tonight saying maybe i should do the same thing. there are a lot of characteristics for isis that put them on the top of the list, jake. >> paul cruickshank, a source close to the investigation told cnn that this man, abdelhamid abaaoud is the mastermind behind the terrorist attacks. you see him featured here in the isis magazine dabiq. what do we know about him? >> he's a very capable operational planner who is also thought to be behind that plot thwarted in belgium in january, a gunman similar plot to the one we saw play out in paris. he's a belgian mo ro can traveled to syria in 2013, moved up the isis hierarchy and has been playing this key operational role for them, the kind of sheik mohamed role good at persuading troops to launch attacks and training