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Here. meanwhile, tonight the nigerian troops have a target, a terrorist operating in a remote area in rural niger. i can't show you behind this door, but inside they're planning for tonight's mission. the u.s. military putting a drone up overhead to watch their nigerian partners as they go hunting for terrorists. as the mon goes on, the u.s. military watches from here in the operation center. >> this is a place where all the information is coming in about what our partners are doing, what u.s. forces are doing, where they're located, and reports of intelligence related to missions that are ong...

New tonight, we're learning what the u.s. army team was doing in niger when it was ambushed leaving four americans dead. defense officials telling cnn the unit was gathering intelligence on a top terrorist operating in the area. that the unit was not under orders to conduct a kill or capture mission. jim sciutto is "outfront." you're learning more tonight. >> that's right, erin. we're told they were tasked on a mission to gather intelligence on a known isis leader in the area. to be clear, as you said, they were not there to kill or capture him. but on return from that mission, they stopped in...

They were doing with regards to taking down these accounts, if they even were, a little what they'll do going forward. it's possible election laws were violated in terms of foreign governments buying campaign ads on behalf of trying to influence the election. that violating campaign regulations here in the united states. to date, there have been operations how they operate online or checks and balances. we see it happening not just with intrusions on the elections but pressure on tech companies with what they're doing with regards to other areas like terrorist operating on these platforms. you...

Administrations that points higher l-- politicized intelligence. it shows they developed the narrative. what you're seeing with the trump administration is they want to put down a large footprint from countries that fall into three categories, failed state, state sponsors of terrorism or safe havens for terrorist operating. taking a cautious approach if they say let's put the footprint down to make sure that we do have the process and procedures to make sure that we're vetting people coming from the countries whether it's from immigration or otherwise is a prudent and common sense step that th...

At this hour, new calls for attacks against the u.s. homeland from al qaeda's most dangerous branch. in a letter and video, two leaders of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula known as aqap praised recent lone wolf style attacks and called for more of them. >> the letter claims to be from master bomb-maker ibrahim al asiri, a man that experts call the most dangerous terrorist operating against the united states right now. al asiri is believed to be working on a new generation of explosives. this is a very dangerous guy. cnn terrorism analyst paul cruickshank joins us right now. you've been follow...