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Speech and one plank of it was freedom from fear. we cannot in the united states be held in hostage really or in a permanent state of fear due to islamic terrorism. and i think the president has to be a cautious, not over prom missing when he can deliver. premind us what were doing. are our air strikes working in syria or are they not? whats the game plan? i dont think anyone knows what our strategy is in the middle east. tonight is an opportunity to articulate that. >> david gergen, on this poi...

Almost a million of them here in the u.s. those are the people who respond to the individuals that are generally self-radicalized. >> so many with whom i speak say these individuals who self-radicalize, these lone wolves, you cant really find them unless and until they rear their ugly heads, but al qaeda -- on al qaeda, you can keep an eye. >> thats right. so right now there is an operational distinction that i think can be made and i think youre seeing as you pointed out a fight over the budget...

Saw in tunisia? >> yes. historically thats been the case. its much more likely just based on statistics that if there is an attack here in the homeland of course 9/11 and others notwithstanding, they tend to be lower level casualty attacks, not always the case. we tend to see individuals who self-radicalize and dont have the kind of training that was on display with this person who had some tactics and techniques he used in tunisia to shoot a bunch of people on a beach and unarmed. he obviously ...

Enough at catching bad guys before they act? >> it is really difficult. its very difficult. and, you know the patriot act is getting ready to come up here. and the discussion is not even to allow people to track those phone calls coming from overseas into the united states. so were making it more difficult for law enforcement to try to catch these people and follow these types of communications. thats really very concerning. its very, very difficult. if they decide to self-radicalize, if theyre ...

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To throw that all away and go and do the worst thing imaginable. >> didnt look like the kind of guy that would do this, but then he was reading the jihad, the romance of it, the fighting, and they show these slick videos, and its almost like we used to say joining the french foreign legion, like going off and doing battle for your religion. >> was this part and parcel of all the same thing, i want to fight and become a muslim or was he a muslim that became self-radicalized. >> they are a muslim ...

A coordination job also because if you have law enforcement doing it at some point they have to communicate to the terrorism side, right, because they have to coordinate efforts here and there. >> absolutely. and they run the sting operations, and they are very effective. self-radicalized and are looking for a way to get into the fight. thats the breakdown because they have to contact somebody and thats where they come to the surface. >> the new here is it used to be that mainly recruiting here ...

And as you probably know, im a new yorker. i was present on 9/11. and in the first four years, i was in the department of defense, i thought we -- building on progress made in the bush years, did a good job of degrading core al qaeda, as we call it. in about 2009, we saw the rise of the affiliates like the al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, and one of my increasing concerns is the threat you mentioned, threat from lone wolves, those who self-radicalize. i think we have to be vigilant in response...

Al-qaeda can operate in libya, but they operate under al-qaeda name in different place. we have to look at the narrative, we have to look at the ideology, and we have to try to target these groups at the local level. jenna: i have to ask you this final question, there is a clear choice that these groups have attacked overseas, in kenya, for example. why are they not making the decision to attack here? if its the goal, it is jihad, and when is that coming? >> right. well, we have to give credit f...

I think that kind of inspiration trying to get people to motivate it to have people either self radicalize or do something similar to what we saw in boston. i think that remains a serious concern. >> when you look at boss ton, does that look to you like the new face of terror? >> i really do think thats the case. and, now, what youve got, are these one-offs, very likely, self radicalized vinls coming at us. im fond of saying that because of our success, and this is a measure of success, im fond ...