coming up with this plot and they abandoned it. is there some link? yes, they believe according to marquez, this is what he s told fbi investigators, that the reason why they didn t go through with it was because of the arrest of these four men, and now that explains it a little bit more, right, because they knew each other. at least farook knew some of these people that were arrested. wow. and you know this is a story where you feel like you re pulling back the layers and there s going to be much more in the days and weeks ahead. there s a manhunt under way in geneva, switzerland, for five suspects related to the terror attacks in paris. that s coming from a source close to the investigation. cnn terrorism analyst paul cruickshank is tracking these developments from london for us. what about these suspects the police are searching for? we know a number, they re looking for five people in the geneva area. we know there s specific concerns. that they pose a specific threat
she was granted that veeisa to enter the united states. the picture coming into focus. it s disturbing, to say the least. let s talk about this guy, enrique marquez, and this alleged 2012 terror plot. this is from enrique marquez, and he s been talking to investigators giving them a wealth of information the last few days, and he talked about how the two had a target in california. he told investigators they had scoped out a target but they got spooked because there had been a round of terror acts in that area, so they decided not to do it. those guns were later used in the san bernardino attack, but marquez denies any involvement in that attack. he told investigators that he was radicalized along with farook as early as 2011. it s important to point out he checked himself into a mental health hospital right after the attack. officials need to corroborate
connection between farook and a convicted terrorist. investigators believe farook had tied to a radical group the fbi arrested in nearby riverside, california. cnn justice reporter evan perez joins us live to talk about this. walk us through the link you have seen between farook and the recruiter for this group. the key here is the fact this group was rolled up, arrested in 2012. now that they re investigating farook, the fbi is looking back. they re now going back and figuring out where he has ties. and one of the things they have found is that he had ties to one of these members of this group that was arrested. there was four men arrested. charged with attempting to travel to afghanistan to join al qaeda in riverside, california. and in particular, one of them, his name is soyo cabeer. he was in the u.s. military at one point. a charismatic recruiter who
learning syed farook had direct ties to a radicalized group arrested in riverside, california three years ago. the fbi charged four men in 2012 with planning to blow up a u.s. military base in afghanistan, but the fbi is only now learning farook was in the same social circle as the group s recruiter who was sentenced earlier this year to 25 years in prison. it shows there is a network emerging very slowly for law enforcement intelligence folks. reporter: they revealed a terror plot in 2012. the arrest of the riverside group that year may explain why farook and marquez decided to abandon their plan. three years later farook and his wife tashfeen malik did carry out an attack. the director emphasized that we re not aware of any other components to this particular plot, in other words, co-conspiracies that may be out there that pose a risk to the
on a childhood friend and neighbor of the terrorist. his name is enrique marquez. he admits to investigators that he and farook plotted a 2012 attack and then got spooked. he said he as provided farook with two of the military-style rifles used in last week s massacre. the question is why hasn t he been charged? let s get to ana cabrera live. reporter: the time line of when these killers became radicalized is becoming clearer this morning. and the intelligence failures seems to be bigger than first thought. the head of the fbi testifying in rising new questions how it s possible this couple managed to fly under the radar for years. new shocking details emerging about the husband and wife terrorist behind the san bernardino attacks. the fbi revealing tashfeen malik and syed farook was radicalized.