to say because theres so many holes in that. there are some things that fit into a pretty clear pattern of terrorist attacks in the past based on the targets and the islamic...