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Counterterrorism, homeland security and intelligence. that includes the c.i.a., fbi, nsa, atf, dea, dia, dhs, coast guard, pacific command, strategic command and special operations crew. 854,000 people hold top security clearances. redub dancy is rampant. 51 federal organizations, 51 have military commands track money going to and from terrorist networks. retired army general john vines told the "washington post" about the u.s. intelligence system because it lacks a synchronizing process, it has reduced effectiveness and waste. we can't effectively assess whether it's makinging us more safe. j...

U o no system is perfect. and this one is very good again at criminal investigation after the fact. but prediction is another matter. >> it is entirely a different matter. thank you to nbc's michael isikoff up in boston. michael, we'll be coming to you throughout the week, i hope. coming up, to act or not to act? we'll look at the delicate foreign policy decision hanging in the balance amid growing concerns that the syrian government has gone over the red line when nbc's richard engel joins us next on "now." [ female announcer ] switch to swiffer per, and you'll dump yur old broom. swiffer s...

Herbert and soing us from boston, nbc national investigative correspondent, michael isikoff. we just read a litany of statistics regarding how gigantic and perhaps unwieldy the u.s. intelligence network is. we have no doubt ramped up our counterterrorism activities after boston. is there a flaw in the system, namely, is it just too big to catch people like tamerlan tsarnaev and dzhokhar tsarnaev? >> excellent question, alex. while we're learning more and more each day about the tsarnaev brothers and who they may or may not have been in touch with, we're learning a lot more about this multiplic...

This after the boston bombing. despite this, tamerlan and his mother were added to the u.s. terror database in 2011. lawmakers are questioning whether the intelligence community should have been better prepared for a possible attack. >> to me, there was enough smoke there that you know whether or not there was fire, there was enough smoke that that investigation should have been kept more active. >> it's a failure to share information and missing obvious warning signs, we're going back to the pre-9/11 stovepiping. how could you miss the fact that the guy you were informed by a foreign intellig...