Transcripts For FBC Risk And Reward With Deidre Bolton 20160

FBC Risk And Reward With Deidre Bolton March 24, 2016

To kidnap somebody, either that engineer or his family. Reporter right. This report is sourced to a security expert in europe. So i would say it is an interesting report though we have not independently confirmed it but it is consistent with the view that isis has encouraged its operatives to pursue weapons of mass destruction, in particular dirty bombs are referred to as weapons of mass miss tear yaw. What it means, it causes so much fear among those impacted would have effect of even larger explosive if you can find of follow my logic. Not the number of people who are injured. The fear of the use of nuclear material. Deirdre and it is frightening. Reporter thats right. What we have been able to confirm in last few minutes, deirdre, sorry to interrupt, the two brothers. The one that was suicide bomber at the airport and his brother khalid who was at the subway station they were known to the u. S. Intelligence community and they were on the terror watch list, the databases. So in a Perfect World this would have prevented them from traveling to and entering the United States but the fact that they were known to u. S. Authorities begs the question as to why not more action was taken against them by the belgian authorities. It may be the kind of situation we often face here in the United States, is that there is significant suspicion about the their allegiances and their activities. It takes more than suspicion to arrest someone and to jail them for any kind of a offenses, deirdre. Deirdre as many people pointed out in brussels which is a relatively small city, about a Million People, there are 19 Different Police municipalities and not everyone speaks the same language. I want to ask you about this though, catherine. Four american citizens are still missing. Two u. S. Officials are unaccounted for. What is the latest on their condition . Well, we heard from the state department this afternoon who confirmed at the briefing that 12 americans were injured and they were still working with a handful of people who were unaccounted for. I mean let me kind of decode that for awe little bit. This is a mass casualty attack. One of the reasons terrorists go for subways is because a closed space like that has the effect of amplifying the explosion. So the explosives that you have are even more damaging. If you factor into that two or three pounds of tatp which is what they had been manufacturing as well as nails and other shrapnel, this makes the process of identifying people especially those who are in the subway even more difficult. Because in some cases there will be very little dna to work with. I know that is real grisly detail but that is certainly deirdre very important as we try to move forward. Catherine herridge, thank you so much. Reporter youre welcome. Deirdre great reporting as always. Catherine herridge joining me there. Police still hunting for surviving but unidentified suspects from the brussels bombing. They are still on the run. Former cia operative mike baker with me. Mike, so glad to have you back on the program. Thank you. Deirdre i have to ask you as somebody who worked to protect american citizens what would you be doing now if you were on the case in brussels . I would do exactly what the authorities are doing in concert liaising with the french authorities, german authorities, the fib is there. It is a methodical step by step process. Unfortunately there is no magic bullet. You have to work through the investigational opportunities. Youre tracing down every lead. Interviewing and reinterviewing detainees youve got like abdeslam and others they have been able to pick up. Youre running through all available cctv footage. Youre tracking down relatives and known associates, using communications intercepts. I want to go back if i could, something to point out, Catherine Herridge said something really, really important here. That is her reference you need more than suspicion when it comes to them mounting surveilance operations or picking people up for detention. Were beating the drum now. Youre starting to see this groundswell, it is intelligence failure, it is investigative failure, how could they have been so useless gathering up these individuals. I would argue it is not a intelligence failure in belgium that is the problem. Its a failure of a legal and political system in belgium to recognize the threat. Deirdre more about Civil Liberties there is what youre saying there . In other words even though one of the bombers shot at Police Officer with a kalashnikov, okay he spent time in jail for that but that doesnt prove he is actually a terrorist and will try to bro up an airport wing . Absolutely. If you look what the authorities, what the investigators, the Intel Service and Law Enforcement are actually allowed to do and what theyre constrained to do because of a sort of a creeking legal system, that creates all these firewalls between the different agencies and prosecutors and investigators, theyre not allowed to do communications intercepts or surveillance. Theyre not allowed to do random house searches on based on probable cause. Its a very difficult system. So, it is not an intelligence failure again as so much of a failure of a government that has ladled on in the name of privacy and civil liberty abouts, you know, a system that is created this. Deirdre we saw in france, for example, emergency measures for three months, no questions asked. We want to come into your home in the middle of the night, we will. That is it. Civil liberties have been suspend . Right. Deirdre i want to ask you something, i hope youre not mad, as former