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Others block all international traffic. there are mechanisms in place so thats important to remember. we did speak to a health security expert. she says that even though there are security measures in place, state exchanges might be more of a ripe target for hackers than a federal exchange. heres why? >> they havent had as many resources to set these things up. theres not a lot of transparency about their privacy policies and the thing about skeert is you cant tell everybody what you have done t...

All right. one of the consequences of the government shutdown is reduced cyber security staff across federal agencies. the cia and other likely targets such as the defense department has fewer eyes on their computer networks. as jim explains, that means more vulnerabilities. >> reporter: the government may be shut down for you and me but for cyber attackers it is open, even more open for business. adversaries from foreign governments to terror groups as the former head of the cia are almost cert...

You suppose the message is being sent on that world platform about this nations readiness, its vulnerabilities? >> the message is were distracted and dysfunctional. theres a tendency on our part, the part of americans to compartmentalize and say this is a political matter. its an economic matter. politics and economics in our military strength and perception of military strength are intertwin intertwined. its notable that the president had to cancel his asia trip, for example, at a time when the...

Intelligence agencies and other, 70% of civilian employees are off-duty, including a whoa spectrum of workers from support staff to intelligence analysts. listen to how james clapper and lindsey graham describe the danger on the hill today i want the danger is this will accumulate over time. the damage will be insidious, so each day that goes by, the jeopardy increases. >> i think its irresponsible for all of us to continue, but where the hell is the commander in chief some. >> intelligence offi...

Hiding place, a police officer helps a terrified woman and her young children get up and scurry through the mall to safety. and this. whats now gaping cavern where -- part of the mall collapsed. cars dangling on the edge. 61 civilians, six security officers, five terrorists died in the siege. officials say the death toll will rise as bodies are recovered from the rubble. here is a question. could americans face a similar threat here at home? brian todd has been investigating all of this. he is j...

Other explosives, it only takes a few people and they dont have to be that bright or that well trained to do massive damage. look at the attack in mumbai, india, in november of 2008. you had a dozen young kids with just a couple of months of training on how to shoot guns and throw hand grenades, and they held the whole city of mumbai, 20 million people, hostage for about three days. so we give them too much credit for sophistication. the arms are plentiful in that region. obviously, in somalia, ...

Them to justice. we will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts and those who harbor them. >> what weighed on many of us is the 9/11 attack revealed major vulnerabilities. iraq had been a big problem even before 9/11 and became even bigger and more urgent in light of 9/11. >> americas greatest national security failure since pearl harbor hurls its leaders into a massive national security response. >> and the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us...

Continuous monitoring so issues like this can be brought to peoples attention and can be red flagged. >> brian: there is 3,000 people in that naval yard, for example. i dont know how many are private contractors, but quite a few. how do you get on top of something like that without building up another layer of bureaucracy? >> the bureaucracy is in place. the processes are in place. i think in this case, people didnt do their jobs. i think when we review what happened and how the information didn...

Live among the actual, literal institutions of our lives, of our government in d.c., that were surrounded by big institutions that we dont even recognize or realize. i mean, i agree with you, the navy yard down by the anacostia is a famous, historic place where important work is still going on, command and control facilities and acquisition facilities for the navy, a place thats 200 years rich in history and actually battled over and fought for in the past. we walk by it unaware often, or go to ...

Were surrounded by big institutions that we dont even recognize or realize. i mean, i agree with you, the navy yard down by the anacostia is a famous, historic place where important work is still going on, command and control facilities and acquisition facilities for the navy, a place thats 200 years rich in history and actually battled over and fought for in the past. we walk by it unaware often, or go to the ball game a few blocks away, unaware of its history and its importance in the fact tha...