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Aggravated assault. questions are now raised why such dangerous criminals were housed in a medium security facility where guards hadnt noticed right away they had cut through the fence and escaped. >> it appears to have been a human error on the part of several of that staff. >> reporter: a human error with deadly consequences for an innocent couple from oklahoma. this, as the manhunt continues in and around yellowstone and throughout the west. george lewis, nbc news, los angeles. >> george, tha...

Two are together. mckrus i can and his first cousin, and apparently the one who who -- a mommy who helped them all escape. you have two different people to look for, two different faces to match together. so that is good. but he is extraordinarily dangerous. hes got nothing to lose. they put this guy, look at this, they put this guy in a medium security facility which he got out with a pair of bolt cutters and hes got a life sentence for homicide. and what does he have to lose for doing anything...

And cut their way through. so thats the part of what might happen in an escape, something as simple as making these could get you out of prison. >> yes. >> john, how long does a typical prison break, how long in the making might that be, months? years? >> for something like that, yes. in a lower security facility, believe it or not, its usually an impromptu decision. because many of the inmates at federal prison camps, for instance, there are no locks or gates or doors. they literally just walk ...

So thats the part of what might happen in an escape, something as simple as making these could get you out of prison. >> yes. >> john, how long does a typical prison break, how long in the making might that be, months? years? >> for something like that, yes. in a lower security facility, believe it or not, its usually an impromptu decision. because many of the inmates at federal prison camps, for instance, there are no locks or gates or doors. they literally just walk away. theyre not even calle...

Threw wire cutters and some other items over the fence that were used to effect their escape. >> why were these men in prison? they were all convicted of murder and yet this was a medium security facility. >> murders progress to maximum and close facilities. we have 2,689 murderers in the arizona prison system, the majority of those are in close and medium custody. its not the custody level that was the issue, it appears staff performance was the issue. >> and you made a point of saying this is ...

Cape. >> why were these men in prison? they were all convicted of murder and yet this was a medium security facility. >> we have 2,689 murderers in the arizona prison system, the majority of those are in close and medium custody. its not the custody level that was the issue, it appears staff performance was the issue. >> and you made a point of saying this is a private prison. i mean, does that need to be looked at again, a couple people have raised that, as theres too many private prisonens, th...

Happened? how were they able to break out so seemingly easily? >> i believe the reason the inmates were able to escape is the staff at this private prison were lax in performing their duties, and because the perimeter officer may have been lax, the inmates were able to pick a window of time in which to go to the fence, cut it, craw through the perimeter, even though it set off the alarm, cut the other fence, and then escape. >> and what role -- do we know anything more about the role that this w...

>> as i pointed out at the beginning of this, these guys are convicted murderers. a pretty scary past. >> very scary past. one is serving a life sentence for murder and also another one was serving time for attempted murder and also another charge he had about 15 years to do and they were doing their time in a medium security facility, this is a private facility, this is not a state run facility. by any means, they were not allowed to be able to exit the facility. theres an investigation into ho...

Committee meets. that tells you his source is in or near the white house complex. theyll let you bring an outside source into a security facility? i think not. >> it raises a lot of questions. >> this is a nightmare for any idea of nonpartisan investigation. this is a nightmare for house leadership. they obviously dont want to move it to an independent panel. they dont want a special prosecutor. th they want the two intelligence committees. also this is a nightmare for the senate kbiintelligence...

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