petty criminals who quite frankly there are a lot of in the neighborhood we are in here in brussels. and paul, let me bring you in. you have new information about the isis video that claimed responsibility for the horrific terrorist attacks. that s right, jake. a security source here in france briefed by investigators telling me that they have identified the voice of a senior french isis operative on that claim of responsibility. the individual in question is somebody with a significant track record of terrorist activity. he s believed to be playing a major role for isis. european counterterrorism officials say he s also suspected to have had a hand in that attempt to attack the high speed passenger train in august where the three americans saved the day. and also a plot by isis to attack churches here in.
i have spoken to counterterrorism officials here and they think it s very unlikely that a known militant would be able to get into the screening process, would at an airport, would come in through a, on a cruise ship. they think more likely if isis is going to reach out in the united states, it would be someone who is self-recruited, recruited online. or perhaps a militant who came across the land border with canada. it s a very long border. very hard to control. they think those are more likely scenarios than the 10,000 refugees who are being screened and rescreened and rescreened and coming through a formal process. exactly. right, fascinating. thank you, richard, i should note that on the other side of those republican governors who slammed the door on syrian refugees today, at least six democratic governors came out to say that refugees fleeing the violence in syria are still welcome in their states. so that s six against 19.
paul? just in a few minutes ago, a french invs. gator who has been briefed says they have identified the voice of a senior french isis operative on the videos that came out from isis claiming responsible. the operative in question is fabien clain. he has a long track record of terrorist ties. european counter terrorism officials tell me that he is also suspected to have played a hand in that attempted attack on the high speed train in august where those three american heroes lauded the attack, and also that attack on paris churches in april, and this is somebody with significant form in the isis movement, and this is part of the al qaeda rekruting cell in france, and he was also connected to al qaeda
the screening process is, for those that need to get into the u.s., it sound rigorous to the point of being exclusive? reporter: i have spoken to counterterrorism officials here. they think it is very unlikely that a known militant would be able to get into the screening process, lands in an american airport, would come in through a ob a cruiseship, they think if isis is going to reach out in the united states, it would be swollen who self recruited. or perhaps a militant who came across the land border with canada. it s a very long border. very hard to control. they think those are more likely scenarios than the 10,000 refugees screened and rescreened and rescreened and coming through a formal process. exactly. thank you, richard, i should note that on the other side of those republican governors who slammed the door on syrian refugees today, at least six
this information? if that s true, there s got to be a serious conversation about information sharing. one of the thing that happens is a country says, is it appropriate to pass along to another government that might take action on it. in the wake of this, there has to be more serious conversations regardless of nationality. we have to pass that information regardless of the consequences. paul cruickshank, you ve spent a lot of time in belgium and france. officials tell me that they think the belgian intelligence there, basically incompetent. they make a pretty strong argument that these guys in belgium, in brussels, they don t know what they are doing. have you heard that? wolf, i would really dispute that. you know, i speak to belgian counterterrorism officials a lot. it s a small country. they are stretched very, very thin. they ve got a huge threat to