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Egypt but really do all of us. weve got to look at vulnerabilities that exist in our own airports. in two major areas, one, cnn talked about this a few monthsing back, how our tsa screeners missed 96% of fake weapons and bombs that department of homeland security tried to get through their check points. thats an extremely alarming statistic. and i think the sick thing, and this is the biggest vulnerability that we have is lack of serious vetting as well as screening for all of the other employee...

Its ever more critical for the international law enforcement community and intelligence community to work together. i think our friends in the egyptian government must realize that they need to help with the united states to help track down these terrorists and to get to the root causes of it so another incident doesnt happen like this in the next few weeks. >> youre in the subcommittee and the investigation of tsa showed investigators were able to smuggle mock explosives or banned weapons throu...

Success, its money and potential recruits as you said, wolf. >> tom, what is your take? >> at this point, wolf, the fact that everybody is saying it is a bomb, whether if it is or isnt, whether it turned out to be mechanical. its isis success. they can capitalize and getting publicity and all the vulnerabilities of worldwide aviation is exposed. the fact employees are not checked when hired but even in this country, they can bring contraband as was the case with delta airlines. i think it just h...

Plane, how much of a game changer is it in this fight against the terror group? >> well say publicly its not much of a change, that were secure at home but well ratchet up more and more security and put more eyeballs and thinking into how -- what vulnerabilities we have in foreign travel. well be looking at cargo and other sorts of nontransport ways in which isis is able -- isis or its affiliates are automobible penetrate other forms of transportation. well have to look more of the global look o...

Get on a plane bound for the u.s., that includes checking all passenger and crew against the u.s. terror watchlist. okay, vulnerabilities still exist intelligence officials say the downing of metro jet was, in fact, an inside job, kristi, the authorities world wide have to zero in with secure access who can come in and out with their badges. >> we appreciate it so much, thank you. >> lets bring in cnn analyst peter bergen. i want to kind of flex out something that you brought up in the last segm...

But vulnerabilities still exist. the insider threat is a major concern. >> employee vetti inting needs beefed up. one of the things they need to do in addition to that when they hire individuals they need to continue to vet them on a recurring basis to make sure if they go bad during the course of their time as an employee we catch it before its too late. >> reporter: intelligence officials say if the downing of metro jet was an insider job, authorities worldwide must zero in on airport and airl...

I wish there was a little more transparency earlier, but they talked about 58 people. and this is not being done in a vacuum. these are qualified, experienced people, all very good in their field. and theyre out there, conducting what appears to be a real iko investigation. they have a tremendous reputation, so i really applaud them for saying, we dont know for sure what this sound is and whether its an explosion, great but, absolutely, if this is a catalyst that gets us to focus more on our sec...

Have yoed from isis and syria. data with two flight recorders to conclude a bomb did destroy it. action is from tsa beefing up security. focus on that and short comings especially involving those getting airlines ready to fly. you would think these vulnerabilities would be taken care of a long time ago in the united states and even at the nations busy east airports last year in atlanta unscreened baggage contained fire articles being smuggled and a senior investigator correspondent reports the r...

And dare i say, you know, this is going to require everyone to relook how they go about doing the vetting and security processing of individuals with close access to places like this. >> and jonathan, while the u.s. has made some changes, some modification of security for u.s.-bound flights out of certain areas like cairo and amman and even kuwait, whats your concern about how the u.s. is being used in the investigation or not being used. weve heard from some that, you know, perhaps the fbi is n...

Two cargo planes coming from sinai, yemen, to chicago. those are all opportunities for terrorists to exploit what they saw as vulnerabilities. those gaps, hopefully, have been closed. but again, if youre looking at the insider threat, that is a daily challenge. >> reporter: the insider threat, thats critical here. what theyre talking about is the possibility that somebody was either paid off to slip something on this plane or maybe may have been working with al qaeda. in total, frances, 275 airp...