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That you are doing that. we also have to have some ways to get the states to do it. the federal law requires to states to do it. theres ten states that havent sent a name. think of the tens of thousands of drug addicted people in the country, the people with mental problems. have been convicted of crimes. none of this data gets into this data base. >> in terms of your focus as an advocate on this issue, which in beltway terms is supposed to be this completely -- there can be no progress made on ...

Person says i think i couldnt pass the background check. those illegal sales, who should have prevented it from happening? >> the person doing the selling is breaking the law. the trouble is, congress has done this. they do it repeatedly. they show a law tough on the bad guys but dont give you the wherewith all to support it. put all the data of who has mental problems or a convicted felon in a data base. see, we passed the law, but i kept them from getting the money so they cant do anything wit...

Where with all to support it. put all the data of who has mental problems or a convicted felon in a data base. see, we passed the law, but i kept them from getting the money so they cant do anything with it. it happens all the time. some of it, the president could change. he can say he directed. he will send the data to this data base and i want you to certify every six months to me that you are doing that. we also have to have some ways to get the states to do it. the federal law requires to st...

Of crimes. they pass a law showing that theyre tough on the bad guys and then they dont give you the wherewithal to enforce it. congress only appropriated 5% of the moneys needed for example to put all the data of who has mental problems, who is a drug dealer, who is a convicted felon in a data base so they can say to both sides, you see, i passed the law that you wanted and they say to the other side, wink, wink, i kept her from getting the money so she cant do anything with it. that happens al...

The federal law requires the states to do it but there are ten states that have never sent one name and 20 states that have sent less than a hundred. think about the tens of thousands of drug-addicted people in this country, the people that have mental problems and shouldnt be allowed to buy guns, the number of people who have been convicted of crimes. none of this data gets into this data base. >> in terms of your focus as an advocate on this issue, which in beltway terms is supposed to be this...

One is legal. the other is illegal because the person says i think i couldnt pass the background check. those illegal sales, who should have prevented it from happening? >> the person doing the selling is breaking the law. the trouble is, congress has done this. they do it repeatedly. they show a law tough on the bad guys but dont give you the where with all to support it. put all the data of who has mental problems or a convicted felon in a data base. see, we passed the law, but i kept them fro...

Seven months. the punishment, 40-day suspension. an employee who was drunk exploited his fbi employment at a strip club, falsely claiming he was conducting an official investigation. his punishment, suspended for 30 days. a supervisor viewed pornographic movies in his office during work hours while sexually satisfying himself. punishment, 35-day suspension. and an employee in a leadership position misused a government data base to check on two exotic dancers and took them to an fbi office after ...

♪ >> reporter: this is the fbi we know and trust. agents who take down bank robbers. >> shots are being fired. >> reporter: the mob. russian sleeper cells. agents who swear to uphold fidelity, bravery, integrity. but what we found inside one of the most respected federal intelligence and law enforcement agencies doesnt always match that image. >> why did you lie? >> i panicked. i lied about speaking to somebody about a piece of information. >> reporter: ashamed that he was caught. fearful hell...

Encountered resistance. the test is not that you dont encounter resistance, its that you are willing to overcome the resistance. >> how do you do that? how do you get past the resistance? >> i think the key there is that, you know, you let 100 flowers blossom, when means that you may think you have your product or your service positioned. you know exactly who should buy it and exactly how they should use it. and to the extent possible, you should go through that mental exercise. however, once yo...

Policy where if you have an institution who is concerned about a person to the extent they keep him off campus, shouldnt they have an obligation to report him to a mental health field or some agency? >> we could craft some kind of legislation that would impose that especially in a situation where someone looks to be potentially violent. remember the flip side of this. they say that almost 10% of college students suffer from some sort of mental illness. mostly its low level depression. but if any...