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And maybe to learn more about the encryption apps that they believe the terrorists use to talk to each other to avoid detection. commissioner bratton said he wants to make sure what happened in paris never happens here in new york city. chris? >> adam, let me ask you about those exercises today. has there been any public assessment by officials about how they went and what they learned? >> reporter: they said both of them were a success. obviously, there were a lot of casualties. they didn't want to see that, but that's a good thing for them to practice with, to see people with very serious in...

Ready to do something like this, and they're prepared. they want to make sure they have all the right armaments. they want to make sure they have all the right techniques. they have whatever they may need to breach the quarters where they may find these people. there are all kinds of things to go into preparation for something like this. but i can suspect that the french since sunday have been very much available and ready to do something like this. the bottom line is, they can't let down their guard just because this raid is over. there will be other raids in france, and i'm afraid in belgium...

Abdelhamid abaaoud, he was a gang leader inside belgium. he knew other members of the attacker crew from belgium. he was communicating with them from syria. they were using encryption apps, they are using telegram, they are using surespot, they have that criminal know-how, they are used to ducking authorities. they know how to stay under the radar. as french authorities have said to us many times, they have something like 10,000 people on their watch list. and you know when you talk about the returnees, they come back from syria, everybody asks, why aren't they monitoring every single person w...

To do. but other people were a bit alarmed and say, hey, look, you see that our information isn't relevant. get rid of it. the nsa has publicly said it's very difficult for them to just get rid of this information. it's oftentimes stored, in the system. the reason is, one analyst might not know if it's relevant to another analyst, brooke. >> so with all this new information coming out in dribs and drabs and at times much bigger than that from edward snowden, i'm curious in americans are taking more steps to protect themselves. >> i think they are. and i think there is this push towards awarene...

Complicated for average user. >> and this new encryption softwa software. >> when i first started covering start-ups, wlaz the hot new app? now i'm getting all these pitches for encryption apps. what the snowden revelations really did. i spoke to a hacker who created an app called wicker that completely protects your communications. and i asked her what the snowden revolutions did for the community. listen to what she said. >> i think it was the best thing that's ever happened to society. i still don't think we're paranoid enough. to me the nsa is just the tip of the iceberg. and i'm glad we k...