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Ability do they have? >> john, it is a pretty significant group operating there. you have the sinai peninsula with the isis in the sinai as they are called and basically what they have is an insurgency attacking egyptian military outposts and potentially the u.s. and other nations that are part of the u.n. peacekeeping mission in the sinai. there are other groups as well. hamas, which is active in gaza, has operations in the sinai. there are also other groups interested in providing more autonomy for the sinai. a group of bedoins that is interested for the autonomy for their region of egypt. t...

Have to be careful of the implementation of the recommend implementations that come out of the investigation that says sharm el sheikh is not a good place from the security standpoint. >> it is interesting. when the story first broke and plane went down, there was focus on whether it was a result of a surface-to-air ground missile. it seems it was flying too high. it is still possible to get a bomb, some kind of explosive device, on a plane at an airport. what are the different types and level of sophistication right now of explosives produced by groups like isis on airplanes? we know aqp has ...

Group known as isis in the sinai. isis in the sinai's goal is to have the control of the egypt area. and one group, hamas, they run a lot of smuggling routes in and out of the sinai peninsula. they have a vested interest in maintaining the smuggling routes for economic reasons. then some bedoin groups interested. those are the three major groups out there. isis in the sinai being the most dangerous and most likely to have done something like this at this juncture. >> the very, very early read on intelligence, i should say. the early read is there could have been inside help inside the

Because of that, that skill set is something taught within isis right now. so what they are looking at is they are looking at miniature bombs and putting them in suitcases and doing things that will actually allow for the devices to be placed on board an aircraft without them being detected. that is really what we're seeing here. basically undetected or a subversion of the security system. the device gets on the plane, probably, and the explosion happens and at a pre-determined altitude. it sounds like at 30,000 feet, it sounds like a barometric pressure that resulted in altitude measurement t...

New information on the crash of the russian jet in the sinai peninsula. it took off from sharm el sheikh headed for st. petersburg. several officials tell cnn intelligence suggests the plane was brought down by a bomb planted by isis or one of its affilia affiliates. one u.s. official said the bombers may have had assistance from inside the airport itself. the possibility that a bomb brought down the plane is causing concern in britain where sharm el sheikh is a tourist destination. ireland and britain suspended all flights to and from the airport there which strands all of the people who may ...