7th suspect ARRESTED in alleged UK base terror plot

>> John: THE INVESTIGATION INTO. A SUSPECTED TERRORIST PLOT. TARGETING U.S. FORCES AT A. BRITISH MILITARY BASE LEADING TO. THE ARREST OF A SEVENTH SUSPECT. B-1 BOMBERS HAVE BEEN PULLED. FROM THE BASE. REBECCA HEINRICHS HAS MORE. COUNTER TERRORISM POLICING HAS. MADE A FURTHER ARREST IN. ACTIVITIES THAT TOOK PLACE IN.

FARE -- FAIRFORD. THEN THERE WERE SEVEN. WHAT IS YOUR FEELING ABOUT WHERE. THIS IS ALL HEADED? >> SO IRAN IS STILL OBVIOUSLY. EITHER INSPIRING OR HELPING ALL. OF THIS TERRORIST ACTIVITY. THAT'S WHAT IRAN HAS BEEN DOING. FOR 40 YEARS. WE DON'T HAVE EVIDENCE DIRECTLY.

THERE'S SOME SUSPICIOUS. DIFFERENT OFFICIALS SAY THIS IS. LINKED TO THE IRAN REGIME. WE DON'T KNOW IF IT'S LINKED TO. THE U.S. DECISION TO REMOVE THE. B-1 BOMBERS OUT OF THE BASE. BECAUSE THERE WAS REPORTING THAT. THERE MAY HAVE BEEN AN IRAN. BACKED DRONE ATTACK. WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE DETAILS, THIS IS THE GASPING BREATH OF.

IRAN TRYING TO EMBARRASS THE. UNITED STATES AND PRESIDENT. TRUMP. THIS IS WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF. THEY HARMED THE BOMBERS ON THIS. BASE. IF THEY KILLED AMERICAN THERE'S, IT WOULD BE ENORMOUS LET ALONE. THE EXPENSE OF THE DAMAGE COST. >> John: SPEAKING OF EXPENSE, I. DON'T IMAGINE YOU'D SPEND THE. MONEY TO MOVE THEM BACK. STATESIDE UNLESS YOU HAD. INTELLIGENCE. >> THAT'S A GREAT POINT. IT'S EXPENSIVE TO MOVE THEM. THIS IS NOT A HASTY DECISION.

THERE HAS TO BE A THREAT. AND THE U.K. HAS HAD SOME DRONE. INCURSIONS AROUND BASES WHERE. THE UNITED STATES HAS BOMBERS. SO THE U.K. HAS SURGED SOME. FORCES THERE TO TRY TO PROTECT. THEM, THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME. THAT WE'VE HAD SOME THREATS. WE HAD THEM BACK AT HOME. BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE IN. LOUISIANA, THE UNITED STATES, , WHERE WE HAVE BOMBERS HAD A. SCARE WITH DRONE INCURSIONS IN. MARCH. WE'RE NOT TOTALLY SAFE HERE IN. THE UNITED STATES. THERE'S A CONCERN THAT WE MAY BE.

VULNERABLE TO POTENTIALLY SOME. DRONES. >> John: WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. FORWARD DEPLOYED DRONE ATTACKS. BEING LAUNCHED BY IRAN. WE'RE TALKING ABOUTDRONES, PARTS. OF WHICH WERE SMUGGLED IN TO THE. U.K. OR SMALLER DRONES? >> SMALLER DRONES. WE'RE LOOKING BACK AT THAT. PARTICULAR EXAMPLE WHERE THE. UKRAINIANS WERE ABLE TO GET. THESE DRONES INSIDE THE RUSSIAN. FEDERATION UNSEEN. THEY CAME OUOUT OF THESE CARGO. SHIPMENTS AND THEN DID. SIGNIFICANT IMPRESSIVE DAMAGE.

AGAINST THESE RUSSIAN BOMBERS. SO THAT IS WHAT THE CONCERN IS, IS THAT A COUNTRY THAT MAY BE. LESS MILITARILY STRONG AS. ANOTHER COULD ACTUALLY BLAKE A. BLOW AGAINST SOME VERY EXPENSIVE. STRATEGIC BOMBERS. >> John: LET'S GO BACK TO. LONDON. THIS IS WHAT WAS SAID. SIX MEN IN THEIR 20s, FIVE OF. WHOM WERE ARRESTED IN SEPTEMBER. AND ONE IN OCTOBER, REMAIN ON. POLICE BALL. SIX OF THE SEVEN ARRESTS ARE OUT.

WALKING THE STREETS. WHAT IS THE STRATEGY BEHIND. THAT? >> THIS SEEMS TO BE MORE OF A. POLITICAL DECISION. I'M NOT SURE WHY THEY WOULD DO. THAT. THE U.K. INTELLIGENCE IS A. SERIOUS OPERATION. SO AGAIN, THE MI 5, THE DOMESTIC. ANTI-TERRORISM INSIDE THE U.K. HAS THWARTED OR STOPPED DOZENS. OF IRANIAN BACKED ACTIVITY FROM. 2022 TO 25. SO THEY ARE GOOD AT THWARTING.

AND CATCHING THESE GUYS. WHY THEY WOULD MAKE THIS. DECISION TO RELEASE THEM IS. UNKNOWN. >> John: MAYBE THEY THOUGHT IF. THEY WERE DUMB ENOUGH, THAT THEY. WOULD CONTACT PEOPLE ENGAGED IN. THE PLOT WITH THEM AND WRAP THEM. UP, TOO. >> IT'S STILL DEVELOPING. WE'LL CONTINUE TO WATCH THIS. IF WE FIND OUT THEY WERE TRYING. TO DO THIS, PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS. THERE NEEDS TO BE A SP.