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That we are moving to a different phase in our counterterrorism efforts. we've been in a so-called arm conflict now for almost the last 12 years, since 9/11, that is involved the u.s. military, other assets of the u.s. government, and we're now in a different phase. some call it an inflection point, where core al qaeda has been effectively disseminated, captured or killed, and we see splinter groups, we see affiliates in north africa, in other places, and so i think what you're seeing now is an acknowledgment we need to move away from conventional armed conflict to the more traditional approac...

Awhile now, that standard will be in place for any targeted lethal force off the so-called hot battlefield, and that's a pretty rigorous standard, and i think it's an acknowledgment that we are moving to a different phase in our counterterrorism efforts. we've been in a so-called arm conflict now for almost the last 12 years, since 9/11, that is involved the u.s. military, other assets of the u.s. government, and we're now in a different phase. some call it an inflection point, where core al qaeda has been effectively disseminated, captured or killed, and we see splinter groups, we see affilia...

Think it's an acknowledgment that we are moving to a different phase in our counterterrorism efforts. we've been in a so-called arm conflict now for almost the last 12 years, since 9/11, that is involved the u.s. military, other assets of the u.s. government, and we're now in a different phase. some call it an inflection point, where core al qaeda has been effectively disseminated, captured or killed, and we see splinter groups, we see affiliates in north africa, in other places, and so i think what you're seeing now is an acknowledgment we need to move away from conventional armed conflict to...

Bigger threat at the moment is not because i think the administration of the united states has disseminated al qaeda as we knew them on 9/11. the bigger threat now is is that you get groups that are splinter groups or people that are online and leading these radical islamic and al qaeda magazines about how to commit terror how to build pressure cooker bombs and these people then, acting as so-called lone wolves or in groups of two like we suspect with these people in boston commit a terrorist act. now, you say is that al qaeda linked? now it's kind of a -- yes, they are following al qaeda's in...

Liberation front. lieutenant colonel ross peters is a strategic analyst. what do we know about the revolutionary people's liberation front? >> they are one of many splinter groups. they have been active in the past. i have to say despite the hasty announcement of who did it, i still suspect it's a little more complicated. i'm not convinced that leftist group has united states as prime target right now. there is more to come out on this. with that said, this is really despite the tragic loss of a security guard, this is good news story in the sense that the terrorists couldn't get in. the secur...