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Intelligence and security analyst. when you take everything that we are now learning about abdulazeez so far, the writings about anti-american sentiment, he is also against u.s. policy in the war on terror but no direct connection to any terror groups. at this point, do you consider him a terrorist? >> i think hes a terrorist. i mean we dont know what went on in jordan when that visit -- was he recruited? you have to look at the crime itself. people in uniform. it was conducted during ramadan. h...

Wound up being taken for all the wrong reasons. lets figure out the way the investigation goes. we have cnn security analyst. lets stay with the marines. there is a lot of curiosity about them. why werent they able to fight back. they are unarmed and unarmed for a reason. explain. >> part of it is tradition. for most of the countrys history history, you fight wars abroad. if you are home you work in the community, work in shopping malls, trying to recruit people. part of it is we have a legal tr...

Name of alla sadei of west new york and the big takeaway is the average age in almost all of these cases is 24 years old, and theres almost always a social media component, so you can see how this generation that has grown up with social media is kind of wired for terrorism in many of these cases. >> all right. catherine herridge in washington thank you so much. >> youre welcome. the terror feeling quite real after attacks across three continents including the horrifying scene we just talked a...

United states and around the world. the situation in syria. the government continuing atrocities against its own people there. according to activists groups killing at least 70 on saturday with barrel bombs. they say the deadliest strike happened in an area near aleppo controlled by isis. it killed dozens of people, civilians. keep in mind the barrel bombs are steel drums filled with shrapnel and explosives. they are incredibly inprecise. the government denies involvement. cnn intelligence and s...

Essentially because the united states was destined to lose the war on terror and yet as we know he was ultimately killed by the very troops he said could not win. >> tom foreman, thanks very much. our cnn national security analyst peter bergen. he interviewed bin laden, wrote a book on the search for him. also former congresswoman jane harman leading expert on intelligence heads the woodrow wilson international center for scholars. also retired lieutenant colonel james reese, former delta force ...

"new york times" gives you a sense of how isis makes money. most of the terror groups funds come from extortion or taxes, smaller portion from the sale of oil and kidnapping for ransom operations. lets discuss this and more the impact of abu sayyafs death, the impact joining us our security analyst and our cnn contributor the co-author of the book "isis inside the army of terror" michael weis. juliette you wrote an excellent article on cnn.com saying the death of abu sayyaf represents in your wo...

Kurdistan in the north. they were able to capture tikrit in march and april of this year with the help of the shiite militias. the iraqi government said after this victory, we will push to recap recapture mosul and anbar province province. instead, they are retreating here. >> it is fascinating. our security analyst was tell me a few days ago, this is not just a terrorist organization. this is an extraordinarily well funded army. the united nations saying in the last 48 hours, 25,000 people in r...

A u.s. raid in syria is now being identified is el tunisi, who is in charge of oil and gas financing for isis. the u.s. defense secretary ashton carter called his death a significant blow to the terror group. lets get some analysis on what is going on. joining us our cnn national security analyst fran townsend. the former u.s. delta force commander, our cnn global affairs lieutenant colonel james reece. and intelligence and security analyst bob baer. we learned the real name of this isis command...

C.i.a. security analyst, robert baird. isis making major moves on ramadi the u.s. and other coalition partners sending airstrikes in. i guess the fear is ramadi seen in the last month, 100,000 refugees flee the important town in the anbar province. ramadi could be falling right now to isis control. that would be really awful, wouldnt it? >> it would be wolf and its been hotly contested for over a month now. its the forefront, its the front of the campaign between isis and some of the iraqi secur...

One example it would let authorities use phone taps and other means to gather electronic data without a warrant. now this comes just a few months after januarys deadly terrorist attacks in paris. cnns security analyst described how this compares to the u.s. patriot act. >> it is similar to the patriot act in that a lot of what the french wanted -- they wanted before the attacks this january. the same was true of patriot act. law enforcement agencies were clamoring to get the new powers. they cou...