Adebolajo was part of a british extremist outfit, which is very supportive of al qaeda s ideology. so it s possible that s why british security services were aware of him. reportedly he had been seen at a number of rallies that would take place regularly throughout london because reportedly he was caught on lots of video tape, news coverage even, of being in the crowd. so he was a face that even it takes place in the u.s. when there are regular gatherings, there are certain faces that are watched by authorities who continue to go to some of the the rallies to keep an eye on things, right? that s right. this group was being monitored by british security. so this is a group which sort of openly looks at meetings and