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Narrative? was it on the internet, was it someone in the neighborhood, was it it in dagestan? is there a spider web or is it just really like columbine? >> do you think that self-radicalization can be as strong and as motivating to commit brutal acts of terror as being trained and tutored by somebody in pakistan? you have been to those camps where you have seen these things. i always assumed that self-radicalization, how radical can reading stuff on the internet make you? >> well, unfortunely, i...

Pakistan? you have been to those camps where you have seen -- i have always assumed that self radicalization, how radical can reading stuff on the internet make you? >> unfortunately, i think reading stuff on the internet can make you very radical. it doesnt make you an accomplished terrorist. what we see is people who radicalize themselves, the kind of lone wolf or lone cell that is inspired by a movement but self trains they are much harder to catch but they are also less effective. >> before ...

When i saw this, americans want to understand this quickly as foreign inspired terrorism. this looked as much like columbine as it did al qaeda. >> you have talked to dozens of terrorists and failed suicide bombers. what do you think we should be trying to find out from this young man who survives? >> i think what we often see is somebody who has a confused identity, who gets attracted to a narrative of oppression and humiliation. of course theres a question, why? who introduced them to that nar...

Security, congressman, talked about that on cbs this morning. take a listen. >> what was he doing over there for six months? when he comes back, one of the first things he does is puts up a youtube site that has radical jihadist rhetoric on that website, and then, of course, nine months late pulls off the largest attack on american soil, terrorist attack, since 9/11. >> congressman does the intelligence that youve seen indicate he became radicalized while in chechnya, or was it here when he was ...

Chathey better than learned in those interviews and what kind of electronic communication they have had. was there any foreign direction to this? was this a case of self-radicalization? we will have a lot of good information about that in fairly short order. thats got to be the subject of intense research. >> the mere fact that a federal government contacted the fbi and said, hey, have you to take a look at this guy, suggests that he was either radicalized or recruited or even trained overseas? ...

Apartment as well. i want to bring james cavanaugh back into the conversation, msnbc analyst, retired atf special agent in charge. hes also a former hostage negotiator as well. james, i want to pick up sort of where we left off last hour. do the devices and the tactics that these two deployed, do those things indicate specialized training or outside assistance? >> well, thats a great question, craig. i feel like theres more contact than just the self-radicalization by themselves and the internet...

Going to someone and making this up, but there is no easy way to prevent an american citizen if they want to become a terrorist from doing so? >> no. that brings up the issue of self-radicalization, and remember nadal hassan the ft. hood shooter, at the time was to be self-radicalized and looking back, there were points along the way we should have realized and you will find that the fbi and the department of defense now looking to incorporate those lessons that they learned from tragedy into th...

Authorities, were hearing hes bragging from his hospital bed, not showing any remorse about the attack that left eight people dead. >> thats our understanding, that when authorities went into the hospital room last night after he had been treated for the gunshot wound to the abdomen, they started asking him questions and he wasnt -- he wasnt responsive. he did talk to them, didnt answer their questions but they said seemed unrepentant about the attack, bragging about as one official described it...

Correspondent, pete williams, there in washington. what more do we know at this hour, especially as it pertains to how long hed been planning this attack? >> we dont know exactly how long but authorities in both new york and washington, federal authorities, say its obvious hes been planning it for some time, for a couple of weeks. exactly when, they dont know. we knew he left a note behind at the truck, praising isis, saying isis would live forever. we know he was looking at isis propaganda onli...

Off at the airport, you have them win. >> kimberly: i think you have to do a lot. its a multifaceted approach. you have to have the rhetoric there. the action, the military strength to back it up. you have to have a plan. real intelligence being developed. not just thrown everywhere. you dont get the information. memorial day. >> dana: we know that these people that have committed to self radicalization, everyone has been on the radar screen of law enforcement at some point. with this in in part...