An NYPD officer walks with a bomb-sniffing dog during the hours leading up to the annual New Year's Eve celebration in Times Square, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015, in New York. Nearly 6,000 armed police officers are guarding Times Square as the year 2015 draws to a close. (AP Photo/Kevin Hagen)
What have authorities learned about the event? On this episode of “The Hunt with WTOP national security correspondent J.J. Green,” Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler, Senior Director of the Counter Extremism Project, says it could’ve been much worse.
Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler with the Counter Extremism Project says the New Year’s Eve attack could’ve been a lot worse.
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