DEIRDRE: AS YOU WOULD EXPECT DUE
TO THE NATURE OF THE INCIDENT WE
RESPONDED AS THIS WAS TERRORIST
RELATED.
IT HAS BEEN DECLARED A TERRORIST
INCIDENT.
UK POLICE ANGLE OFFICIALLY THIS
INCIDENT IS TERRORIST RELATED
TIERED A MALE SUSPECT WAS SHOT
AND KILLED BY POLICE AFTER HE
STABBED MULTIPLE PEOPLE AT
LONDON BRIDGE.
WITH US NOW FROM THE HERITAGE
FOUNDATION VICE PRESIDENT AND
NATIONAL SECURITY AND FOREIGN
POLICY HAD JAMES.
THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR THE TIME.
THESE LOCATIONS WHERE WE'VE SEEN
ANOTHER INCIDENT TODAY WERE
ACTUALLY WITNESS TO A TERRORIST
ATTACK IN 2017.
WE KNOW THE AREA HAS A LOT OF
DAILY COMMUTERS.
IS THIS PART OF WHY THIS AREA
HAS BEEN TARGETED AGAIN, IN YOUR
VIEW?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THIRTY-SEVEN ISLAMIC RELATED
TERRORIST ATTACKS IN GREAT
BRITAIN THE TWEEN 2014 AND 2018.
THIS ABSOLUTELY FITS RIGHT
SQUARE INTO THE PATTERN WE SEE
IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
>> METROPOLITAN POLICE ARE
CONFIRMING A NUMBER OF PEOPLE
HAVE BEEN INJURED.
ANY IDEA OF WHICH GROUP COULD BE
BEHIND THIS ATTACK?
I'VE SEEN SOME HEADLINES.
A MEMBER THAT HAS PERHAPS MADE A
LINK TO THAT.
IS THAT BELIEVABLE?
>> IT IS.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THE UK AND
THEIR PUBLIC NUMBERS IS TRACKING
ABOUT 23,000 ISLAMICISTS RELATED
SUSPECTS.
PEOPLE RUNNING AROUND THE
COUNTRY THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE
ENOUGH INFORMATION TO ARREST OR
PROSECUTE THEM.
THEY ARE CONCERNED THAT THEY
WILL BE AFFILIATED WITH
EXTREMIST ACTIVITIES ARE
TERRORIST ACTIVITIES.
SOME OF THEM ARE RELATED TO
ISIS, OTHERS ARE NOT.
IT IS A PRETTY BIG POOL THAT YOU
HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT.
>> APPARENTLY, THE MURDERER WE
HAVE TO CALL HIM NOW, WAS
WEARING AN EXPLOSIVE VEST.
BASED ON YOUR EXPERIENCE IN
THESE MATTERS, I'M ASSUMING THIS
IS TO DISTRACT THE POLICE TO
CREATE AN EVEN BIGGER UPROAR.
DO YOU SEE THAT PATTERN FITTING
IN WITH OTHERS YOU BEEN
STUDYING?
>> YOU ARE RIGHT.
IT IS DESIGNED TO DO TOWARD THE
POLICE.
ALSO, IF YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE
YOU ARE DEAD AT THE END, IT'S A
GOOD A GOOD WAY TO ENSURE THAT.
HE DID NOT HAVE A REAL VEST
WHICH OBVIOUSLY HE WHAT IF HE
COULD GET ONE.
AGAIN, PART OF WHAT WE SEEN IN
THE PATTERN, THROUGHOUT EUROPE,
THESE ARE NOT LIKE 9/11.
THESE ARE NOT THINGS CONNECTED
TO A BIG LARGE PLOT.
THEY HAVE BECOME RADICALIZED AND
THEY ARE ACTING IN SPIRIT OR
SYMPATHY.
THEY HAVE A VERY LIMITED
INFRASTRUCTURE.
LIMITED CAPABILITY.
THEY MAKE FIVE MINUTES OF
HEADLINES.
THE AMOUNT OF DEADLINES THEY CAN
DO IS RELATIVELY BAD.
THE GOVERNMENT HAS ACTUALLY BEEN
BETTER AT THIS.
THEY REALLY BEEN DISTRACTED BY
THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
THEY WERE GETTING WAY BETTER AT
DEALING WITH THIS, IN THE LAST
COUPLE OF YEARS, THEY HAVE KIND
OF TAKEN THEIR EYE OFF THE BALL.
>> ONE WHO HAS ALREADY MADE
STATEMENTS ON THIS INCIDENT, YOU
THINK THAT HE AND THE REST OF
THE ADMINISTRATION IS TO
DISTRACTED TO BE FOCUSING ON
TERRORISM, IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID
>> THE MAYOR HAS BEEN COMPLETELY
UNHELPFUL.
THEIR IDEA PREVENTING TERRORISM
IS ENGAGING WITH SOME OF THE
MOST EXTREMIST RADICAL GROUPS
AND GREAT BRITAIN.
ASKING FOR THEIR HELP IN DEALING
WITH THESE THREATS.
ASKING A BANK ROBBER TO HOLD
ONTO YOUR ATM CARD FOR YOU.
IT HAS BEEN ALL-CONSUMING.
THE FLIP SIDE THAT IS PUBLIC
SAFETY AND DEALING WITH
CAMPAIGNING IF HE COMES BACK AS
A PRIME MINISTER AND THEY GET IT
DONE.
AT THE TOP OF HIS AGENDA,
DEALING WITH THIS ISSUE.
THE UK DOES NEED TO BE REALLY
SERIOUS.
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP ANNOUNCING
THE U.S. WILL RESUME PEACE TALKS
WITH THE TALIBAN.
THE PRESIDENT MADE THAT
ANNOUNCEMENT DURING HIS SURPRISE
VISIT WITH THE TROOPS ON
THANKSGIVING.
WHAT IN ALL LIKELIHOOD YOU THINK
CAN BE BEST ACHIEVED?
>> I THINK THE PRESIDENT STRUCK
THE RIGHT COURSE.
HE SAID WE WILL BE THERE FOR THE
AFGHAN PEOPLE.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT
THEM.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO CONDUCT
TERRORISM OPERATIONS.
GIVEN ALL OF THAT, IF YOU WANT
TO COME TO THE PEACE TABLE AND
YOU WANT TO ENGAGE IN PEACE
TALKS WITH AFGHAN PEOPLE, GREAT.