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Most notably in the westgate mall attack that garnered attention in 2013. this is the nightmare scenario for the forces. attackers appeared to cornered hostages and they can prolong their terror operation. they can prolong it and get more attention. this is clearly their goal to strike terror into kenya and garner world attention. al shabaab used to be a more powerful force. it controlled large parts of somalia and trying to set up islamic state there. due to african union troops in the region they have been beaten beaten back. with the ability to strike this terror and this is not the first a...

>> it's not hard. it's impossible. the popular perception is the first front lines is family and friends. that's nice in theory. families and friends don't know. they will get an answer they don't want, they'll find an avenue that's more radical and more secretive. the second is you're talking about past radicalization. it's not illegal in america. we were built on radicals 250 years ago. the question is how do you start looking across the internet after all the furer, how do you look on the internet when you look at people practicing free speech to look at that one-tenth and 1% that's thinkin...

Is the french accents, right? this is no longer some middle eastern person and a french accent like what we saw with the bomber and that we talked extensively about and thanks a french citizen that joined al qaeda. >> and obviously, there are a lot, there are hundreds if not a few thousand europeans that have gone over to work with isis in syria and iraq but in this particular case you're leaning toward al qaeda and the arabian peninsula as the core group that may have been responsible for this terror operation? >> i think it is way too early to determine that at this point in time. some of th...

Cigarette, whether it's a sandwich, it's all negotiating. and that's the bottom line. you get trust, you have to have that conversation of trust between you and the hostage-taker. the longer it takes, the better it is for a successful outcome. now keep in mind also, there's a lot of intelligence involved in this operation today. not just australia. you have new zealand, canada and united states who are all working together. there's a compact that they have where they exchange information. this investigation is just beginning. they are going to hit his house with search warrants, they are going...

Extend my heartfelt congratulations to the entire afghan nation. auld -- all the mujahedin and the families regarding the release of prisoners from guantanamo prisoner. >> first off, why is omar alive? >> keep in mind, how many times has this administration talked about well, you know, that little terror operation, that was an al qaeda affiliate. it wasn't core al qaeda. the guys we released from gitmo, that's core al qaeda absolutely. the worry now is because they are going to be back on the battle field and because as well we're negotiating with terrorists, this is going to just open a pando...