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>> reporter: the religion, faith of spiritual belief of an international traveler are not determining factors. for flights in or out of the united states, passenger security checks have been long before travelers get to the airport and before the airline accepts payments, names are run against the government's in fly list. if there is a hit, the sale is denied. for those who bought a ticket, names are continuously checked against other government databases searching everything from past i ten rarelies to law enforcement. if there is a problem, the airlines deny boarding. not just terrorism. th...

Were the only muslim people in that line. >> reporter: u.s. customs and border protection told cnn, quote, the religious faith or spiritual belief of international traveler are not determining factors. for flights in or out of the united states, passenger security checks happen long before travelers get to the airport. even before the airline accepts payment, names are run against the government's no-fly list. if there's a hit, the sale is denied. for those who've bought a ticket names are continuously checked against other government databases searching for everything from past itineraries to...

Done anything to rise to the level to attract our attention so we put them in our government databases his quote was we can check until the cows come home and nothing will show up and what he said was that because you can't check with third parties in syria, because in a normal background check you go knock on a neighbor's door, go talk to people who knew hem, check with former employers,er with can't do that in syria because that neighborhood has been bombed out. that former business doesn't exist. because of the fbi director's concern all the house of representatives are saying let's pause u...

I think -- do we have -- all right, let's play that sound from secretary of state john kerry. >> since 9/11, we have allowed 785,000 refugees to come to the united states of america, all vetted, all screens, out of the 785,0 785,000, 12 were found to be perhaps problematic and they were arrested or deported. >> what's your response to the secretary of state? >> well, i don't take issue with what he's having to say, poppy but what the fbi director said in his testimony before congress was we can't properly vet these folks because if they haven't done anything to rise to the level to attract our...

Thwarted that blot.plot. the fourth of july weekend was a high concern to official like myself. the new jersey cell was the one we were most concerned about in terms of explosive devices. >> comey also says some of the suspects used encrypted communications to hide their contacts with isis but the fbi used other methods such as surveillance and human informants to ultimately identify them bret. >> catherine, thank you. right now this minute many large corporations and government agencies are scrambling to protect themselves against cyber thieves. and cyber attacks. we're learning more tonigh...