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High level of alert, and the security risk is high, and we have to look forward to realize that there are some things that we can do the close the gaps domestically and internationally. and the task force found 32 e key find inings and recommendations, and we are working on the legislative package to get through congress quickly, but we are writing the laws now. >> and we heard from evan perez our justice reporter who said that there are 900 open investigations of terror suspects in the united states right now. is there a concern that the law enforcement, federal, state, local could be overwhe...

They're curious because of his background as a computer technician and the bizarre story alexis told police last month about hearing voices and microwave machines bombarding his body. police in rhode island alerted the navy police but they say it was never passed up the chain of command and he kept his job as a civilian contractor with the navy holding a secret clearance. >> obviously there were a lot of red flags as you noted. why they didn't get picked up, why they didn't get incorporated into the clearance process, what he was doing, those are all legitimate questions that we're going to be...

Installations and the granting and renewal of security clearances. >> well, obviously there were a lot of red flags as you noted. why they didn't get picked up, why they didn't get incorporated into the clearance process, what he was doing, those are all legitimate questions that we're going to be dealing with. how do we fix it? >> reporter: for aaron alexis the list of missed flags is alarmingly long. from two arrests to reports to police that he was hearing voices, to two recent self-admissions to veterans affairs hospitals for insomnia. despite this record, alexis's navy security clearance ...

Reviewing physical security at military insulations all over the world and more specifically, here's the highlight, also reviewing the practices for granting and reviewing these security clearances as well. michael isakoff stuck around for us. our national investigative correspondent. might the folks who aren't familiar with this clearance process, walk us through how these clearances are granted and the initial granting of it and then what the renewal of that clearance as well. >> exactly, and there's a lot of attention on this in light of the alexis shooting and the fact he got this secret s...

Dropped. >> obviously there were a lot of red flags as you noted. why they didn't get picked up, why they didn't get incorporated into the clearance process, what he was doing, those are all legitimate questions we will deal with. >> my next guest knew aaron alexis before he was the navy yard killer. he spent nine weeks in boot camp with him and he was onsite at the navy yard during the shooting. what are you doing there? what is your job? >> i am a percussionist with the u.s. navy band and we rehearse right behind us in this building and i have been here for six years. >> you are active duty ...