who had sounded the alarm before most people took it seriously. you could say that was it was a victory in a sense that when we warned a few years ago it was a radicalization organization, an organization that helped people going to syria that we were on the right track at that time. but the damage was already done. several jihadist networks were entrenched in belgium, ready to exploit europe s open borders. paris, november 2015 with a plot launched from brussels isis attacked. terror across paris. it is a city under siege. the death toll now stands at 118. the world watched as the death toll mounted. and what did younnes think about
belgium. the problem originates in belgium. belgium is one of 26 european countries with open borders. but crossing those borders, you can see how easily terrorists can also exploit that freedom. we re now driving from belgium into france. i do have my passpert with me, but i won t actually need it because essentially there s no checkpoint here. it s free and open highway. it s like driving from nebraska into kansas. in fact the only way you can even tell you ve moved into another country is because the cellphone carrier changes. so this is belgium s new normal, soldiers and heavily armed police on patrol day and night. even as isis supporters are hidden in plain sight. and the most frightening thing, thousands of young
hateful. [ speaking foreign language ] it was really becoming worrying. he was the top security bellium official at the it time. he foresaw terror and bloodshed and rang the alarm. but political leaders were dismissive. i heard as an answer that these well were not extremely dangerous. we are facing a bunch of clowns. when was your response to that? you re the head of intelligence services and in your opinion there s a legitimate threat here. there s a bit of frustration. we saw there s a bigger and bigger radicalization. he turned out to be right. the group was a pipeline to isis and other extremist groups in
younis de la fortre wants to live under sharia law. he hates democracy. he even joined isis. but on this day the ultimate paradox. it s payday at the welfare office. i m going to get my money. from the government. they want to keep me here, they have to pay. but they re not paying anymore. recently he got a job repairing bicycles. even so, he embodies a serious dilemma for belgium. how to distinguish free speech and religious liberty from life and death security threats. you re feeling affinity with your people, and we are feeling affinity with our people. he chooses his words carefully, voicing support for violent jihadists but denying he would use violence himself.