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Communications. let's actually start putting this travel pattern, putting their cyber footprint pattern and put them together. and create kind of a profile. a threat profile about that specific individual. >> law enforcement would need to do the almost impossible, sort out who are the radical muslims, not prone to violence and those who could turn into terrorists. robert grenier a former cia counterterrorism chief. >> it's a very difficult thing to detect when an individual, small group of people are self-radicalizing. that key step to go from views that you and i may consider to be radical or...

Yemen and in somalia and mali. we have to continue to worry about al qaeda being able to establish a foothold in one of these countries. and, therefore, establishing a base from which to attack the united states or europe. >> former cia counterterrorism chief robert grenier says north africa isn't a concern. immediately. when you look at north africa, do you think this is the next place to worry about, or do you think that's a largely a local struggle? >> it's a local struggle and we need to be somewhat concerned about it but i think we have to be very careful, lest we nationalize a local secu...

Profile about that specific individual. >> law enforcement would need to do the almost impossible, sort out who are the radical muslims, not prone to violence and those who could turn in to terrorists. robert grenier is a former senior counterterrorism chief. >> it is a very difficult thing to detect when an individual, sm small group of people are self radicalizing. from going from views that you and i may consider radical or realistic to then make the decision that i'm going to engage -- i'm going to act on this and i'm going to act violently on this. that is a discreet step a subtle thing a...

Al qaeda target list had been vetted, the decision was ultimately his to take the shot. >> at the time that i was director of the cia, we made very clear that if there were any women and children in the shot, we were not to take it. and that we were to only go after those that we knew were identified as targets and, therefore, enemies of the united states. is there some collateral when you're hitting a particular target and you're not sure of the situation, especially when you're going after compounds? sure. there may have been some collateral. but it was minimal. >> former cia counterterroris...

0 welcome to a special edition of gps "beyond the manhunt: how to stop terror." i'm fareed zakaria . >> the united states has conducted an operation that killed osama bin laden. >> just two years ago that navy s.e.a.l.s in pakistan spoke the words geronimo and that meant osama bin laden was finally dead. today the fight continues. as we saw on boyleston street in boston. stepping back from the crisis, we also need to ask larger questions about the state of our security. what is the threat out there and are we prepared for it? >> he intended to use the remaining explosives that he had and deton...