Mark Sageman News Today

That attack of charlie hebdo, you see six people from the same neighborhood, and then you realize a formula here. >> yes, clusters of individuals. like most of the research related to domestic terrorism is showing that people are radicalized by their peers. mark sageman is a prolific ar thor on this, and he calls it the bunch theory. and in canada, the same in calgary with a store front mosque and guys were hanging out there and they all ended up joining isis, and then some of them ended up on i...

Because of his persistence. >> some fighters in the tribal areas still dont trust vinas. they suspect he could be a spy. on one occasion militants he runs into decide to kill him. and they almost do. but he talks them out of it. >> after a few more months, finally he gets what he wants, al qaeda relents, letting him into their camp into the hard scrabbled hills from pakistan -- region. bryant neal vinas becomes a folly-fledge member of al qaeda. by now he is already shown the al qaeda recruiters...