with gasoline and explosion ims to try to create an even more spectacular attack. they were also aware of him trying -- the suspect, amri, to get hold of a weapon. so they had a very clear image of this guy as being extremely dangerous, as being somebody who had aspirations to launch an attack inside germany, and they also knew that this was being sanctioned at the leadership level of this radical network, this isis recruiting network in germany. and that this -- these leaders were offering him sanctuary, places to hide, if he wanted to launch one of these plots. so one of the concerns is going to be this network is actually now hiding him right now. >> so paul, why not act on that intelligence that he had plans or talked about attacks multiple times? were german authorities