>> all right. good deal. thanks so much. the intelligence community has been following new details about possible terror attacks in europe for several days now. one nugget of information suggests a commando attack similar to the one seen in mumbai a few years ago could be launched. it made american police reexamine their own ability to handle such a brazen assault. here now is cnn's jeanne meserve. >> reporter: mumbai was a low tech high impact attack. terrorists armed with only semiautomatic weapons hit multiple targets in quick succession. some u.s. police officials had this thought. >> we're not ready for that specific type of attack especially on soft targets. >> reporter: los angeles and new york immediately dispatched personnel to india to learn all they could. there was one big take away.