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The legacy of the war overseas and here at home will be judged not today, but for years to com come. >> absolutely, this is certainly something that will take historical perspective, but you look at what is happening in the middle east, and it certainly doesn't look like a rosier place than it did eight years ago. >> bill: not just the middle east, i think it has branched out, gillian, you know how many countries where isis has bred and operating in northern africa and southeast asia. this is something that will take a generation, and again, i hope the mayor it is there. for all of us, and for...

Tape to determine if he met anyone there until they know if there were other people involved. i think the fact he was traveling alone on a public train and a big city. milan is a big city. that would undermine the idea of a hidden terrorist network he is involved with and he wasn't protected. he was out in the open. the police did not stop him because they thought he was the killer, they stopped him because he was acting suspicious at 3:00 a.m. he reached in his jacket and pulled out a gun and shot an officer who will survive. they exchanged fire and he was shot. the police want to know why he...

Every case involves people, wiretaps, money. so the question when you're dealing with numbers is who gets over the bar to spend those resources. to answer your question, from the american perspective, we have two characteristics here. one, an individual who was in contact with a known terrorist network that went down in november in arrests. two, an individual who evidently was talking about a violent attack. in the american context with the fewer numbers we're dealing with compared to europe that would be a serious case. in my world, that merits application of resources, including things like ...

Deadliest here since september 11, 2001. >> there are hubs for the growth of terrorism, iraq, syria, yemen, libya, afghanistan are really the major hubs. we are seeing a -- the pattern of where groups go to build their terrorist network and to further launch terrorist attacks on the west. >> reporter: attacks have risen steadily since 2001 according to the university of maryland's global terrorism database. in 2012, the frequency of attacks increased substantially through 2015. as the islamic state expanded through iraq and syria. republicans charge the obama administration's military withdraw...

When the germans announced these arrests in november. that they took five people in custody, including the ringleader allegedly of this network, an iraqi national who is 32 years old. known more popularly as abu walah. this was a very significant network working at the transnational level to get recruits from germany, into syria and iraq to join isis. and the fact that they now believe that he was part of this network, linked to this network, suggests that he may have had at least an opportunity to develop contacts which may have given him the opportunity to even communicate with isis back in ...