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The time it reached them. this virtually guarantees they will have a controversy to try to litigate and rule on in october. >> phil mudd, when you look at the proliferation of terrorist attacks that we have seen this summer alone, weve seen them in manchester, in london, all of them being perpetrated by european nationals or in the case here in the u.s., the pulse nightclub attack by an american national, explain the rationale for banning people from these six countries when it appears the most ...

There are over a thousand in this united kingdom. i would guess this is a highly symbolic target. the finsbury park mosque has changed its leadership in recent years. but the fact is, trying to put yourself in the mind of the perpetrator, why this mosque. i would submit it is because of its well-known, high-profile kind of -- the fact that its hosted quite a number of islamist militants in the past. >> well, he is alive. they will be able to speak to him. hopefully that curiosity will be satisfi...

Saudi arabia. >> thats not what hes talking about. >> he needs to take a chill pill. i have been at it longer than he has. i have sat around the threat table. people in america need to have a cold beer and realize, there is a general threat that exists because there are isis followers everywhere. that is different than saying we have people we have identify thad want to take down an airliner. >> tom, does everyone need a cold beer and a chill pill? >> yes. i agree with bill on that. you know the...

We had another individual last week to blow up the george washington bridge. i anticipate youll see more and more arrests as we lead up to the fourth of july holiday and thats to get these people off the streets so they cant conduct a terrorist attack. >> the advisories from authorities dont point to any active plot against the u.s. homeland but they do say the islamist terrorist threat is the highest its been in years. how possible is it? with us here is phil mudd, the cnn terrorism analyst, fo...

Fundamental change in the way counterterrorism works. if youre at the krib kribcia or fbi threat table, youre looking at a place like pakistan mapping across the united states and advising fbi state locals et cetera periodically a player on your turf turf. transitioning, across america, new york california arizona, a spreads al qaeda ideology beyond a few cases and we have a plea from the fbi director saying be my eyes and ears be, we cant focus on a few isolated plots from one core place in pak...

Stop these guys before they got to that parking lot considering one of the guys, simpson, has been on the radar since 06. >> youre right. you have basic intelligence here thats raised by this phenomenon of individuals that participate in this jihad but never met an isis or al qaeda member. as an intelligence professional, these people dont give me a vulnerability to look at. if they are communicating with isis central, if im picking up on those communications, thats a clear vulnerability. if the...

South vietnam. but as a result of that they lost and they were slaughtered by the u.s. and the south vietnamese forces. what happened subsequently is most battles that then occurred in vietnam were u.s. and south vietnamese forces against north vietnamese regulars. but what happened is the perception was, is the vietcong were everywhere. oh my dear, they can get to every location and they set the tone of the engagement. thats what we are seeing now. possibly in iraq. >> and phil, we all remember...

Five kids that have gone to the tribal areas of pakistan for training significant problem, but compared to what were looking at here when youre talking about thousands of foreigners going, i cant imagine sitting at the threat table today. we saw that yesterday, i cant imagine compared to looking at five or ten, now saying now weve got to follow a couple hundred. that is impossible for a security service. >> pretty terrifying as you say. thanks to both. and next the volunteer deputy who shot an u...

This video is said to be from the turkish border area with syria. lets talk about all of this with cnn counterterrorism analyst phil mudd whos joining us right now. lets get back to brennan, very sober, no mission accomplished declarations. this is going to go on for years and years, you heard him say that. i assume you agree. >> i think youve got to look at where we started years ago. when we sat at the threat table in 2002 for example, we knew where the target was focused. we had been surprise...

Problems here. i sat at the threat table every morning when eric holder became attorney general. there were only about 12 of us. he has to think of the thing you mentioned, volume. in my old world, three people, five people, thats a lot of people to follow. you talk about dozens or hundred whose may have received training overseas. that volume issue is significant in the terrorism world. the second issue i mentioned is time. were in 2014 now. what if this goes into next year, the year after? the...