Plans to send some asylum seekers who arrive in the uk to live in rwanda have been described as absolutely chilling by charities and politicians. britain s home secretary priti patel, who travelled to the rwandan capital kigali to sign the deal, said the vast majority of those arriving in the uk illegally would be considered for relocation to rwanda. new year a former british national who joined the islamic state group in syria has been found guilty in the united states of hostage taking and conspiracy related to the murders of four americans in syria. el shafee elsheikh was part of an is militant cell dubbed the beatles by hostages because of their british accents. we can now speak to former cia counter terrorism operative tracy walder. thank you forjoining us. in
Elsheikh and his accomplices as sadists , who electrocuted, water boarded and starved them. one said he tried to kill himself to escape. the defence tried to make out this was a case of mistaken identity, relying on the fact he always wore a full mask around hostages. when the verdicts came through, elsheikh showed very little reaction. the families quietly wept, held each other s hands, and there was an audible sigh of relief. it s taken them nearly ten years to getjustice. for more on the significance of this verdict we spoke to tracy walder, a former cia counter terrorism operative. i view this as a huge, fundamental shift, really, away from labelling terrorists as enemy combatants and holding them at guantanamo bay and such
To celebrate with our families, that you will likely see an increased police presence there. as we mentioned moments ago, officials can t emphasize this enough, there is no credible act of threat. this is a reminder for the general public to remain on alert this holiday season, leading into the inauguration next month. an important reminder to remain vigilant. it comes back to that, if you see something, say something. polo sandoval, thank you. let s dig in a little deeper with someone who has a unique perspective. we are joined by a former extremist, former counter terrorism operative. from what we saw in berlin and what we are hearing now, in your es estimation, should americans be worried about something here at home? of course, they should. the reality is, europe has a much higher number of returnees,