cia, the fbi is on the ground in brussels you say there are no mistakes on the ground even administrative ones, we see movies here, fbi and cia fighting for turf and new york city sometimes police and firemen, over there there are these very provincial districts where you have dutch leaders, introduce speaking leaders, french speaking leaders, area to area, well bill gum come together and say belgium come together and say okay this threat is greater . They tried after the attacks. Proposed dozen different changes to counterterrorism procedures and regulations. None of those have gotten through the parliament because it takes forever to get anything done there. It has to go through a variety of bodies and authorities before it even comes up for a vote. So i dont think necessarily that were going to see a lot of changes quickly. There are always sort of territorial disputes between the various agencies. There is a lot of various Law Enforcement organizations inside of belgium just as there are in other countries. Could it be more efficient to your point . Yes, absolutely could be more efficient. I guess what im saying is, we want to be a little bit pragmatic in understanding that investigators and Intel Services can only operate within their framework that the government allows them to operate in. Deirdre so speaking of which isis has been threatening basically new attacks. They sent 400 fighters back to europe. It is assumed these are people trained in iraq or trained in syria or even parts of russia, far from moscow. This attack apparently what happened last week movedup from a Easter Holiday plan. How do we prevent the next one . By continuing to all the heavy lift the investigation, developing human sources, doing communications intercepts on a Bigger Picture of trying to take away territory in syria and iraq. That is critically important part of this. I worry though when you talked about the 400 fighters, i weve probably hit a Critical Mass in europe. What i mean by that is, isis has been training and drawing in foreign fighters into syria and iraq for a couple of years. Sending those people back to europe in particular, and i worry that we sort of reached a tipping point. They have a sufficient mass of trained supporters now throughout not just belgium but throughout the e. U. To carry out variety of attacks. So when we talk deirdre dont necessarily need to be in contact with a socalled ringleader, Master Planner in syria. Right. Deirdre they have already been trained and told to wreak havoc wherever they are . Correct, yes. Theyre working within established communities where there is sort of this network of support for extremist movement, for isis, you know, agenda. So because of that, again they have moved so many of these fighters, this is not a oneoff. We talk about i cant believe that the paris and brussels attacks are linked. There are far greater linkages at this point throughout the e. U. The for traveling it is not that difficult. I want to ask you about cooperation or lack of cooperation rather. Salah abdeslam has been involved or was involved in the paris attack. He is arrested. He is in high security prison in brugge in the north of belgium. He was cooperating and then he stopped cooperating. Donald trump i want to bring you this quick clip saying that suspects such as these hold the key to future attacks. What under you catched guy last week. They have lawyers all over the place. They have lawyers saying you will go to trial in seven years. Nothing happens and then you have big bombings today. If they would have put him through the grill ten minutes after they capture him, he would have ratted them out and maybe stopped this horrible terror attack that took place today. Deirdre so from a cia perspective should the free world be tougher on these people that are captured . Well, it is a hypothetical. I guess, donald trump is speaking from his years of operational experience in dealing with deirdre i caught the sarcasm, mike. Yeah, look, well not walk that dog back. Were not going back to a time we do waterboarding no hatter who ends up as it is not going to happen. We have what we have in terms of ability to interrogate, interview detainees at this point. Does abdeslam know or did he know of the plan for brussels attack . I think it is highly unlikely that it wasnt in the pipeline. Did he have exact specifics . My guess would be he knew the individuals involved and as you pointed out the attack was moved up, launch date was moved up likely because of his airs. Does he have information related to other supporters and operators that would be of value . Absolutely. Were not going back to the enhanced interrogation techniques. We have to, you know, we have to understand when you set that aside. When you take tools out of the kit bag. Whether you use them or idea of threat in their minds you could use them, bring those out of the kit bag, basically by definition, limiting yourself to developing a relationship with this individual by interviewing repeatedly, that is fine if you have the time. But there is one of those opportunities perhaps even if he just thought he was going to be subjected to enhanced techniques, even if we didnt use them, it might have made a difference. Deirdre mike i heard the sarcasm as far as Donald Trumps experience goes, understood. Is there any candidate you like that makes sense to you . Is there any candidate that makes sense currently . The short answer would be no. Deirdre well check back with you in couple months. Doesnt have to be former cia operative mike baker. Thank you so much for your views on all of those key subjects. After the deadly brussels attacks Hillary Clinton is criticizing ted cruzs idea patrolling