so enrique marquez, this friend of froarook, telling fbi investigators this. we have learned he s waived his miranda rights. he s been giving very important information also telling investigators that he had been radicalized with farook as early as 2011. so that gives us more of a timeline as to how far back syed farook had been radicalized. we know, poppy, that the director, james comey, of the fbi, today said in 2015 farook was talking online about jihad with his soon-to-be wife tashfeen malik. but from this friend it seems like his radicalization went back to even further. yeah, to 2011 at least. okay, you do have to question, right, pamela, the reliability of this information? that enrique marquez is telling investigators for one clear reason, right? that s right. this is an individual who right after the attacks in san bernardino checked himself in to a mental health facility.
two u.s. officials said malik seemed proficient with the ar-15 she used during the massacre. the couple s family maintains they had no idea that they had been jihadis, even though farook s mother lived with them in the house. syed and tashfeen were isolated and the family was completely surprised and de stated, but no one had any knowledge. if anybody would have, they definitely would have done something to stop it. pam ma brown, cnn, washington. those who knew tashfeen malik at university in pakistan said she seemed to be an engaging student. a women s institute that teaches their own conservative and ultra orthodox version of islam. the san bernadino shooting suspect tafsheen malik studied
message represented both attackers. just days before they killed 14 people, farook went to this firing range in river side, california. a firearms instructor said farook brought his own ar-15 assault weapon to practice. you can t tell who comes to the range. he presented a valid or what appeared to be a valid id. came in and acted the way he normally does, the way normal people act. the fbi is also looking into enrique marquez. the investigators say the two assault rifles the couple used to the attack traced back to marquez. he has not been charged with any crime. right now, our major concern, the fbi, atf and jttf are determining how those firearm, the rifles in particular got from marquez to farook and malik.
really important information and giving a timeline, wolf, of the radicalization of syed farook. we heard director comey of the fbi today say that farook and his wife were online talking about jihad in 2013. but even two years prior to that we re learning now through this friend who s speaking to investigators that farook was radicalized then and had been planning for some time to launch an attack. the question now was something missed. and how far along in this plotting were they? that s also a big question. people talk all the time about things they want to do in the u.s. but really how far along were they? pamela brown breaking the news for us. pamela, thanks very much. there s also other breaking news we re following in the san bernardino terror investigation. cnn s brian todd has new information about enrique marquez, he s the man who bought the automatic rifles that the killers used. tonight we have new information about enrique marquez s background, conversion to islam, his r
comey said he didn t want to take shots at anyone. graham rephrased the question and said, well, regardless of who it comes from, does it hurt? comey said, i do believe our ability to get cooperation in the u.s. depends upon people trusting us and estrangement gets in the way of that. quickly, pete, other developments included that farook s parents have now been placed on a terror watch list. can you explain why that s happened? and also more details on this $28,000 that ended up in their bank account before the attacks. well, i think putting them on the no-fly list is probably two-fold. one is to make sure they don t try to leave the country because the fbi still has more questions to ask them and they re not under arrest. but secondly, it s the reason people get on the no-fly list. they have an association with a suspected terrorist. that s how people get on the no-fly list in the first place so that would seem logical. in terms of the money, i think they re still trying to run t