. >>> let's talk more about this now with mary beth long. she's the former assistant secretary of defense. she is also the ceo of meta solutions. good to see you, mary beth. so isis releasing this video in which they say more attacks are coming to paris and they also, you know, threaten attacks in the u.s., specifically, new york, and washington. how do investigators, how do intel agents use this kind of information. how do they take it seriously? i know they take it all seriously, but how do they know, discern whether this is just, you know, being bragadocious or teasing. >> first, they'll take a look and see if there's overlap here in the united states. they can do that through a number of intelligence means, whether it's human sources or electronic sources or other intelligence methods of collection. they'll look at the method, but they'll also look at the iceberg nature of these kinds of activities, and that is, who are the salespeople who are providing the support for the actual combatants and the bomb makers, and look for commonalities