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Terroristic threats and more than a dozen arrests. rosemary. >> all right, to australia now where prime minister tony abbott says security officials have intercepted an increased level of terrorist chatter since last week's siege at a sydney cafe. at 7 network's mark riley reports abbott is warning the public to remain alert through the holidays. >> reporter: the smiles of this swearing in was soon replaced by worried looks for tony abbott and his senior minister. >> as we prepare to join family and friends we do need to be conscious of the fact that the terror threat remains high. >> reporter...

How can someone who has had such a long and checkered history, be on watch lists, and how can someone like that be entirely at large in the community. these are questions that we need to look at carefully and calmly and methodically to learn the right lessons and act upon them. that's what we'll be doing in the days and weeks ahead. you might know that since we started to get terrorist chatter of acts of random violence against australian citizens, we have been upgrading our security. you see the parliament house in canberra, the raising of the terror alert to high, you've

I think that is absolutely crucial. the additional information we got yesterday, i think narrows the search area and we should focus on it. >> daniel? >> the most important clue is we don't have any evidence of conduct. that refocuses the investigation on what happened on that plane in terms of system and malfunction. >> any kind of terrorist chatter, or indication the pilots may have been involved in a plot. the absence of anything. david, what do you think the most important clue is? the one investigators should be honing in on? >> the new satellite image. i'm not ruling it out as being the ...

>> should they reconsider that, put some procedure, some button back there that a flight attendant could use that we've got a disaster going on here? >> well, on 9/11, betty ann called from an air phone. i think there might be some unintended consequences to having that capability in the back of the plane. i think it needs to be looked at. i think it's got some challenges. >> here's another question for you, tom. there was no increase in terrorist chatter after the plane went missing. was the chatter level too quiet after such an event? >> no, i think from a what i've heard, wolf, it was just ...

Areas from kazzic zan in the north to the west of australia in the south. homeland security chair representative mike mccaul and former cia deputy director mike morrell weigh in on the possible path. >> if they went north towards kazakhstan, there are so many radar detection capabilities, military systems, quite frankly, if it hit some of those air systems it may have been shut down. >> a lot of defense radar in terms of china and india and the u.s. and afghanistan. it's most likely the southern route. >> as for a motive, peter king, house intelligence committee member, has some thoughts. >> i...