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They had for more money. so when you look at this case, in its pieces, it's cigarette smuggling. so what. the credit card fraud and identity fraud, that's by design. it allows this organization to fly belo ethe radar. but when you realize that you are dealing with tritts that they're going to exploit this innocuous criminal activity with lethal effectiveness, it changes the entire perspective of this. >> they're taking the proceeds of these crimes and sending it to a terrorist organization that prior to 9/11 killed more americans than any terrorist organization. >> we continued to watch them f...

>> sleeper cells are so dangerous because they're well concealed and they fly below law enforcement radar. >> a sleeper cell is when foreign operators, it could be a terrorist, it could be a spy, will embed themselves into a community. they will join clubs. they will go to school, get a driver's license, get a job. they take on all the appearances of being just another community member. >> they're sleepers because they're not committing the type of illegal activities that draw the attention of federal law enforcement. >> when actually they're establishing the capability to conduct espionage or...

For their armaments industry is a big deal. this is a complete failure of policy but now that we are here the big thing is to not only do the sanctions but we should also align ourselves with the european allies specifically france and germany because they curtailed arm sales to the turks and what we should be doing, as well. >> what happens in regard to isis? there have been reports, "the new york times" reporting of two different isis attacks in syria since last wednesday, since the turkish incursion, one in a northern city and one at an international military base. what does this mean for i...

Most important terrorism case talking about terrorist organizations and how they fund themselves. >> it was a benchmark case for the first use of the material support statute. it was the first conviction at trial in american history. and the proof now is the fact that it been used over a hundred times since this case came about. it is the primary tool to address isis and al qaeda. every single indictment of an isis or al qaeda has included material support. >> reporter: are there sleeper cells in the united states today? >> absolutely. they do low-level criminal activity that makes a lot of mo...

Were the key and main partner in the fight against isis and the territorial defeat of the group in syria. now, they say -- they have been warning for days that while they face this operation, this -- what they call turkish aggression and invasion, they're not going to be able to focus on the fight against isis, concerns about the resurgence, sleeper cells that could take advantage of the vacuum and the chaotic situation. and on the other hand, they're also concerned about the situation when it comes to isis detainees. they have about 12,000 isis detainees. about 10,000 iraqis, about 2,000 from...