by the way, we should mention they got continental wrong bought out by another airline not so much an issue now. how safe are our airlines? well you know, we have been dealing with this problem for a long time. we have been dealing it from the point of view from al qaeda. they are more complex, sophisticated bomb making technology. so, trying to stay ahead of al qaeda s efforts to create that unidentifiable explosive device and so we have gotten good at that. we have gotten very good at the airlines working with our intel community and our liaison partners and sharing actionable leads and talking about threats but what we are seeing recently, is this again this growing concern over the individual attacks, still influenced by the extremist mindset, but what we are talking about is not complex you know, isis and inspire and al qaeda are saying go out and experiment in your kitchens, essentially, come up with an idea call the individual out take down an aircraft. that is a different typ
and they aren t just well disguised explosives. gadgets without power will not get on board. this is the latest move from the tsa to beef up security in europe and middle east. there s a concern they are perfecting their bomb making technology into something that could be more easily hidden. this will add another level of security. u.s. marine jailed in three months in mexico showing signs he could be coming home soon. he s been held since he drove into mexico with three guns in his trunk. he admitted the mistake, says it was an accident. he says things are looking up. once the media started covering it, like a month into it, yes, things did start changing. i think i have earned some respect from the guards here. nice to hear his voice
they have joined fighting with isis and the big fear now is that all of the foreign jihaddist. 500 british citizens that have gone to fight with isis. ine americans have gone to fight in iraq with isis and the fear now, they will be exposed to the new bomb making technology that a lsiri developed in yemen and they will try to attack the american- bound airliners. that is the intelligence picture we are putting together in london. and as you look at this situation from here, do we know if the foreign fighters have come back and if so, what is the game plan for the european intelligence agencies to try to deal with this threat? first of all, the top
isis have established their own, they have gone off on their own, the leader of the radical jihadist movement and now you see this weird challenge between poor al qaeda, tied with syria. isis is a dangerous game because it ups the ante and the challenge that is there. our challenge with the region, that region, is there are many americans, many europeans, australians with legal travel documents so they have the manpower if you will. what w we re concerned about is the manpower meeting the technology that could come out, and that with legal travel documents present a grave threat to the homeland. martha: i think i understand
and we are being told the government can t handle the technology. there is a lot of information coming in and out. for the most part it works. where does it work, bob? the irs. no, it doesn t. cannot keep track of e-mails. you take hundreds of pieces of data the irs uses and there is going to be breakdowns. they could use better technology but you are apologizing. we are the greatest nation on earth and we are supposed to say things happen. what the government is good at is cutting people s checks. if it is more complicated than that it isn t good. most people in america can t get rid of their e-mails. if there is an embarrassing e-mail they want to destroy