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Status, which is very unusual. and carrying with it functional changes. for example, we've seen the mentioning of armed force deployments from combat infantry units across the country, that will be much greater than, perhaps, the american viewers might perceive it to be. it speaks to the notion that they suspect this individual was aligned with some kind of support cell, or operational cell, because of the scale and construction of the explosive device and the fact that went undetected. so i think that the concern there reflects that this is not necessarily a lone wolf situation, but there's m...

Going to be part of the fusion cell and the support cell for the operators who are going out. >> defense secretary ash carter was at a house hearing yesterday and he was asked about whether or not we're winning against isis. he made a comment that may have been intended to instill confidence but it missed the mark a little bit. listen to what he said. >> we are gathering momentum and it is a fact that the territory under isil's control has shrunk. that's not a declaration. >> you've indicated it's war. are we winning, mr. secretary? >> we will win. >> are we winning now? >> we're going to win....

Think about some of the things that perhaps they find on target have to connect to something that the beat cop in paris that filed a report two days ago because a citizen just saw something, those things have to be connected. in a hierarchal organization, you can generally cut the head off and the rest will die, the way the terror cells operate, they operate as a separate node. the way these nodes operate, we talked about support cell and operational commanders, there has to be communication, whether e-mail -- these guys are really good. they use encrypted chat rooms embedded in volkswagenideo...

You know, in the u.s. we have the high-value interrogation team, and the french have similar teams, i'm sure. with law enforcement, we have special interview, cognitive interview teams. none of that torture stuff or beating people. that's not going to get you anything. but trained interigators that know how to talk to people, that take the time to do it. you might not get it instantly, but you'll get it eventually. and i think if they have arrested these people, if they're in the cell, in the support cell, logistics area of the terror cell, they'll get plenty of information from them in the da...

What are the authorities up against in terms of how coordinated this operation seems to be? >> well, again, it seems to be very well coordinated. if i had to guess, i would suspect they have some sort of a support cell in france there that were you know giving these guys logistical support, maybe some false passports to get out of the country. who knows. >> how did they bar them from getting out of the country at this point? >> it's tough. it's open borders and you know there's some very sophisticated false passports out there. it can be very challenging. but, you know, intelligence is going t...