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To see were there potential red flags that we could have seen. all the information i think thats been collected to date doesnt say anything slipped through the cracks, but, you know, this scenario and lone wolf scenario is probably one of the hardest things to defend against because if youve never been across the radar of intelligence services and law enforcement, how do we know youre a bad person? this is one area i think working closely with local law enforcement, private security company on t...

We have no idea wave said because these messages were encrypted. >> thats stunning. the fact we dont know now after all this time. somebody is block access to those texts, i would imagine. the problem is if you look at the big picture, think about it if you are in one of these guys shoes. the system is blinking red again. we have threats coming from all different directions. these guys are trying to track down so many different threats and neutralize them. of course, the couple in san bernardino...

And moved to the united states with him and went through the -- all of the different security processes required to get that fiancee visa which is a rigorous process. so theres not an indication that this was a sleeper cell, that this was someone who was planted by isis, that this took years in the making. its more likely that it was someone in the united states, unhappy with the way they were living, what they were seeing and became radicalized there and was part of a cell in the united states....

Individual actors think twice before doing something. and that is really the administrations concern from this point and thats a clear indication that they dont have information indicating a credible imminent near term threat. >> it would seem to me that it would be more difficult to stop someone who decides that he is going to or that she is going to strap a suicide vest on and walk into a crowded gathering and blow himself or herself up. it would seem that would be far more difficult to stop t...

Emphasize the remaining. >> you just glossed over there are sleeper cells in all 50 states. >> this is a u.s. intelligence official saying this. the director of one of the national intelligence agencies. i forget which. is that all that surprising? no. we have a population of 300 million people. when i say sleeper cell that doesnt mean thousands of people running around it could be two or three or half a dozen. in paris what we are looking at is fewer than a dozen people that are known. what is ...

They were taking, one has to wonder whether or not they are part of a sleeper cell that they are trying to apply here in the united states. it could have been for a very innocent purpose or semi-innocent purpose where they were just trying to come here to live in the united states. but its very, very suspicious and i can tell that you the intelligence committee is drilling down on these five right now deeply. >> but as you said, they dont yet know at this time anything about motive or what they ...

The early evening. they know that angela merkel was supposed to a it end this game. even though its a friendly. it was taken as real. the evidence was too strong. lets end it, were done. were finished. >> angela merkel holding a special meeting on security issues now and throughout the day. >> theyre reluctant to release many details, they dont want to give away how they did things. however, there has been a group i.d.d. theyre referred to as the north africans and 30 hours earlier they were pla...

>> reporter: very little more information around that but it does raise a question, was it linked to france? it certainly lends itself to that theory, the tip came from the french intelligence agency and also the timing, of course. but the french president, as you know, said that the paris attacks was planned in syria. this was an iraqi sleeper cell. i think we dont know whether or not they are linked, but it does really give a sense of the sensitivity around the world in relation to any sort of...

France was taking on england today. max, what are you learning about the german football stadium threats? >> reporter: ultimately, there wasnt a device but the local police chief told the national broadcaster, ndr there in germany that they had concrete intelligence that someone was planning an attack, an explosive device in that stadium. ultimately, they didnt find one, but they cleared the stadium, they put the german football team under police protection, said they were very, very concerned. ...

Operate to be able to pull off what happened here in paris on friday. >> well, sleeper cells generally have very little if any communication with outside parts of the organization. they -- if they lose someone, they regenerate that membership probably themselves. they dont go to some central organization and say we need a new member. the whole point is to be more like a starfish i guess than a spider. if you lose something you regenerate what you have. and what you need. they -- its a little har...