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>> bret: let's get some analysis from former assistant director of the fbi who works with law enforcement legal defense fund. retired green beret mike walls, walls, sr. counter terrorism advisor to vice president dick cheney. your take on this, ron and as you look at it, the tactic does fit what we've seen, these vehicle attacks in recent months and weeks, back to berlin, nice, spain. you see it again and again. >> has the isis fingerprints, has the isis dna. this is the sort of attack isis has called for. they have made innocent civilians as legitimate targets of their attacks. what concerns ...

See, the incident was over relatively quickly and happened in an area where there are lots of pedestrians and we're getting kind of mixed reports on how many people were injured, but the whole street next to the natural history museum is pedestrianized. there are cars mixed in there, as well. so it's conceivable that an accident would have taken place. that's the language we're hearing from the police officers, as you're hearing in the studio, as well. the only thing that really is throwing a mix into the situation is just the sheer number of police cars and police officers here right now. >> ...

Unable to weaponize planes so they've turned to cars and vans. we've seen it in france and e england and spain. what to make of it all. joining me now is cnn national securities analyst peter ber gen. >> what is the big picture? what was your reaction to watching once again a vehicle used. >> since 2014 we've seen 14 of these vehicle attacks in the west. they've killed 129 people and just as school shooters learn from others and try to copycat them, terrorists look at other work and try to copy cat them. you look at the 9/11 attacks that required a great deal of training, money and time. the t...

To other vehicles, cars and vans, we've seen it in france, united kingdom. now in spain. these are less deadly for sure but still able to meet the aims of these criminals and t terrorists. joining me now cnn national security analyst peter bergen. what is the big picture, what was your reaction to watching once again a vehicle used? >> fareed, since 2014 we've seen 14 of these vehicle attacks in the west. they've killed 129 people and just a school shooters learn from other school shootings and try and copycat them they try to copycat them and obviously, as you referenced, the 9/11 attacks req...

Fact there are these networks that exit embedded in europe. >> reporter: what does your intelligence, sergeant, tell you about the scope of any possible networks here in spain? >> the spanish authorities have been warning months before the attack in barcelona that there is a concern that potential terrorist aactivities on the rise. they were seeing a spike in electronic chatter. there have been arrests taken place. plots have been risrupted. if you piece those failed disrupted attacks together with the attacks in barcelona, you're actually seeing a series of a coordinated effort by those inspi...