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Worry that the belgiums have and this worry really emerged on friday is there could be another attack team a bit like you saw in paris on friday the 13th that could launch a simultaneous attack in crowded spaces in brussels. that does seem to be specific information coming in. they don't have a good handle who is behind this and don't know the direction this would come from otherwise i don't think you would have seen the massive alert being put out and i think back to the plot which was tworted in january. there was no security alert before that even though that was a major isis area. the reas...

Isil attacks in the west have been there for over a year now and they come through periodically. there were no specific mentions of this particular attack that would give us a sense of something that we need -- that we could provide french authorities, for example, or act on ourselves. but typically the way the intelligence works is, there will be a threat stream that is from one source, how reliable is that source. perhaps some signal intelligence gets picked up. it is evaluated. some of it is extraordinarily vague and unspecific and there's no clear timetable. some of it may be more specific...

Wherever they appear. both requesting secret service protection. so far their security left to a small number of private security guards. former secret service agent dan bongino says the agency doesn't require much to justify the need. >> the threat stream against mr. carson was likely significant. keep in mind, it's not necessarily a matter of quantity. it could just be, i hate to use the term quality, i don't mean that in a better or worse way, but the threat, one threat from a legitimate terrorist group that's deemed critical is all they really need to say listen, this guy really needs prot...

Weekend and within the united states law enforcement agencies from coast to coast are on heightened alert. >> this morning new york's governor announced extra man power and enhanced monitoring operations this weekend and a top police official in the nation's second largest city says that the threat stream has not been this high since september 11th, 2001. that's the word from michael downing, the deputy police chief of the los angeles police department. he joins us now. thank you so much for being with us, sir. >> good morning. >> not since 9/11. those are pretty alarming words. what are you h...

Intelligence analyst for abc news cbs, i want you to listen to this. >> this may be potentially the most complex counter-terrorism overlay for this eye vent effort. >> that's pretty strong words. what do you make of that? >> you have to separate two things. he's talking about the police response to what's happening in new york that is the celebration for july 4th. that's different than talking about the threat. some people have been saying this is the biggest threat stream or most concerned weefds since 9/11 this is nonsense. we didn't understand the al qaeda adversary after 9/11 we saw a majo...