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Certainly potentially less lethal than the experience of 9/11 with the 3,000 deaths there. but their propaganda value to the terrorists, still very, very significant. so johns going to have a very highly trained unit of 450 officers specially equipped that can help defend but in the event if we were to have an incident, to quickly overcome that incident and deal with it very effectively. >> all right, mr. commissioner, thank you so much. greatly appreciate it. bill bratton and deputy commissione...

People have fatigue about terrorists attacks and all this kind of stuff. this is not the boy who cried wolf. this weekend people need to have their heads on a swivel. pay attention. if you see something, you really do need to say something. >> the propaganda value to nem in attacking on u.s. soil and in particular on the july fourth weekend would obviously be -- >> its huge. and dates are very significant, particularly for islamic terrorists. they love it. they would love nothing more than to hi...

Also a fear that the momentum has switched. the propaganda value will not be lost for isis. many fear what may happen in the weeks ahead in ramadi and to the north in baghdad as well. >> what did isis do? look at kobani and tyikrit. what was the driving force to take this particular city? >> reporter: it may well be the narrative of isis on the backfoot was a little too pervasive and within the iraqi government. the victory the iraqi government had in tikrit. the violence has been unrelenting an...

Military in the midst of that drop in a tweet that talks about a military target. >> and other tweets out there, bob bair in recent weeks, listing the names and addresses of about 100 u.s. military personnel who served in syria or iraq. im sure that raised a lot of alarm bells? >> yeah. wolf i agree totally with phil. theyre after the military. anybody in a uniform, because they want to characterize the war in iraq and ceia as a war against the united states government not a war against the amer...

These lone wolf kind of attacks that could be sitting anywhere in the western world and interacting and engaging with followers anywhere in the world and feeling that they now want to be inspired by the organization and carry out those attacks. so there is this propaganda value of something like what we saw in gramland, what we saw in "charlie hebdo" and elsewhere. it turns around and says we are capable of inspiring others to carry out these types of attack and that is the real challenge for la...

Organization, were provided weapons, were provided any logistical support. what seems to be the pattern, and certainly this is in isiss own words, is that they want to inspire people in the west to carry out attacks. that is a real threat. and thats the major cause of concern for western officials. these lone wolf kind of attacks that could be sitting anywhere in the western world and interacting and engaging with followers anywhere in the world and feeling that they now want to be inspired by t...

Or provided support. what seems to be the pattern is that they want to inspire people in the west to carry out attacks. that is a real threat and the major cause of concern for western officials. these lone wolf attacks, and reading and interacting and engaging with isis supporters anywhere in the world and feeling that they now want to be inspired by the organization and carry out those attacks. so there is this propaganda value of something like what we saw in garland that isis benefits from. ...

Corner. that echoes a lot of rhetoric weve heard from isis in the past and doesnt suggest that a wave of attacks is imminent on the u.s. the key question really is we know one of the gunmen tweeted a pledge of allegiance to the leader of the faithful in his tweet. thats isis head, abu bakr al baghdadi. he made that tweet and then carried out the attack. did isis know anything about the attack before that moment or did they simply read what came on social media or afterwards and decided it was wi...

How again the individual that the federal authorities knew potentially posed a danger managed for some time to keep a low profile and continue on with planning this attack. i think central to that and now with this claim of responsibility that has come out from isis is going to really be focused on to what degree isis was operationally involved in this. weve seen this time and time again with attacks elsewhere in the world where isis perhaps tries to jump in take claim of responsibility for oppo...

They were obsessed with the boston marathon bombing. they were sloppy. theyve been caught it seems. even being sloppy can be dangerous. they had the decision to take pressure cookers. the boston marathon bombings were able to inflict mass atrocity. they have to be taken seriously even amid the mishaps. >> they were inspired by the police officer funeral, mass casualty not just ordinary people but men and women in uniform. >> going after authority figures, they think sends a stronger message. it ...