process to radicalization. already at that time. but, again, there was not enough there to merit deeper inspection of him. so obviously now, though, they re going back. they re going to reinterview people associated with this case to see if there were connected missed. 2012 seemed to be a very busy time for syed farook. plotting the ideas of some kind of domestic attack. looking for a nice girl to help him out. right, one quick thing i wanted to add. this might explain also again for investigators why there was this 2012 plot that enrique marquez, the friend of farook, has now told investigators he and farook cooked up and they abandoned it. it does explain why they got spooked and do we have any pictures of
to france. the fact the countries, belgium, france, switzerland, frank phone country it s looking like a much wider network. if the cia intercepted communications saying more operative haves gone to syria and come back in switzerland, it shows europe has been the problem to not protect the borders and geneva is home to the second largest u.n. instillation outside of new york and one of the first targets of alibi da a qaeda and iraq was t embassy of baghdad so that s a very, very hot target for a group like isis. stand by because we re continuing to follow what is going on. we ll have more on the link between the san bernardino gunman and a convicted terrorist. shouldn t that have put syed rizwan farook on the radar of federal authorities? from rudy (rudy barks)
what he is telling them, verify those details, which is difficult to do. also important to point out that investigators are looking at the circumstances surrounding his marriage to a woman of russian descent. that is under scrutiny. this woman came to the u.s. from russia in 2009, and according to law enforcement officials, they re looking into whether their marriage was legit. she didn t show up, by the way, for her appointment this week with an immigration official. anderson? there is also word going around about tashfeen malik s form. the official says it is not mandatory that line of questioning be asked unless red flags come up during the dhs check before the interview. but both the state department and dhs say this is a shared
familiar with it, intelligence flows, you re now more capable reporter: in another potential sign special operations are going to get more emphasis, several sources tell cnn that currently the head of special operations command is the leading contender to be nominated by president obama possibly to take over heading all u.s. military operations in the middle east, jake. barbara starr at the pentagon. thanks so much. that s it for the lead. i m jake tapper turning you over to wolf blitzer in the situation room. thanks for watching. happening now, breaking news. under water search, fbi divers combing a lake in san bernardino near the scene of that terror attack as investigators now reveal ties between syed farook and a convicted terrorist who is from the area and al qaeda recruiter. did his arrest lead farook to abandon an earlier plot? time bombs? a bag of explosive devices left behind by farook before he returned with his wife to
nbc news has learned markez is a distant really tef of farook by marriage. he converted to islam three or four years ago. highway has n he has not been named as a suspect. last night about two dozen officers shared their stories. during evacuations one officer heard one tell survivors i ll take a bullet before you do. thank you. thank you. try to relax. i ll take a bullet before you, that s for damn sure. i meant what i said. i meant it to calm them down and relax. we were going to do everything to get them out of the building safely. it s nothing short of what any other law enforcement would do. anyone behind me would have said the same thing.