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An Idaho man allegedly plotted a terror attack on nearly two dozen Christian churches for the sake of the Islamic state, but he was thwarted by FBI informants. The FBI said agents were tracking Alexander Scott Mercurio for two years after he converted to Islam against his Christian parents' wish...
This? >> it's extremely serious, as juliet said. these bombs are chemical explosions, they can reach full detonation with a suicide bomber on an airplane. you can take down any airplane. there's in way to detect them with x-rays. this is an innovation that the islamic state has taken beyond our wildest imagination. and the only way we can actually stop these plots is to keep running sources inside the islamic state. and the president, by revealing this to the russians has lost control of this information. it's going to the syrians. it's going to go to the iranians. russia now lies in the abili...
And so we are probably entering a more heightened sort of concerned time because of the fact that we now know but the russians knew a couple of days ago that someone or something, some intelligence was exploited. >> bob baer, what do you make of the point that july yiet is theying? that's what we saw in the brussels attacks at the airport. they thought they were on to them and they did it before they were ready. that is what we've seen happen before. the speedup. >> well, juliette is right. but more than that as a former case officer at the central intelligence agency getting a source inside t...
The gap, bridge that divide with them. in the trump white house they have to think that not only is this story certainly by no means over anytime soon, but there could be more coming. >> bob baer in terms of the story again for those looking for details, the washington post reporting that trump went off script, began describing details about the islamic state terrorist threat, going through various scenarios with casualty counts among other things. what would be the motive, bob, for someone in the intelligence committee to share this as they did? >> with the washington post? >> yes. >> because...
So the relationship with russia and syria is so problematic, right, i mean on the one hand the united states and russia both regard the islamic state as a threat and want to deal with that threat and probably collaborate or cooperate to some degree in sharing information that might protect russians or aericans from attack. >> greg i interrupt just to listen to h.r. mcmaster. everyone, here he is. >> there's nothing that the president takes more seriously than the security of the american people. the story that came out tonight as reported is false. the president and the foreign minister review...