How close were these suspects to carrying out a Halloween terrorist attack?

The lead starts right now.

AK-47s, online chats, and a pumpkin day reference.

New details about what the FBI says could have been in an ISIS-inspired terrorist attack coming on Halloween weekend.

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Welcome to the lead. I'm Jake Tapper. We start with our national lead. The FBI today says it averted a potential terrorist attack. sources tell CNN that one juvenile and four others are

in custody after being radicalized online. The FBI's Detroit field office confirmed,

quote, the FBI in Michigan were present in the cities of Dearborn and Inkster this morning

conducting law enforcement activities. Two sources tell CNN that the plot was inspired by the

terrorist group ISIS and unfolded on online chat rooms. Officials further say that an undercover

FBI agent infiltrated the chat in its early stages then became concerned that the plot might

be imminent around Halloween because of references to quote, Pumpkin Day. According to CNN sources,

this week a group of the people who were being monitored went to a shooting range with AK-47s and other weapons, and that's when the FBI jumped into action.

This follows another similar, though seemingly unrelated incident in Michigan back in May when a man was arrested after the Justice Department says he tried to carry out a plan to conduct a mass shooting at a U.S. military

base in Warren, Michigan, also on behalf of the terrorist group, ISIS.

Our national security experts are here to discuss. John Miller, CNN chief law enforcement and

intelligence analyst, former assistant DHS secretary Juliet Kayam and former FBI Special Agent

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