relationship of the hostage-taker to siddiqui, and whether or not he was acting alone. yeah. i think that s the big challenge for the fbi as they come into this. they first want to protect all life, you know, on site in this synagogue and end the situation as quickly as possible. but it is interesting that the location was picked here in colleyville is very close to where aafia siddiqui is held, in the fort worth area. i think separately they want to know is this a loon actor versus a larger plot, or was there some sort of signal to try and undertake this effort. they want to make sure this would be a loon actor and there aren t other actors out there. the call to new york obviously curious. we re probably getting very worried. separately this is a person that the taliban and al qaeda have repeatedly called for the release of over many years going back to 2010 and 2011. there have been calls for her
relation. the standoff ongoing and the hostage-taker demanding the release of the woman appears to be the motive. please come back to us with updates. we ll see you later. i want to bring in national security analyst clint watts. he s a former fbi special agent and distinguished research fellow at the foreign policy research institute. clint, there s a lot of attention on what is happening on the ground right now in colleyville. i want you to zoom out for us and give us a sense of the intelligence eorts that are happening behind the scenes both to determine the relationship of the hostage-taker, the potential relationship of the hostage-taker to siddiqui, and whether or not he was acting alone. yeah. i think that s the big challenge for the fbi as they come into this. they first want to protect all life, you know, on site in this synagogue and end the situation as quickly as possible. but it is interesting that the location was picked here in colleyville is very close to where aa