continuing them with security clearances. that will have to be looked at closely. >> we'll probably talk a lot more about that today. cnn analyst tom fuentes, thank you as usual. background checks really in question right now. one, how did he become a navy reservist with this history? and after he left of the navy, how did he get security clearances a contractor, which ultimately gave him the pass to get into this facility behind us? >> honorably discharged from the navy, right? >> that's right. >> after a time after -- >> after a pattern of misconduct zp then became a navy contractor with clearance. how did he gain that special security clearance with his background? >> these are the questions we're asking about the perpetrator today, even as we're trying to keep the focus, as much as we can on the victims of these horrible crimes yesterday here at the washington navy yard. 12 lives cut short. we're beginning to learn some of the names of the victims that