The arrest Friday of a key suspect in last year's deadly terrorist attacks in Paris after a four-month manhunt proved the importance of "constant communication" between local, federal and international law enforcement agencies, former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik told
Newsmax TV on Friday.
"If they can keep him alive, they may get a lot more intelligence out of him over time," Kerik, who commanded the city's forces during the 9/11 attacks, told "Newsmax Prime" host J.D. Hayworth.
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He was referring to
Salah Abdeslam, 26, the Islamic State terrorist who was injured and captured in a raid on his apartment in the Molenbeek neighborhood of Brussels.
Abdeslam was hospitalized with a leg wound, Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel announced at a news conference alongside French President Francois Hollande.
"That's why it's so important that we have constant communication between local state and federal officials — and between our international partners abroad, especially in the European nations," Kerik told Hayworth. "It's extremely important.
"That's how they'll continue to get more.
"We've got to fight this fight in the Middle East, where ISIS is headquartered, but you're going to have to fight the guys that are here — that are coming in, that are born here — and this is a part of that."
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