hackers. i had to make some choices, continuing to do what i do or live on the street i guess. then there are those who use hackett ivism to protect. morgan isn t hiding behind a mask or phone line, but it doesn t mean his work isn t risky. i ve analyzed hard drives that revealed that the people working in syria, aide workers, had actually been compromised by pro-state actors that search out these e-mails that contained malicious documents. the malicious document purported to be a list of syrian opposition insurgents. you receive this list and you want to open it to see if you re on it. like wildfire, everyone is opening these malicious documents which causes the implantation of spy ware on their computer. he s helped uncover digital spying in china, morocco. i was coming out for this
perhaps, americans who are there all the time, embassy personnel coming and going, academics, aide workers, others, not tourists, people who are there working, contractors and so forth. they also point out that there is a small contingent of u.s. troops who are there all the time in and out of the country on various missions working with a u.n. team that s there as well. there s a u.n. peacekeeping force that s in mali, and that has had engagements from time to time with terrorist organizations, with terrorist operatives, mostly individuals or groups associated with al qaeda, not isis, although the distinction s probably not that important at this point. and lastly, they said that there are indications that all americans have been accounted for, but they re still not sure if some americans are missing or among the fatalities hopefully not but that s the latest we have. still a very fluid situation that they re trying to get a handle on exactly what s happened and what s happening.
assisting a u.n. peacekeeping force that s been there for some time, as well as french troops. the bottom line, mali is a very active and aggressive place for terrorism fighting the mali government. and as i said, the french are there as well, which of course, begs the question of whether this attack was in some way related to what happened in paris last week. officials are telling us that they have to figure that out, but the initial indications are that this attack in mali was carried out by al qaeda, the organization that s been active in that part of the world. so, whereas the attack in paris was carried out by isis. and there is an important distinction. so, initially, it might appear that the two are not connected, but then, of course, what happened in mali may have been a copycat, it may have been inspired, it may have been a coincidence. but at this point, the bottom line is, u.s. officials are still trying to piece together what happened. again, it s a part of the world where
been taken and 80 were released one report that they were able to voice certain islamic voices. and we do know there are at least more than 100 people stuck inside and it would be of varying degrees of people. it would be local malian staff. also westerners. and aide workers, the usual people you would see in a city as this. we do know that three united nations staffers were safely evacuated early this morning. but essentially that is it as of now. appreciate the reporting from nairobi. and colonel, for the security personnel this is a extremely difficult operation. in the united states, the belief now in an active shooter situation is you have to go in
were shots not yet explosions. those would come later. i stopped the car when i saw the aide workers. there were three cars full of red cross staff treating people at the center. they were also frozen in shock. it had to be very difficult for you. foster, i have to ask you, i can t help but notice and hear the singing, the chants, even applause behind you. can you tell me a little bit of where you are and what s happening behind you with the crowds? yes. behind me is the monument where there are memorials, writings on the ground, chalk messages to those departed. to my right are the youth who