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A number of lawmakers are talking about legislation that would make it mandatory for immigration agents to review a foreign applicant's social media activity with the white house emphasizing today that the homeland security department has started three pilot programs to incorporate social media reviews in the last year. >> they've acknowledged part of that review is to consider ways to incorporate the use of social media vetting in their screening programs. not sure why any specific legislation would be required. >> tashfeen malik exchanged messages with her future husband even before entering...

Mandatory, in other words a requirement to look at social media activity with the white house saying a new law is not necessary in their opinion because homeland security started three pilot programs last year. >> they have acknowledged that part of that review is to consider ways to incorporate the use of social media vetting in their screening programs. i'm not sure why any specific legislation would be required to take that step. >> reporter: tashfeen malik exchanged messages about martyr dom andgy hawed with her future husband and co-conspirator syed farook as an internal debate raged with...

Could have slipped the u.s. watch list and screening programs. it's important to note here, that at least four of the attackers were on a terrorist watch list, and there's no indication that any of the attackers ever rytried to trave to the u.s. the paris attacker who would have been able to travel to america could have used a visa program to get into the country. that program allows people from 38 countries, mostly people from europe, to travel to the u.s. without visas. and it was used by about 20 million people last year. and there's interest in this program on capitol hill. there's a bipar...

There are others we worry about and we cover all across the country, using all of our lawful tools. so that's how we think about the threat. >> reporter: so fbi director james comey there and attorney general loretta lynch both saying no relationship exists between the paris attackers and anyone in the united states. but national security officials do say that at least one of the paris attackers, in theory could have been able to travel to the u.s., and as many as three of them could have slipped u.s. watch lists and screening programs. now, it's important to point out here that at least four ...

Whether you have a record, based on race which was not the point of these initial screening programs. this data here showing that the call-back rate, 31% for a white non-offender, a regular persons just applying for a job. if you find out they have a criminal record, employers drop down to 22%. a drop but not too much. compare that to the record for black offenders and non-offenders. someone who is just a black american citizen getting a call-back rate at 25%. employers find out they have a criminal record and it plummets down to a call-back rate of 10%. the justice department points out whate...