has had mr. cross on their radar for quite some time but reports indicate that he may have been sort of estranged from his white supremacist networks. how common is it to have a lone wolf extremist? well, lone wolfs are the most common that we see from the domestic radical right. there were times when schemes were hatched in smoky rooms with lots of men in them and that kind of thing but that is not true these days. some 20 years ago there was an important essay written on that very idea, that we need to operate as lone wolves because otherwise our organizations will be destroyed.
has had mr. cross on their radar for quite some time but reports indicate that he may have been sort of estranged from his white supremacist networks. how common is it to have a lone wolf extremist? well, lone wolfs are the most common that we see from the domestic radical right. there were times when schemes were hatched in smoky rooms with lots of men in them and that kind of thing but that is not true these days. some 20 years ago there was an important essay written on that very idea, that we need to operate as lone wolves because otherwise our organizations will be destroyed. so that is really what we see as the norm and it does appear that frazier glenn miller, aka frazier glenn cross, did act
terror strike. an look what happened in boston. but they killed four people. lone wolfs is a natural capacity to the capacity of what a lone wolf can do. we ve got breaking news. nick paton walsh is over at the united nations right now. i understand the secretary-general ban ki-moon has just spoken out on syria s use of chemical weapons? absolutely. i believe he was talking on a woman s rights forum on the sidelines but said quite remarkable stuff. let me paraphrase for you the words he said. referring to the chemical weapons inspectors report that s due out most people think on monday, he says our team will come out soon with the report but i believe the report will be an overwhelming report that chemical weapons were used even though i can t say this publicly at this time. he goes on to say and this is probably not related but in the same breath referring to bashar al assad, he has committed many
9/11. not looking at the large-scale hit the world trade center, hit the pentagon, you know, crash a plane in pennsylvania. we re not looking at those kinds of massive attacks. we re looking at hard to track lone wolfs, so he s talking about both domestic terror, in the use of drones, said we have to make sure that almost zero percent that civilians are killed in a drone attack, imminent threat and no way to get the person. no feasible way to get the person, which, in fact, is pretty much what they have been dog. so in the end, this was a speech that set the table, but certainly didn t serve up a lot of specifics and that s now where the administration needs to go. i m sure this will be one or several of the hot topics this sunday. don t misstate of the union, cnn, 9:00 a.m. eastern. thank you for being with us. ahead on starting point, anthony weiner attempted a
him give. he referred to them as knockoff jihadis. what do you make of his use of that phrase? lawrence, i think that s just a reference to they were not part of an organized part. they were not part of the broader network, self-radicalized, lone wolfs, or as brian jenkins, a longtime terrorism analyst would call them, stray dogs. i think he was trying to drive home the point, even if you have individuals who have done such heinous acts, while they may be part of a broader movement in a general sense, they pose a threat, but it s a threat we can deal with. and of course, resiliency in boston has been the key word since the attacks last monday. let s listen to what secretary of state john kerry said today in brussels. we just had a young person who went to russia and chechnya who blew people up in boston. so he didn t stay where he went,