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2007. it was a disappointment for the administration at the time we couldn't try him as an enemy combatant. he's a legal permanent resident so it wasn't going to fly. i understand the instinct but i think sending him to gitmo would make him a murderer to isis. it's better to leave him here. new york city has a near-perfect prosecution record for terrorism cases. the evidence against this guy is so overwhelming. >> jesse: is it a death penalty situation? >> dana: yes. in new york state, i think. death penalty? i don't think so. i think the president saying he should get the death penalty, that'...

That's been going on for decades. major jihadi groups, one affiliated with isis, one with al qaeda. they have presence in syrian iraq. up to 1500 traveled there. there's uzbek's involved in terrorism cases. they are involved in an attack in sweden, involved in the nightclub bombing on new year's eve and metro attack. here in the united states, a major counterterrorism investigation centered in brooklyn, new york in 2014 into a group of extremists. people from central asia who were planning to go and travel and join isis and discussing shooting president obama, discussing launching attacks on c...

The contacts he had and what he was doing in those hours leading up to the rental of that van. it seems clear from our reporting this afternoon, especially the details you highlighted, this was not a lone wolf but there was a smaller cell in play, which is typically what we've seen in these types of terrorism cases. we have the two rental values and the question mark over the white ford focus that tried to plow into the police officers and made a get-away and the person committed suicide. so it seems on its face larger than single individual. the agencies in this country really want to know wh...

Resigning from the top job at the homeland security, and we're told comey kind of calmed him down saying this is not necessary. but the sense that everyone sort of who is familiar with this conversation was that kelly wanted to do this kind of insolidarity to show his support. >> what's interesting is the two are not particularly close. not best buds from back in the day. but a deep mutual respect. >> they developed this relationship working together. he's the fbi director, homeland security, worked together on terrorism cases. it did catch us by surprise. the and certainly now that he's the c...

Guess. we have seen that in this country. no service anywhere in the world has the resources to put 24/7 coverage on these individuals for any extended period of time. i ran a special operation squad for two years in the fbi. full court press on one individual will take 30 people. >> really? >> to do 24/7, seven days a week, use aircraft, do the full coverage, which we did on organized crime figures, terrorism cases in those days. it's very, very difficult. no agency has those resources. >> in order to devote those resources, you have to be -- you have to have a lot on that person to really be...