INSIDE.
WELL CONTINUE TO GET MORE
INFORMATION.
THANKS FOR THAT.
>>> AND BREAKING MOMENTS AGO,
UNNAMED SOURCES TELLING THE
"WASHINGTON POST" DOZENS OF
PEOPLE ON THE FBI TERRORIST
WATCH LIST CAME TO D.C. ON THE
DAY OF THE RIOT INSIDE THE U.S.
CAPITOL.
WE SHOULD NOTE TERRORIST WATCH
LIST IS NOT THE SAME AS THAT NO
FLY LIST.
JOINING US NOW, ONE OF THE
REPORTERS WHO BROKE THAT LIST.
GREAT TO HAVE YOU.
TELL US MORE ABOUT WHO SOME OF
THESE PEOPLE ARE AND HOW IT
APPEARS THEY WERE ABLE TO
CONGREGATE IN THE SAME PLACE.
WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED?
>> IT IS NOT DESIGNED TO WATCH
THEM ALL THE TIME OR EVEN.
OF THE TIME.
IT IS ABOUT COLLECTING DATA
POINTS ABOUT THOSE WHO THEY
BELIEVE COULD ENGAGE IN
VIOLENCE.
IN THIS CASE MOST OF THE FOLKS
ON THE WATCH LIST WHO CAME TO
D.C. FOR THESE TRUMP EVENTS WERE
SUSPECTED WHITE SUPREMACISTS.
SO THE GOVERNMENT COLLECTS THIS
INFORMATION BECAUSE THEYRE
INTERESTED IN WHERE THESE FOLKS
TRAVEL.
THATS THE TIME OF INFORMATION
THAT GETS COLLECTED.
SO ITS NOT THAT THE SYSTEM
ISNT REALLY DESIGNED FOR THE FOLKS ON THIS LIST, KEEP THEM
FOLKS ON THIS LIST, KEEP THEM
FROM TRAVELING AT ALL.
THEY DIDNT ACT PARTICULARLY
AGGRESSIVELY ON THAT
INFORMATION.
>> YES.
I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK TO YOU
ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT.
IF THEY HAVE A SEPARATE NO FLY
LIST, IF YOU LOOK AT THE DIAGRAM
WAS, THERE ANY PART IN THE
MIDDLE, HAVE YOU LEARNED IF ANY
OF THEM TRAVELED THROUGH, LETS
SAY, FLYING, WHERE THEY COULD
HAVE POTENTIALLY BEEN IDENTIFIED
OR PICKED UP OR DID THEY DRIVE
INTO D.C.?
>> SURE.
BUT THERE IS NOTHING IN THE
SYSTEM THAT IS SUPPOSED TO
PREVENT THEM FROM TRAVELING FOR
FOLKS THIS WATCH LIST.
THERE IS A BIGGER DEBATE AND
CONVERSATION GOING ON INSIDE
FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ABOUT
WHETHER THEY NEED TO BE MORE
AGGRESSIVE IN INVESTIGATING AND
INTERACTING WITH SUSPECTED WHITE
SUPREMACISTS.
ONE OF THE GROUPS WERE TOLD
THEYRE LOOKING AT VERY HARD IS
THE PROUD BOYS.
THEYRE CONCERNED THAT SOME OF
THOSE PEOPLE MAY HAVE PLAYED IN
ORGANIZING OR PARTICIPATING ROLE
IN VIOLENCE.
WERE STILL IN THE EARLY DAYS OF
THE INVESTIGATION.
>> HAVE YOU HAD A CHANCE TO GET
ANY COMMENT OR RESPONSE FROM THE
FBI?
HAVE THEY HAD ANYTHING TO SAY
THAT THE REPORTING.
>> WERE TOLD BY ONE U.S.
OFFICIAL, LOOK, THEY CANT TALK
ABOUT WHO IS ON THE TERROR WATCH
LIST.
IT IS A SECRET LIST AND IT IS
SECRET FOR BOTH SECURITY REASONS
AND REASONS OF PEOPLES PRIVACY,
WHICH IS FAIR.
IF YOU THINK BACK TO SORT OF
POST 9/11 ERA WHEN THESE LISTS
WERE CREATED AND DEVELOPED,
THERE ARE LIMITS TO WHAT THEY
CAN DO AND I THINK THERES
ALWAYS A QUESTION OF, ALL THIS
DATA COLLECTION A RESULT, END
WITH BETTER RESULTS.
AND I THINK THATS A QUESTION
THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS
ARE ASKING THEMSELVES NOW AS
THEY PURSUE ALL THESE CASES.
>> SO TO THAT POINT, LOOKING
AHEAD A FEW DAYS AWAY, WHAT
COULD BE THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF
THIS REVELATION AS THE COUNTRY
BRACES ITSELF, AND AS WE
CONTINUE TO HEAR MORE WARNINGS
FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS
ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
>> FIRST D.C. WILL HAVE AN
INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF SECURITY.
PROBABLY MORE THAN AN
INAUGURATION HAS EVER HAD, WHICH
IS SAYING SOMETHING.
THERES A LOT OF CONCERN THAT
THEY CANT COVER EVERY STATE
CAPITOL THE WAY THEY CAN COVER
WASHINGTON, D.C.
AND THEY DONT HAVE NECESSARIORY
PERFECT INFORMATION ABOUT, OKAY,
PEOPLE ARE TALKING ONLINE ABOUT
CONDUCTING ATTACKS.
WHERE WILL THAT HAPPEN?
WHEN AND HOW?
THOSE ARE THE UNKNOWNS HERE THAT
SCARE AND WORRY OFFICIALS.
BUT WHAT IS GOOD IS, BECAUSE OF
WHAT HAPPENED LAST WEEK,
EVERYONE IS ON HIGH ALERT.
EVERYONE IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT