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Used to carry out this assault was a neighbor to this pair and tied to syed farooks family by marriage. and weapons charges may be soon brought against him. marquez, shortly after converting to islam, might have been involved in a previous terror plot with sighyed farooy 2012. marquez, according to reports, claims he knew nothing about the san bernardino plot but his relationship with syed farook has become a focal point of this investigation. >> in our fight against islamic terrorism, we have t...

Was a neighbor to this pair and tied to syed farooks family by marriage. and weapons charges may be soon brought against him. marquez, shortly after converting to islam, might have been involved in a previous terror plot with sighyed farooy 2012. marquez, according to reports, claims he knew nothing about the san bernardino plot but his relationship with syed farook has become a focal point of this investigation. >> in our fight against islamic terrorism, we have to maintain and what he proposed...

But quietly negotiated his release for political gain. im pamela brown in for carol costello. thank you so much for being with me here on this thursday. were learning new details about the man police say brought two automatic rifles used to gun down 14 people in the isis linked shooting in san bernardino. right now police are combing through evidence trying to figure out what role he played. marquez has told officials he and farook hatched a terror plot in 2012. so how did a man who neighbors ...

Just the last 24 hours. >> what do you think, it was just a box they checked in mutual interests, jihad as one of them? let me you can something, phil mudd, when were looking at this, what did we miss, this fiancee visa not being asked about interests in extreme tendencies. how do you make sense of that? >> were expecting that somebody is going to show up at the visa counter, yeah, by the way, since you asked me im a jihadist, yeah, im going to admit im part of a terror plot with my potential hu...

Please be patient with us. were trying not to -- my number one concern here is the protection of the integrity of this investigation because remember, if there is a prosecution, it could be two years from now in a courtroom and everybody is gone but those federal prosecutors and the agents and the task force officers will be there to help present the decisions that we make in these initial days so it is incredibly important that were methodical and think things through in what we say to the pres...

Didnt talk much to the sister. >> reporter: marquez tells authorities he didnt know about the san bernardino massacre and is currently not charged with a crime but his role remains crucial to investigators. >> were also working very hard to understand whether there was anybody else involved with assisting them, with supporting them, with equipping them, and were working very hard to understand, did they have other plans, either for that day or earlier? >> the u.s. officials who have been talking...

Christine, investigators are focusing on the man who purchased the weapons that would be used. two long guns used in the san bernardino massacre. enrique marquez. they had interviewed him. officials tell cnn that marquez says that he and farook hatched a 2012 terror plot. they abandoned it because they got spooked. the fbi at that time made another terror arrest. they gave up on this plan. marquez also telling u.s. officials that he and farook had been radicalized as far as 2011. there are new q...

Enforcement could have had to even think to look there >> and this is a big question for the nsa, and the fbi, and the problem for them is that the volume they collect is so great, and they cant analyze it in real time, and know where to look, and now that they have an attack, they can go back to find the data now that they have access to the data now, but would not have thought of doing before, because they did not raise any red flags before. >> and now, thank you, evan perez. and now out the i...

Himself into a mental health facility following the attack. what were told is he purchased those two ar-15s back in 2011 and 2012. he tells investigators that he apparently gave those weapons or sold those weapons to farook shortly after he purchased them, but he never reported the ownership transfer, which would be against the law here in california. but at this point he is not facing any charges, and law enforcement officials say hes been cooperative. they do not believe at this time that he w...

Analysts are standing by with all of the fast moving developments. lets begin with our justice correspondent pamela brown. pamela, youre learning more from your sources about this alleged 2012 terror plot that was abandoned. i know cnn you broke it first, what are you finding out? >> well, weve learned that syed farook and his friend, his former neighbor and friend enrique marquez were apparently plotting to launch an attack back in 2012. this is what enrique marquez has been telling investigato...