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And actually, the evidence points to the fact that those who join terrorist organizations would try to conceal any sign of religious devotion. precisely so they are not detected. so if we look to profiling, i think that ethnic profiling and profiling for overt signs of religion would miss the target. as would have been in this instance, if this is a jihadist attack. we need to look at psychological factors. look at ideas that are adopted and behavior. the sort of ideas we are familiar with, anyone who starts saying things such as it is a duty, incumbent upon muslims to resurrect. or somehow is...

>> yeah. and actually, the evidence points to the fact that those who join terrorist organizations would try to conceal any sign of religious devotion. precisely so they are not detected. so if we look to profiling, i think that ethnic profiling and profiling for overt signs of religion would miss the target. as would have been in this instance, if this is a jihadist attack. we need to look at psychological factors. look at ideas that are adopted and behavior. the sort of ideas we are familiar with, anyone who starts saying things such as it is a duty, incumbent upon muslims to resurrect. or s...

Jihad they have, he believed he would atone for his sins and go straight to paradise. certainly his writings would seem to indicate that's the case. >> you believe if we shouldn't necessarily be looking the a what group might have inspired him if any. rather, an islamist extremist. as a whole. especially when it comes to lone wolves. >> yes. i think counter terrorism operationally is very much concerned with which group. that affects operations and tactics in targeting those groups. i think from a civil society perspective, it is erroneous for us to worry too much about whether it was isis or ...

Case. >> you believe if we shouldn't necessarily be looking the a what group might have inspired him if any. rather an islamist extremist. as a whole. especially when it comes to lone wolves. >> yes. i think counter terrorism operationally is very much concerned with which group. that affects operations and tactics in targeting those groups. i think from a civil society perspective, it is erroneous for us to worry too much about whether it was isis or al qaeda. if it indeed was a jihadist attack. what we should be worried about is a misnomer over the course of the last five years. this term al...

Want to bring in buck sexton. buck thanks for coming on. the first big question is we're learning about the father was the center of an fbi terrorism investigation. there were enkwir rees opened on him twice and then closed. how relevant do you think that is to the current investigation involving the shooter? >> it's difficult to say because there's so many holes in that. there are some things that fit into a pretty clear pattern of terrorist attacks in the past based on the targets and the islamic state to go after the specific targets of military or police at the beginning of the year. so so...