you know, you can t get into target packages. that s very classified, highly classified information. we have targeted hussein, who we successfully killed in raqqah, who is sending these internet directives to attack military who inspired garland, the new york plot, fourth of july, and also many others, including possibly chattanooga. and so, look, let me just say, he s been on our list and radar. he escaped from belgium, went back. this is where the cell actually took place, was in belgium, the cell that pulled out these attacks. there s also some german some individuals in germany associated with the plot as well. yesterday you wrote to president obama in light of all of this, calling for a temporary suspension or a pause in accepting refugees, syrian refugees, to the united states.
might be radicalized. of course, also some people were demanding very strong reaction, especially after the fact that isis claimed responsibility for these ating thes and the french government itself also said it believes isis is behind the attacks. and we re getting information that three of the attackers seem to have been inside syria and possibly had contact with isis there as well. michael? yes. of course, many people wondering what the implications might be of france declaring this an act. earlier we spoke with cnn military analyst about the french air strikes. this was a handover of a target set more than likely from the what s called the ato, the air tasking order. when france came in and said they wanted to conduct the attacks these target packages were already in folders as they re called.
until now as a regional threat, as a group that was primarily interested in creating a caliphate across the middle east and north africa. if they re responsible for what would in effect be the worst act of air terrorist since 9/11, doesn t that change the nature of the threat from isis? well, you know, again he called it the jv team, but now we re seeing isis bring down airplanes with bombs, which is what al qaeda did. as you said, the greatest aviation, terrorist event since 9/11. what i want to see, what s interesting is what the russian response will be. their target packages have been primarily to prop up assad and his regime in the region, not to go after isis. we ve seen in the last couple days, though, attacks now, air strikes in raqqa going against isis. the sad fact is, because of we ve had a failed policy and
until now as a regional threat, as a group that was primarily interested in creating a caliphate across the middle east and north africa. if they re responsible for what would in effect be the worst act of air terrorist since 9/11, doesn t that change the nature of the threat from isis? well, you know, again he called it the jv team, but now we re seeing isis bring down airplanes with bombs, which is as you said, the greatest aviation, terrorist event since 9/11. what i want to see, what s interesting is what the russian response will be. their target packages have been primarily to prop up assad and his regime in the region, not to go after isis. we ve seen in the last couple days, though, attacks now, air strikes in raqqa going against isis. the sad fact is, because of we ve had a failed policy and
until now as a colleague not threat, as a group that was primarily interested in creating a caliphate so they responsible for the worst act of air terrorism since lend does that change the nature of the threat from isis? again, now we are seeing isis bring down airplanes with bombs which is what al-qaeda did, the greatest aviation disaster since, or terrorist event since 9 eleven and what is interesting to see what the russian response will be. their target packages has been to prop up saddam and his assad and not to go after isis. we have eastbound attacks you now, airstrikes against isis. the sad fact, we have had a failed policy and failed