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Happened before. >> it is a great point. i want to go straight to our pentagon correspondent, barbara starr. it is a great question. what does al qaeda-sponsored or their phraseology, al qaeda-supported attack on these passenger trains, what does that mean in this case? do we know? >> well, i couldn't agree with paul more, brooke. i think that is the absolute key question right now. when canadian intelligence services get up there and say there was an al qaeda-supported attack plot, what is going on here? we don't know the answer. is it some kind of al qaeda element that did get training in th...

Something that fran just brought up, canada, are there cells in canada? >> yes. there have been cells in canada. we know the millennium plot, you know, 13 years ago, the person came from canada, on his way to los angeles to do disruptions. there have been other cells identified in various canadian cities which the canadians have disrupted. and they have been very effective. i would like to add the rcmp has a tremendous outreach program in their muslim communities. all the plots they had up there have been disrupted by people in the community, cooperating, and contacting the authorities there w...

>> canadian police tell us they have made a few arrests regarding an alleged plot to derail trains, whether it is one train or more, we're about to find out. i want to repeat, brooke, this has no connection to boston whatsoever. that these suspects were under surveillance for quite some time and for whatever reason canadian authorities decided to make the arrest earlier today. there were arrests in at least two canadian cities now, brooke, as well. they received extensive intelligence and help from the fbi and from homeland security in the united states. i still have no confirmation on whether...

Away from you, you were talking about -- we were talking about these attacks, specifically targeting passenger trains. want to finish that thought? >> sure, i mean, there is just al qaeda has a long history, some successful, some not, everyone will remember the 77 london train bombings, the madrid train bombings and then there was a disrupted subway plot here in new york city. this is -- al qaeda tends to come back again and again to targets they're comfortable with. and this is an instance where working together with the royal canadian mounted police, the fbi could give them the benefit of ou...

National security analysts and tom used to be the fbi former assistant director. tom, first to you and then fran, same question, what do you make of this? >> well, this is, you know, not uncommon. back in 2006, the canadians uncovered a plot later referred to as the toronto 18, and it was a collaborative investigation in canada between their intelligence service and the royal canadian mounted police and the fbi and at the time i was still running international operations at the fbi. we provided assistance to them, phone record checks and people traveling around, you know, with connections to t...