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Ignore it. from rene marsh who has seen the report. how does this happen? how is a convicted flopterrorist through? >> reporter: despite the explosives the passenger randomly picked for precheck. all coats, shoes, stay on and certain liquids and gels do not have to be removed from luggage. whats alarming this program reserved for low-risk passengers was opened up to a former domestic terror group member and essentially what it allowed for was a less stringent screening process. >> whats the sats...

It sort of is baffling. how did this happen? >> reporter: absolutely. i can tell you that this watchdog group isnt happy about this. the department of homeland security office of inspector general is sounding the alarm because they say this felon and former domestic terror group member was given expedited screening at a u.s. airport last summer. its a less stringent screening process usually reserved for low-risk passengers. you get to keep your shoes on and your coat on. laptop can stay in the ...

Was learning english, becoming an american. >> you are sensitive to this? >> absolutely. im a big fan of asylum with one provision. the screening process must never be done haphazardly. we have to error on the side of america and americans. a family doesnt race into the building to save other kids. they save their own children first. americans are at risk. im willing to take isis at their word when they say they want to come here. when you look at what they are threatening to do and what they ha...

>> until he is wedding day, alan must rely on letters to communicate with his fiance. but before he opens his mail it must undergo a meticulous screening process. >> good morning, holman mail room. if it does,nt have dorm numbers ais numbers, they cant have it. doesnt have a name on the return address, they cant have it. doesnt have a return address at all, they cant have it. theyre not allowed to have any kind of nude pictures. pictures that are sexually explicit. thats not allowed. when i was ...

We know relies on hiring contractors. should the screening process change? >> those are really good questions. i think lets take the second one first. contractors. we have in the war on terror, whether its in afghanistan or iraq or with the intelligence community, the military and the intelligence community have contracted stuff out. now, it has been essential to fight this war, to deal with terrorists, but on the other hand, it doesnt have the kind of oversight and protection that somebody who ...

The company to block the service over its allegedly shoddy background techs. cnn money technology correspondent rory segal has more on the story. >> its been a rough couple weeks. you had a passenger allegedly raped in new delhi. this isnt good for the companys image. you go to their own back yard in california where the business is booming. they decided that theyve been sending cease and desist orders for the past year. the san francisco d.a. says theres something wrong with the screening proce...

You cant not. >> you have been on the record saying you believe women have no place in our military except as cooks. does this make you believe it more strongly? >> i dont know how the individual who did it got through the screening process. it is an all volunteer army. you would think the applicants would be screened and something like this is insane that you would even try to perpetrate it. me, thats one of the fundamental problems. it is just going to make it worse. it is what you said it was...

This morning on "world news now" -- ebola anxiety. as more cases of the deadly virus pop up, tensions are running high. major american airports set to begin the screening process and a passenger tossed off a flight for joking about ebola. but the question remains, are we prepared? social standoff. an mma fighter going head to head with a s.w.a.t. team, barricaded inside his home and live tweeting the whole ordeal. the wanted man nicknamed mayhem refusing to give himself up. and killer bees. ...

>> fran, certainly allies in the middle east, governments, youre talking jordanian secret service. they have a very effective secret service there. that is also crucial in tracking these people? >> thats right. our arab allies, those closer to the problem in the foreign fighters in syria have better fidelity. they just have better intelligence. primarily, thats because of human intelligence network sources that they can run into the country, into the problem to bring them back what essentially b...

Significant public safety and potentially a public health issue, absolutely i believe the public has a right to know. and i would rather err on that side rather than to be secretive as this whole operation was initially done. >> what is your biggest concern about -- i mean, its a small number of kids relatively speaking. theyre not being released into your community. theyre being housed at a private facility, a facility that specializes in dealing with trouble and at-risk youth. they have added ...