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Syria. >> reporter: from the killing of osama bin laden to the steady march of drone strikes which have taken out dozens of terrorist leaders, the 16 agencies which comprise the intelligence community can claim many successes which have saved countless lives. for roughly $70 billion tax dollars a year, they track down bad guys, disrupting terror plots and crippling crime rings. but there have been notable failures, too. for example, while intelligence forces knew about the rise of al qaeda well before 2001, many security analysts say they badly miss the warning signs of the 9/11 attacks. there...

Lockup. kyung lah, cnn, los angeles. mr. obama mentioned the attack when he spoke earlier on friday at his final news conference of the year. as he tried assure americans that he will be an active president during his final year, concerns over terrorism became front and center. here's senior white house correspondent jim acosta. >> reporter: just before leaving the white house for the holidays and hawaii, president obama had a spring in his step and a record he wanted to out to. [ gunfire ] >> reporter: even as he tried to deliver a reassuring message on the war on isis. >> our air campaign ...

Before he leaves office, from executive orders on gun control to a plan for congress to help him shut down the terror detention facility at guantanamo, that is something he called an uphill battle. >> what did the president, jim, say about the san bernardino terror attack? >> he insisted that the nation's law enforcement community is doing all it can to prevent so-called lone wolf terror attacks in the u.s. like the one in san bernardino and talked about the monitoring of messages on social media, public posts on apps are something he says law enforcement can detect, but he said private messag...

Unknown assailant holding a pistol calling for lone wolf terror attacks and, quote, assassination operations target america's wealthiest businessmen. it's not the first time that founder bill gates has appeared on al qaeda hit list. the al qaeda affiliate said that if he and the other billionaires withdrew their money from u.s. banks they would be removed from the list. greta. >> what's the reaction from the pentagon, when you see these magazines for hits on america and. >> there is so much that we can't counter this propaganda. this is propaganda and they have compared, i have talked to offic...

Happened here. they have not released a motive. i did talk to officer tate's father and he says that he is broken. he had a very close relationship with his son and the one thing that's helping him at this point in time is knowing that his son was living his dream. his son's dream was to be a police officer. john christine. >> thanks rosa. our hearts go out to the families. his dream was to become a police officer. the mayor's office says the fourth suspect cornelius clark was charged with obstruction of justice. officials ramping up lone wolf terror attacks after the assaults in garland, te...