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Heading that way. is there a better way to stay on top of that? >> well, it's very difficult. i'm here in minneapolis right now and what we have seen is a lot of young men who have been recruited, who have ended up working with al shabaab. some have gone to isis as well. and it's very difficult to deal with those who are disaffected, disenfranchised and feel alone and lost. so what you find are those that can really be targeted and isis has been very, very successful at reaching and grabbing those people. the ambassador is right. the bottom line is, this can be difficult to stop somebody who w...

That's why terrorists are called terrorists. they spread terror. they're trying to sew fear and intimidate people. and yes, we have known this. we're on the lookout every single day for these plots. >> joining me now, jack rice, a former cia officer, who was embedded in iraq and afghanistan. and on the phone, former ambassador to iraq, and former deputy secretary of state, ambassador chris hill. gentleman, nice to have both of you with us tonight, ambassador, give us a sense. when we see that isis had said, we're going to strike washington, d.c., and we see the list of these attacks just in th...

It is unrealistic to think you will always be able to keep up? >> it probably is somewhat unrealic to assume you can. i think you can do everything you can and consistently as you can. it is more than dealing with technology. it is about getting good assets on the ground, using an cooperating with other intelligence services and trying to reach out, which is what we tried to do with the iraqis, what we have been trying to do with the french and what the west has been trying to do, sometimes well, sometimes poorly. >> jack, this is harry smith. just curious. we think of the government and this ...

If we understand where they are, maybe we can find our way if front of them, even if it is not this app, we may know where the next app is coming and where they will be and if the u.s. or french or anybody else can get there first, isn't that really the point? >> jack, i'm curious, we have been talking about belgium a lot and being a place where arms are more available than they would be in france, that who knows how deep the well of arms is in a place like that. how accessible, how easy they are to transport. i want to apply this to the united states a little bit. we know how good isis is abo...

Er. on "face the nation" this morning, police commissioner bratton expressed his concern about this development. >> this is the new paradigm we have to deal. your previous guests talked about the concern of going dark as the head of the fbi described it. these apps, these devices that now allow these terrorists to operate effectively without fear of penetration by intelligence services, this is the first example of this. >> joining us jack rice, former cia officer. good to see you. good evening. >> great to be with you. >> place station 4. what's going on here? going dark. this is go deeply di...