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Care? is it better to have directed terrorist activity or is their goal to have it be self-starters, inspired by al qaeda rather than directed by? >> its a very important point that you raise. its been established that these individuals were in saudi arabia. if we look at that as a clue, the group that tends to be prominent there is al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. thats the group thats plotted attacks against the united states before. the underpants bomber being one of them. then the ink cart...

California mass shooting? was it terrorism? joining us via skype is an expert on radicalization, dr. sajhan gohel for the asia-pacific foundation think tank. so nice to see you. so many questions. lets talk a bit about some major differences here were seeing. this husband and wife team, you know, armed to the hilt. all of these bombs with a six-month-old baby and they leave the scene. it doesnt bear the hallmarks of other paris-style attacks, for example. >> good morning. we are seeing a very di...

Isis has been able to carry out more attacks in more parts of the world than ever before. what needs to be done is the dismantling of structure on the ground, otherwise it will continue to exist and support their agenda and a new media platform and radicalize self-starters. whatever the tough rhetoric is it has to be matched now with deeds, because, otherwise, they will plot and plan other attacks. this is a death cult that very much wanted economic -- >> reporter: do you think that isis is cond...

Attackers. they tend to be -- for attacks like this, they tend to be males within a certain kind of age range. the calmness is interesting and something that is a little bit different toe engage from eyewitness attacks. they appeared calm to the eyewitnesses. but to what extent do these guys receive training? to what extent were they self-trained or self-starters? this speaks to that point. though the professionalism of the attacks and the fact that they were able to avoid surveillance is much m...

Just over the fourth of july, a few of those isis operatives had gotten through we could have had a massive attack. we also have the self starters in the u.s., those who have been radicalized over the internet. that is a threat we have to be concerned about and take seriously. the copy cats and also the organized -- those who are actually trained by isis or by al qaeda. no, this is a very real threat. weve had 50, 60 al qaeda or isis operatives arrested in the u.s. just this year. a few get thro...

Women, when you come back, will you be able to get a job? thats the national unemployment figure. 5.0. lets look at veterans. 7.2% after 9/11. kieran, your reaction to that number? >> a lot of things veterans do twh they come home, they start businesses. theyre leaders and self-starters. very difficult to start a business, a small business, the regulatory burden is incredible. the tax burden to stave up a little money is incredible. if we got the hurdles out the way for the entire country, veter...

When things go wrong. because, you know, a boss holds you accountable. so if things start to go badly in this company, whos going to take the fall, the blame for that? i mean, are people going to be fired? it almost sounds like big government where theres not going to be accountability because theres so many soldiers, nobody wants to really be in charge. >> the soldier reference is an interesting one, andrea are, because the atlantic actually made that comparison. im sure people are thinking of ...

And also they are using improvised explosive devices so they can put them in, you know large areas. so this is -- al qaeda never really focussed on getting individuals to carry out attacks here in the u.s. there were some self-starters and some lone wolves but isis is actually directly communicating with people in this country urging them urging them to carry out attacks. when i say directly communicate, some of the direct communications. others just, like directives that they put over the inter...

And often its cross-pollination. it doesnt have to be one or the other or it doesnt mean somebody that is affiliated with one, joining another. i would say the main suspects right now would be al qaeda in the arabian peninsula or isis or a com bin airgzkom bincombination, someone who fought with one and is now fighting with the other. >> it seems like a sophisticated operation, right? >> this is extremely sophisticated and i heard it mention several times and the way they carried their weapons a...

The planning, the way they hold their weapons, the way they actually go to kill et cetera but also if you look at the way they return to the car. we know from the sophistication of planning that theyve thought this through and simple tactics and tactics tell us that. if the car was their escape route, which it clearly was, they would havent left that unguard sod there was either one person near the car or keep their eye on the car. secondly i want to focus on something. its very very dangerous t...