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Joining us is former naval intelligence officer who is msnbc terrorist analyst. malcolm, the important thing to understand here is that not only is there a debate about whether the u.s. and the west and other countries should attack syria and a consequence using chemical attacks but there's a whole conspiracy theory of people growing that says we don't know there were chemical attacks. we don't know if there were chemical attacks that it was done by the assad regime and a lot of people are comparing this to the decision to go into iraq because of chemical weapons that were proved to not be the...

Then failed to adequately respond. there you see top u.s. policymakers didn't appreciate the dangers, then scrambled to draw up options to fight back. the story says, in the end big plans died of internal disagreement, a fear of making matters worse, or misguided belief in the resilience of american society and its democratic institutions. the "post" says the obama administration shelved various countermeasures including cyberattacks creating its own army of internet trolls, and even launching a global propaganda network to compete with russia's state-funded tv network. but president obama and...

The nbc terrorist analyst who has consulted for the fbi and others. he is the co-founder of the cyber intelligence firm flash point. thank you for coming in yet again as the subject turns to your bailey wick. i know you're not a political analyst but i have to ask you about timing. this is a president who has said, how much do we love wikileaks? this comes out about modes of surveillance. at a time when the president has made a so far evidence-free charge about mes o surveillance. anything strike you as odd? >> i don't see how this could be in his interests. president trump is no longer the op...

We have news in the terror investigation here in france. intelligence officials announcing that the fugitive paris suspect may have escaped to syria. this as we're learning new details about another wave of mass murder that the alleged planner of the attacks here in paris may have been plotting, again, to strike in and around this metropolis. joining us now is cnn terrorist analyst, mr. paul cruickshank and cnn counterterrorism analyst and former cia counterterrorism official mr. phil mudd. mr. cruickshank, i start with you. please excuse the sirens hear. just part of daily life in paris. what...

States recently. there was that one mention of washington just yesterday, a mention of new york. that doesn't mean that they would necessarily have to carry out an attack against the united states in the united states. a top terrorist analyst i was just talking to wos also advising the government said that al qaeda or isis -- isis, excuse me, might try to attack in this period a u.s. target, an airliner, an embassy if it wanted to make good on its threats but didn't have the quorum of personnel, a team of ready commandos available in the united states. it's much different. these are not analog...