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2007. it was a disappointment for the administration at the time we couldnt try him as an enemy combatant. hes a legal permanent resident so it wasnt going to fly. i understand the instinct but i think sending him to gitmo would make him a murderer to isis. its better to leave him here. new york city has a near-perfect prosecution record for terrorism cases. the evidence against this guy is so overwhelming. >> jesse: is it a death penalty situation? >> dana: yes. in new york state, i think. deat...

Thats been going on for decades. major jihadi groups, one affiliated with isis, one with al qaeda. they have presence in syrian iraq. up to 1500 traveled there. theres uzbeks involved in terrorism cases. they are involved in an attack in sweden, involved in the nightclub bombing on new years eve and metro attack. here in the united states, a major counterterrorism investigation centered in brooklyn, new york in 2014 into a group of extremists. people from central asia who were planning to go and...

The contacts he had and what he was doing in those hours leading up to the rental of that van. it seems clear from our reporting this afternoon, especially the details you highlighted, this was not a lone wolf but there was a smaller cell in play, which is typically what weve seen in these types of terrorism cases. we have the two rental values and the question mark over the white ford focus that tried to plow into the police officers and made a get-away and the person committed suicide. so it s...

Resigning from the top job at the homeland security, and were told comey kind of calmed him down saying this is not necessary. but the sense that everyone sort of who is familiar with this conversation was that kelly wanted to do this kind of insolidarity to show his support. >> whats interesting is the two are not particularly close. not best buds from back in the day. but a deep mutual respect. >> they developed this relationship working together. hes the fbi director, homeland security, worke...

Guess. we have seen that in this country. no service anywhere in the world has the resources to put 24/7 coverage on these individuals for any extended period of time. i ran a special operation squad for two years in the fbi. full court press on one individual will take 30 people. >> really? >> to do 24/7, seven days a week, use aircraft, do the full coverage, which we did on organized crime figures, terrorism cases in those days. its very, very difficult. no agency has those resources. >> in or...

They are expert at tracking the money, they do it in terrorism cases, they do it in money laundering cases, so if there is a there there, in terms of unseemly financial interactions between trump associates, trumps himself and russia, this is the group that can find it. they will turn over the records from the different committees and well find out where that evidence please. >> this just means this would be the accident to help them find it if there is a there there. >> reporter: and they will ...

Dark problem and how has it affected the fbis ability to the access encrypted data? has there been any progress collaborating with the technology sector to overcome any problems at our hearing in 2015, you said you didnt think legislation was necessary at that time, is that still your view? >> thank you, mr. chairman. the shadow created by the problem we call going dark continues to fall across more and more of our work. take devices, for example, the ubiquitous default, and the devices is affec...

Meeting with the president and told he would keep his job. >> we had a good meeting. i said i would absolutely consider staying on. >> an administration source tells cnn the president offered to keep bharara on as a favor to chuck schumer. the white house now views schumer as an obstructionist. joining us now is cnn reporter laura jarrett in the studio with us. lets talk about context here. is this atypical to get rid of the attorneys? it is something we have seen. >> this is something we have s...

Detected. >> let me ask you on the flip side to that, and heres what we know so far from our own reporting and investigation into this. he was on a surveillance list in germany, and german authorities said they are too short staffed to monitor all the suspected terrorists on their list, and we know he spent time in italy in an italian jail and by some measure, they knew who he was, and he was on a u.s. terrorists watch list, and do you think theres something other than intelligence leading to th...

Sitting on a couch eating pasta doing nothing for the last 20 years tore see if we can find him guilty of a crime that took place 40 years ago. arthel: whats your point? >> the government always has the stronger argument when you are in federal court. >> you are seeing a guy faced with all this evidence trying to get you to look every, including the budget. >> david lee miller was snarnlgd front of the courthouse where i go once a week. the lead prosecutor is spectacular. i would like her look a...