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Is there a way that we could look at the private messages and should we do that? >> there could be ways do look at private messages but it depends on our technology and capabilities and the plat fm they use. this will get and the issue of encryption, so the answer is probably no, we are not in a position. but, of course, you have to know what to look for and what platforms they could be using. it is imperfect. there is always a risk. we have to do what we can to narrow those risks and we ought t...

And thats what our bill fixes on tuesday. 5,000 of these foreign fighters that have gone to syria and iraq have western passports. and therefore do not have to obtain a visa before they come into the united states. now chris, this is a huge security gap. it needs to be addressed and fixed and the congress understands that as does the white house, and we intend to do that. but if you think again about the majority of the paris attackers having french or european passports, they wouldnt have had t...

Debates, but this visa issues in general, whether the visa waiver programs with our closest allies or the fiance visa, how much of a security gap is that when it comes to this? >> i think from what i understand, the wife was here on a kvisa, and that is a very elaborate process. and it takes about a six-month period to get the set of checks done. and what visa waiver means is there are a set of countries that we dont require visas from because of the travel back and forth. european countries for...

Security checkpoint every day. heres nbcs tom castella. >> only miami and orlando airports screen every worker every day. surprisingly, the nations airports decide for themselves whether to screen employees. airport police union says its a dangerous security gap. they urge mandatory screening for employees at the biggest airports including tsa officers. homeland security called recently for fewer access points and more screening. security experts are warning against radicalized employee with acc...

I think the 10,000 people become an easy target for politics with fear. we admit 50 million people a year and most come from a visa waiver program. >> and 20 million do the visa waiver programmer which means they may have visited syria or iraq and under the current law its not even a good reason to not admit them. now, thats a security gap. >> anytime i talk to you or read something, im terrified. >> stop inviting me. >> theres no indication that any refugee has ever committed an act of terroris...

Very wide open. theres a big security gap in terms of vetting europeans past any watch list when they fly out of the region from istanbul into europe as this individualdy. there were really two flags that were missed. one when he flew out of istanbul and then back in. its unfortunate. the good news is we had american heroes that stopped it. >> you are from texas, obviously a border state. border security has been a big issue for you. its causing a lot of conversations within your party between d...

With foreign fighters going into to fight assad. we know a year ago 20 of their diplomats were taken hostage by isis. that was a wake-up call for turkey. they have ramped up security at the airport. 40 million people go through this airport. its the epicenter for foreign fighter travel. my biggest concern, biggest security gap i saw was the outbound screening. that is foreign fighters going to the region and leaving through turkey to europe and possibly to the united states. that screening is vi...

Surveillance they who are more on the firing line than we are, literally, seem to be going in the direction of more government surveillance. >> well i think you know terrorist experiences their own 9/11 with the quts"charlie hebdo" case. youre seeing in belgium, the jewish museum and paris, quts "charlie hebdo"," youre seeing a shift more towards security. the big security gap that we discovered in our delegation over here in traveling to the middle east and now here is the 40 million people goi...

And meeting with these sentence who were recruited by special operations to fill a security gap, which is that male american soldiers couldnt talk to women. >> and then they needed fe pail soldiers to go out out and so-to-speak get a relationship. >> that was the purpose. they were the only ones that can go out with women. >> the head of special operations command says this is what we need. we need the make sure that male soldiers have women who can go out and talk to and access the other half o...

That the afghan national security forces are much better led, equipped trained, and are focused on their fundamental mission. im pleased to say that the departure of 120,000 international troops has not brought about the security gap or the collapse that was often anticipated. id like to pay tribute at this moment to the continued sacrifice of the afghan security forces civilians, and a patriotic nation. our patriotism is part of simultaneously our internationalism. we are unique in that weve em...