muslim neighborhood. After 9 11 she said exactly opposite. New york city under mayor bloomberg had a program that focused on worked proactively with the Muslim Community, that stopped radicalization, to prevent attacks from radical islamic terrorism before they occurred. What happened . Mayor de blasio came in and decided Political Correctness mattered more than keeping people saf he disbanded the program. At mfs investment management, we believe in the power of active management. By debating our research to find the best investments. By looking at global and local insights to benefit from different points of view. And by consistently breaking apart risk to focus on longterm value. We actively manage with expertise and conviction. So you can invest with more certainty. Mfs. Thats the power of active management. [engine revs] [engine revving] the allnew audi a4 is here. You cant breathed. 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She is doing what she can to appeal to her base. We have to be concerned about what is happening with terrorism abroad and what is happening with terrorism here in this country and the American Voters want to know that our next president will do everything the president can to keep us safe from terrorism and right now she is taking things off the table and i think that is part of the reason that people are concerned with her as being a potential, the potential nominee for the democrats and eventually, potentially being president. That is not with we want in our country. Deirdre jenny, to your point as well, im assuming that is part of why we have sent the fbi or some units in the fbi over to brussels because we do realize the threat is very real for us. I want to ask you though about the results of a poll, its a new fox poll. It shows a majority of the americans favor temporary ban on muslims coming into the country. A suggestion that donald trump has been criticized for in the past but are senator cruz and donald trump somehow aligning on this . Well i think that when you look at what happened from the paris attacks that weve seen that both donald trump and senator cruz both were saying that we need to make sure that we know who is coming into our country. And in fact you can go back with senator cruz to 2013 to know that he has been concerned about illegal immigration in our country and potential terrorism problems as a result of illegal immigration. That is part of why i stood with him to fight the gang of eight amnesty bill. So it is something that were concerned about. We need to make sure we know who is coming into our country and what their intentions are. If they want to come here to integrate and being part of the our society that is a good thing if they want to come here and do harm to us that is another thing. They have to come here legally of course. Deirdre as many people point out this radical part is less than 1 of the Muslim Population. It is just that less than 1 can do quite a lot of damage and is motivated to do. Ii want to shift guys, jenny beth, donald trump and ted cruz in a war of words about pictures of their wives. A picture is worth 1000 words. A side by side photo, heidi cruz in freeze frame moment not flattering. Ive seen some freeze frames from my shot of myself. I wouldnt want them put out. Donald trump in posed flattering from modeling days head shot. Senator cruz responded earlier today. Well play the clip and i want to get your reaction. It is not easy to tick me off. I dont get angry often but you mess with my wife, you mess with my kids, that will do it every time. Donald, youre a sniveling coward and leave heidi the hello hello the hell alone. Deirdre should the candidates be squabbling over whose wife was in what photo shoot . You know what . He said, donald trump said that a picture is worth a thousand words. That is absolutely true. What the words that come to my mind see Something Like this coming from a candidate for president is this who we want leading our country . Is this who we want setting example for our children . My twins turn 13 next week. I want a leader my children can look to and be proud of. That is not what were getting from behavior were seeing of donald trump. As were sitting there yesterday looking at attacks that happened in brussels, were hearing from capital hill capitol hill, these were potentially geared towards american tourists and americans and we have president ial candidate doing this . Were complaining of our own president doing the wave in cuba . Deirdre in fairness to the trump camp, he referenced senator cruz but i know senator cruz but did not have a direct hand, a superpac supporting senator cruz shot the first shot across the bow posting that picture of melania. It was superpac, we Tea Party Patriots Citizens Fund have superpac. Were not allowed to coordinate or communications with the campaigns. So i am certain that whatever superpac it was that did that, wasnt coordinating with ted cruz. If donald trump wants to say, go after the superpac. Dont go after ted cruz for something he had no control over. Deirdre jenny, thank you for setting the record straight. Were glad to have you. Jenny beth martin with me there. Thanks for having me. Deirdre after brutal terrorist attack in brussels, many say president obama should have come right back to the u. S. And gone to europe to support our nato ally. Instead he continued on his trip to cuba and argentina. The president went to a baseball game with castro. Last evening he did the tango on his trip to buenos aires. Steve forbes with me, with his take and some free advice for president obama. [engines revving] you cant have a hero, if you dont have a villain. 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