on anis amri really feels like beyond critical mass to make sure you don t let him slip through his fingers. do german authorities have a lot to answer for here? i think so. part of this is probably a resource challenge and the numbers of people they have to track and part of it may be a legal problem. i m not familiar with german laws around this. but we see this repeatedly in the united states. major hassan killed 14 people at fort hood, was exchanging e-mails with a well he-known al qaeda cleric seeking permission for a suicide attack. that was known to the fbi. he exchanged 18 e-mails with this al qaeda cleric. omar mateen was repeatedly telling who killed 49 people in orlando, told his colleagues he was an al qaeda fan and isis fan and was interviewed twice by the fbi. let s not pretend this is unique to germany. what is exceptional is when somebody comes out of the blue completely and has had absolutely no contact with law