larger, more global, and more varied than ever before. the whole [inaudible] is to identify them in time, to locate them in time, and to take care of them, or to protect them or to take care of them in protecting the society. eric: the report by the united nations security council counterterrorism committee paints an alarming portrait of radicalized enemies integrating back into their home countries, often undetected and potentially free to carry out terrorist attacks. it says the largest number came from russia and the former soviet union republics, more than 8,000. 7,000 from the middle east. nearly 6,000 from western europe with only 439 from north america. the threat is long-term. and it may be for some even dormant in the sense that the person comes back, even willing to consider reintegration in
society and then be triggered by a conflict that may happen two years from now to get back into action. eric: the u.n. is calling on governments to improve tracking of returnees including strengthening passenger information and using biometric data systems to keep tabs on the fighters when they return home. the u.s. is protected on both sides by oceans. europe is far more vulnerable, but that doesn t mean that the united states is completely immune. eric: u.n. officials say even though the smallest number of foreign fighters come from the u.s. and canada, that does not mean the threat here is less. the numbers can give americans some comfort, but no protection. at the united nations, i m eric shawn, fox news. kelly: eric, thank you. the justice department watchdog releases an explosive report that led to the firing of deputy fbi director andrew deputy fbi director andrew mccabe the details and
determined mccabe did so simply to try and save his own reputation. the report states we concluded that mccabe s decision to confirm the existence of the clinton foundation investigation through an anonymously sourced quote recounting the content of a phone call with a senior department official in a manner designed to advance his personal interests at the expense of department leadership was clearly not within the public interest exception. now, the report also says mccabe believed his former boss comey was under investigation for leaking as well. the former director of the fbi is about to kick off a media tour promoting a new tell all look which includes his depictions of interactions with president trump, and in an interview, with abc news george stephanopoulos, comey talks about one of their first meetings. the president elect trump s first question was to confirm that it had no impact on the election and then the conversation to my surprise moved into a pr conversation
kelly: the department of justice internal watchdog releasing an explosive report that led to the firing of fbi deputy director andrew mccabe. this coming as ousted fbi director james comey gets ready to release a tell-all book. garrett tenney is live in washington with the very latest on the fbi scandals. mccabe has claimed all along that he was authorized to release information to a reporter. what got him in trouble is when he lied about doing it. in the much anticipated report, the justice department s inspector general found that mccabe lied to investigators four times about the incident. the report notes that as deputy director, mccabe was authorized to allow bureau personnel to speak with reporters if certain conditions were met. and in this case, the ig