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And the u.s. attorney is now saying he'll ramp up those efforts and look at what happened here with the alexis security clearance. we know he was granted the clearance in march 2008, which is after that initial seattle police arrest in which he says he blacked out because fueled by anger, shot out the tires of a neighbor's car. his father says he suffered from -- tells police he suffered from anger management problems. why wasn't that picked up? there is the additional arrest, one in georgia for disorderly conduct, again in ft. worth for shooting the -- for discharge of a firearm. all this is ...

He would have had to have filled out, there is a very extremely detailed -- questionnaire. that you need to get for any kind of -- security clearance. and he certainly would have been asked about -- his arrest record. now whether he lied to federal investigators on the background check. whether they checked beyond that, certainly, if he lived in the community. checking with local police. and something that in any standard practice background check one would do. but then, go beyond that, lawrence. he gets the back, he gets the security clearance, march 2008. then in 2010, he gets arrested again...

Not clear, the navy, if they had all the information that caused the discharge here. ever went and took steps to -- revoke the security clearance. so when he goes to work for the contractor, the experts, that's the florida it firm. he -- he maintains the security clearance. the experts -- they say, that's the name of the company went to dod twice in june of this, as recently as in june of -- this year. does he still have the security clearance. and was told in the affirmative he does. >> thank you for joining us with the latest to night, michael isikoff. >> thank you. >> coming up the things y...

His father -- tells police he has anger management problems. because of -- because of his rescue efforts during 9/11. >> is that a record that would normally pop up in this kind of background check? >> well it depends on how thorough the background check is, that's one of the big questions that lawmakers on capitol hill are asking now. he would have had to have filled out, there is a very extremely detailed -- questionnaire. that you need to get for any kind of -- security clearance. and he certainly would have been asked about -- his arrest record. now whether he lied to federal investigators...

At length about our son, trayvon. >> that phrase, a more perfect unit. it's not part of the preamble to the constitution of the united states is how then senator barack obama began his other definitive commentary about race. the one before today is how we refer to a speech he gave in march 2008 in philadelphia in which he addressed the democratic race for president that year. in that speech senator obama described the nation's black/white divide as a racial stalemate we have been stuck in for years. joining us now is michael, msnbc presidential historian and author of nine books on american po...