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Organization, were provided weapons, were provided any logistical support. what seems to be the pattern, and certainly this is in isis's own words, is that they want to inspire people in the west to carry out attacks. that is a real threat. and that's the major cause of concern for western officials. these lone wolf kind of attacks that could be sitting anywhere in the western world and interacting and engaging with followers anywhere in the world and feeling that they now want to be inspired by the organization and carry out those attacks. so there is this propaganda value of something like w...

Or provided support. what seems to be the pattern is that they want to inspire people in the west to carry out attacks. that is a real threat and the major cause of concern for western officials. these lone wolf attacks, and reading and interacting and engaging with isis supporters anywhere in the world and feeling that they now want to be inspired by the organization and carry out those attacks. so there is this propaganda value of something like what we saw in garland that isis benefits from. it says to the recruiters we are bringing the fight to these western streets. we are capable of insp...

Corner. that echoes a lot of rhetoric we've heard from isis in the past and doesn't suggest that a wave of attacks is imminent on the u.s. the key question really is we know one of the gunmen tweeted a pledge of allegiance to the leader of the faithful in his tweet. that's isis' head, abu bakr al baghdadi. he made that tweet and then carried out the attack. did isis know anything about the attack before that moment or did they simply read what came on social media or afterwards and decided it was wise to try to latch themselves onto that for propaganda value. investigators need to know the ans...

How again the individual that the federal authorities knew potentially posed a danger managed for some time to keep a low profile and continue on with planning this attack. i think central to that and now with this claim of responsibility that has come out from isis is going to really be focused on to what degree isis was operationally involved in this. we've seen this time and time again with attacks elsewhere in the world where isis perhaps tries to jump in take claim of responsibility for opportunistic reasons for propaganda value, but not necessarily have any operational value in terms of ...

They were obsessed with the boston marathon bombing. they were sloppy. they've been caught it seems. even being sloppy can be dangerous. they had the decision to take pressure cookers. the boston marathon bombings were able to inflict mass atrocity. they have to be taken seriously even amid the mishaps. >> they were inspired by the police officer funeral, mass casualty not just ordinary people but men and women in uniform. >> going after authority figures, they think sends a stronger message. it sends a message of that police and authorities can't protect you. it plays into the philosophy we'r...