them, from the president down to the smallest villager. general hertling, how much of a learning enemy are russian forces? i mean, how much are they able to see what s going wrong and pivot? you can t learn in the position they re in right now, anderson. this is a lack of training, a lack of preparation and exercises, a lack of discipline in the army. remember, the majority of russian soldiers are conscripts. they re in for less than two years, in some cases a year. some of those vehicles we ve seen on the road, indicators are they have extremely poor maintenance. they ve been sitting for a very long time. that s what a train soldier ensures doesn t happen, that their vehicles work when they need them to. so, a combination of a lack of preparation doesn t contribute well to adapting on the battlefield. and the army that adapts fastest and first usually wins the fight.
bigger and bigger. not only in determining who did it but did something happen that we can prevent in the future. it is huge. we talk about terrorist as being a learning enemy. the idea that a kid, an 18-year-old, or 19-year-old could look at other school shootings, maybe he had gone through active shooter training as a student in that school and then try to figure out a way how to overcome and get more students out of the classroom when they are supposed to be huddled inside. you are absolutely right and all you need is an imagination. and if you take an 18-year-old kid that is in custody now, he has probably been through that training probably since elementary school and in fact he wasn t even born when columbine happened. so let s take into account a
crowd sourcing crime is getting bigger and bigger. everything from atm video to video from an iphone. at a high school. is going to become critical. not only in determining who did it but determining did something happen that we can prevent in the future. it s huge. we talk about a terrorist being a learning enemy. they adapt the tactics. the idea a kid an 18 year-old or 19 year-old can look at other school shootings. maybe gone through training as a student in the school. and then try to figure out a way to over come and get more students out of the classroom when they re supposed to be inside. you re right. all you need is an imagination. if you take an 18 year-old kid such as this suspect we have in custody now, that s in custody now in broward county. he probably has been through that training. probably ever since elementary school.
joins us now live, congressman king, the would be suicide bomber is actually a double agent. what can you tell us about it and about him? i m in a position, i really can t tell you very much at all. i ve been briefed on this and as far as i know this has not been in any way declassified the cia. this could interfire with operations overseas. i really cannot comment on any of those details. i know it s out there, i know it s being reported and i also was had a briefing this afternoon with top officials and there s a really great concern that this got out. this is my understanding that a major investigation is going to be launched because of this. are there any new details that you can say? i don t believe so, anderson. i late to do this to you, i mean yet i did say to you that i was told and i could say yesterday that the bomber, the alleged bomber was no longer of any concern to us and now i guess a different interpretation can be put on that and everyone was reading in
extraordinary details have already been leaked out to a number of publications. the new york times reports the bomb itself was sewn into underwear so that it would have been difficult to detect. even in a patdown. undoubtedly could have brought down a plane according to a senior american official. the congressman peter king of new york is the chairman of the committee and again, there s a lot that cannot be discussed so we re leaving it up to the experts to tell us what they can. congressman king, the would be bomber is a double agent. what can you tell us about him? i can t tell you very much at all. i have been briefed on this and this is not declassified by the cia or the administration. it s really to me unfortunate that this has gotten out because this could interfere with operations overseas. i m sorry to do this i can t comment on any of the details. i know what s out there. i know it s being reported. i also was at a briefing this afternoon with top officials. the