mean, it s you know, it s a crisis for them to tell you the truth, and they re going to have to figure out a way out of it. and the images of the kids, heartbreaking, as they re ripped apart from their moms and dads. also new tonight, a very different story we re following. authorities fear isis may have assigned one of its top bomb makers to a deadly new mission, arming unmanned drones with miniaturized bombs, possibly with an eye towards civilian targets. tell our viewers what you re learning. we ve been speaking to a western intelligence operative who worked under cover posing as a terrorist. he once was a terrorist himself. he s got new information on an isis bomb maker named tariq, who he says might have figured out a way to evade security forces and attack large crowds at major events. tonight a new book suggests the terror group isis, crippled and now on the run, may be trying to develop drones like these,
evaded british authorities twice. tariq, according to the new book, is believed to have helped isis create laptop computer bombs, which could be disguised as batteries and taken on commercial planes. those bombs were the basis for the temporary ban on laptops being carried into airplane cabins. tonight he says sources he has in syria believe tariq is running a drone bomb operation designed to avoid coalition air strikes. instead of having fixed explosive laboratory, he is actually running a mobile laboratory, for refrigerated vans, where you can use them for groceries, whatever. but basically they are using them as mobile bomb-making labs. reporter: it s this kind of information which has made dean so crucial to western intelligence. he risked his life for nearly a decade. he saved countless lives,
much to stomach. so therefore, i decided that this is not for me. reporter: he spent nearly eight years working as a spy against al qaeda, undercover, deep inside the group, on behalf of british intelligence. in fact, dean isn t even his real name. it s a cover to protect his identity. his life as a spy inside the terror group is the subject of a new book, nine lives. arguably the most important western spy inside al qaeda. his intelligence was priceless. his identity, one of the most closely guarded secrets in the history of british espionage. reporter: one of the book s key revelations is about the attempt by isis to turn drones into bombs, the handiwork of tariq. dean says he and tariq crossed paths in 2004 while dean was working under cover against al qaeda. he calls tariq a psychopath and says tariq, who is from britain,
as deliberate. a major artery through toronto. after the van stopped near another major intersection, the suspect got out of vehicle. witnesses reported the suspect claimed to have a weapon before the police takedown. canadian authorities have not identified the suspect, whether he acted alone, was part of larger group, no word on the motive. the terror group isis has called on its followers use vehicles as weapons and they did so with deadly effect in nice, france. if confirmed as terrorism, the toronto attack would be one of the worst on north american soi soil. it s a nightmare. i seen a lady with her leg. oh, man, it s gruesome. it s really bad out there. i couldn t believe what i seen. oh, man. all these people on the streets getting hit one by one. toronto law enforcement working closely with canadian federal officials, canada s minister for public safety, the equivalent of the homeland
survived the attack. up next, the panel weighs in on the biggest foreign policy issues facing the president. beyond our borders. violent attack killed 14 soldiers in western afghanistan monday. the day after nearly 60 people were killed in the bombing that targeted a voter registration center. isis is claiming responsibility for the attack and kabul, afghanistan, that wounded hundreds. violence coming as the u.s. and afghan troops have been conducting operations across afghanistan to try to root out isis. the suspect in the 2015 attacks in paris along with an accomplice were found guilty of attempted murder in a belgian court today. they were given a 20 year sentence for shooting at officers during a raid in. he is being held in france, waiting to go on trial over the paris attack that killed more than 130 people. the date for the trial has not been sent.