true, but things you can look for. for example, how did they rent that vehicle today? did they use cash versus a credit card? we saw that in the world trade attack in 1993. that s an indicator that somebody is up to a nefarious action. a variety of indicators out there that what they were doing on social media. comments they had made to other people they d know in the community. anything like that can help law enforcement try to prevent these things from happening. trace: and john makes a good point, the isis propaganda videos have come out and say, better renting a truck or stealing a truck try to get your name out of it so that you can get to the destination.st michael balboni, john iannarelli, thank you. more live coverage on today s barcelona terror attack coming up right after this. (burke) at farmers, we ve seen almost everything
and right now save 50% on the labor day limited edition bed. trace: welcome back to the breaking news coverage, vehicle attacks in europe are sadly all too commonplace. before today s attack in barcelona another one this week east of paris where a security guard intentionally drove his car into a pizzeria, injuring 12 more, but suspect
and guess what, people tend to act on it. trace: raheem, clearly, there is a great point there. but if you go through the list of what is happening in europe over the past year, two years, we really are an epidemic proportion here. my sentiments exactly, trace, we had now 30 terror attacks or attempted terror attacks in europe over the course of this year alone. only two have not been linked to migration or muslim migrants into europe, or radical jihadists. this is academic proportions. not because we do not welcome people from the outside, not because we have invaded iraq 15 years ago, whenever it was, this is because they hate our way of life. and they have this mind-set and the radicalizing factor out there as ryan mentioned, and as
new york, michael balboni, former supervisor, and along with retired fbin specialist. michael, to you first. we talked to aaron cohen earlier. the way you do this, you put up barriers in places like las ramblas, but in this country, you put up barriers in the french quarter, a lot of people would say, good luck with that. the difficulty is where do you put these up? do you change the mind-set, are you going to protect a gathering place like he would protect a critical infrastructure? how do you do that when you have a parade? a mass gathering that is unscheduled, not in an area that is typically a touristra attraction? that is a problem with these attacks and the response. we tend to be reactive. we do not think ahead as to what could be done. so then we scramble. unfortunately that gives the public the sense of, well, did you guys see this coming? and that is the real problem with the vehicle attack like this. it is not a bomb, gone.e.
trace: and he makes a great point, he is from new york, he knows that their protest, marches, st. patrick s day parades. everything you can imagine on every given weekend.t. and any given weekend you can have 500,000 people show up on the mall in washington. how do you protect to that kinda of thing? one of the ways that i think we need to take steps to protect against these types of attacks is not just putting physicalee barriers in place, but becoming aware of what is going on out there.ie not just aware of terrorism, but aware of the indicators of terrorism. i guarantee that these guys in spain took steps that anybody if properly trained would recognize and be able to warn law enforcement in advance. trace: i will tell you, and michael, he makes a good point. sometimes these guys do show their hands.