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CBS News senior security contributor Michael Morell joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss how the ISIS brand is rapidly spreading

The fight against ISIS is stretching to Afghanistan. An American drone strike Monday killed Abdul Rauf Khadim, a former Taliban commander and Guantanamo Bay prisoner who had recently started to recruit for ISIS. Former CIA deputy director and CBS News senior security contributor Michael Morell joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss how the ISIS brand is rapidly spreading.

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ISIS and al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula are waging a social media war for hearts and minds

A Yemen-based branch of al Qaeda is claiming responsibility for the terror attack against the French satirical weekly, Charlie Hebdo, while supporters of ISIS are also trying to claim credit in what experts see as a competition for jihadi credibility. Wyatt Andrews reports on how both ISIS and al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) are waging a social media war for hearts and minds.

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The investigation into the attacks is ongoing, including the search for six accomplices

A new video from the leader of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claims responsibility for the attacks in Paris against satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo. The investigation into the attacks is ongoing, including the search for six accomplices who may be part of the terror cell that helped with the attacks. Across France, people lined up to buy copies of the newest Charlie Hebdo edition. Elizabeth Palmer reports from Paris.

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CBS News Senior Security Contributor and former CIA Deputy Director Michael Morell says that al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula is claiming responsibility for this week's terror attack in Paris

CBS News Senior Security Contributor and former CIA Deputy Director Michael Morell says that al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula is claiming responsibility for this week's terror attack in Paris. According to Morell, the group will likely use the attack to draw more funding and support from donors.

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On Tuesday, the Senate Intelligence committee led by Sen. Dianne Feinstein will release a report on CIA torture tactics

On Tuesday, the Senate Intelligence committee led by Sen. Dianne Feinstein will release a report on CIA torture tactics. Sources familiar with the report say it will find that the CIA misled the government about the extent of torture for intelligence gathering. The report focuses on the months and years following 9/11 when the CIA was holding and interrogating al Qaeda detainees at secret prisons. Bob Orr reports.

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