Bob Strang: Stopping Attacks Like NYC Is a ‘Very Difficult Thing To Do’

>> Jon The chief and ░░░░░░░░ officers of the New ░░░░░░░░ City police department along ░░░░░░░░ the mayor of that ░░░░░░░░ the governor of New ░░░░░░░░ and the FBI Holding ░░░░░░░░ news conference that ran ░░░░░░░░ 45 minutes regarding yesterday ░░░░░░░░ terror attack The worst ░░░░░░░░ attack in New York ░░░░░░░░ since the attacks of ░░░░░░░░ 11 Interesting to note ░░░░░░░░ news conference went about ░░░░░░░░ minutes took almost as ░░░░░░░░ as the attack itself ░░░░░░░░ the time an immigrant ░░░░░░░░ Uzbekistan rented a Home ░░░░░░░░ flatbed truck and plowed ░░░░░░░░ a number of cyclists ░░░░░░░░ pedestrians using a path ░░░░░░░░ Eight people dead at ░░░░░░░░ point Six of them ░░░░░░░░ visitors from Argentina and ░░░░░░░░ Belgium or Germany We ░░░░░░░░ conflicting reports on the ░░░░░░░░ 11 people injured It ░░░░░░░░ that all of those ░░░░░░░░ will survive although some ░░░░░░░░ their injuries are quite ░░░░░░░░ including a double amputation ░░░░░░░░ stay tuned I m ░░░░░░░░ Scott in New York ░░░░░░░░ us now is Bob ░░░░░░░░ Ng from the anti ░░░░░░░░ task force in New ░░░░░░░░ The mayor and police ░░░░░░░░ it clear this guy ░░░░░░░░ inspired by ISIS trying ░░░░░░░░ do what ISIS has ░░░░░░░░ on him to do ░░░░░░░░ how do you stop ░░░░░░░░ attack like this Jon ░░░░░░░░ is a tough one ░░░░░░░░ something that in New ░░░░░░░░ we ve been looking ░░░░░░░░ for quite some time ░░░░░░░░ ve seen it in ░░░░░░░░ and we know this ░░░░░░░░ the choice for an ░░░░░░░░ of terrorism It is ░░░░░░░░ difficult to stop Many ░░░░░░░░ the cases that you ░░░░░░░░ commissioner o neill talk ░░░░░░░░ were stopped by intelligence ░░░░░░░░ ahead of time This ░░░░░░░░ the kind of thing ░░░░░░░░ there is no footprint ░░░░░░░░ background information no social ░░░░░░░░ profile to date that ░░░░░░░░ can find So it ░░░░░░░░ a real issue for ░░░░░░░░ enforcement because how do ░░░░░░░░ stop someone who wants ░░░░░░░░ take a truck like ░░░░░░░░ on any city block ░░░░░░░░ New York or anywhere ░░░░░░░░ the country and killing ░░░░░░░░ It s a very ░░░░░░░░ thing to do Jon ░░░░░░░░ some respects this suspect ░░░░░░░░ not fit the profile ░░░░░░░░ all Generally the perpetrators ░░░░░░░░ attacks like this are ░░░░░░░░ to 22 years old ░░░░░░░░ you know no real ░░░░░░░░ This is a guy ░░░░░░░░ has a wife and ░░░░░░░░ and had been sort ░░░░░░░░ building a business in ░░░░░░░░ United States Right Here ░░░░░░░░ a guy you look ░░░░░░░░ him to your point ░░░░░░░░ is not disenfranchised in ░░░░░░░░ community An Uber driver ░░░░░░░░ has a job Started ░░░░░░░░ business in Ohio Someone ░░░░░░░░ is March aoefd married ░░░░░░░░ a family When it ░░░░░░░░ to terrorism when it ░░░░░░░░ to these kinds of ░░░░░░░░ and these individuals these ░░░░░░░░ they can come out ░░░░░░░░ nowhere We ve learned ░░░░░░░░ The best intelligence unfortunately ░░░░░░░░ the best immigration policy ░░░░░░░░ have in place and ░░░░░░░░ at the border isn ░░░░░░░░ always the answer As ░░░░░░░░ Miller said this morning ░░░░░░░░ is the kind of ░░░░░░░░ where this individual was ░░░░░░░░ known to other active ░░░░░░░░ of investigation but was ░░░░░░░░ a target himself How ░░░░░░░░ people are there like ░░░░░░░░ out there How many ░░░░░░░░ and how many targets ░░░░░░░░ there that we know ░░░░░░░░ that we can t ░░░░░░░░ follow because we don ░░░░░░░░ have the manpower the ░░░░░░░░ the police department homeland ░░░░░░░░ It becomes a very ░░░░░░░░ task for the government ░░░░░░░░ monitor these things Jon ░░░░░░░░ authorities learn something from ░░░░░░░░ one of these attacks ░░░░░░░░ perhaps this one will ░░░░░░░░ provide some lessons for ░░░░░░░░ future I hope so ░░░░░░░░ The former chair of ░░░░░░░░ anti terror task force ░░░░░░░░ New York.