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Friday. they say the suspected gunman in the charleston church massacre was wrongly cleared to purchase the gun he used to kill those nine people. here's cnn's pamela brown with more. >> reporter: the man who confessed to gunning down nine people should never have been able to buy the .45 caliber gone he used to kill them. that bombshell coming from james comey who said his bureau made a mistake during dylann roof's background check one he said was of heart breaking importance. >> it shows how a bureaucratic mistake can cost human life. >> reporter: the fbi examiner doing roof's background che...

He used to kill them. fbi director told reporters in a closed door session his people made a mistake that was a of heart breaking importance that, quote, rips all of our hearts out. >> it just shows how a bureaucratic mistake can cost human life. >> reporter: the director says the fbi examiner doing roof's background check didn't discover roof admitted to illegally possessing drugs when he was arrested in late february. that information would have prevented roof from passing the background check and buying the gun. >> regulation if he was a drug user he shouldn't have got a gun and abundant in...

What are you learning about this shocking news? >> the bottom line jake is this is a huge breakdown in the background check system which is run by the fbi. it's very troubling. james comey admitting today that a series of errors enabled dylann roof to buy the gun he allegedly used to kill those church-goers. the man who confessed to gunning down nine people should never have been able to buy the 45-caliber gun he used to kill them. that coming from james comey who told reporters in a closed session, a mistake he calls a heartbreaking importance that rips all of our hearts out. >> i think it's ...