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Feds Blame “Lapse in Vetting” for Admitting Syrian Refugees with Terrorist Ties into U.S.
Judicial Watch ^ | JANUARY 26, 2017 | Judicial Watch

Posted on 01/30/2017 10:41:47 AM PST by xzins

Dozens of Syrian refugees already living in the Unites States may have ties to terrorism and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is downplaying it, claiming federal agents missed “possible derogatory information” about the immigrants due to “a lapse in vetting.” Among those who slipped through the cracks is a man who failed a polygraph test after applying to work at a U.S. military installation and another who communicated with an Islamic State leader.

Information about this scandalous security lapse comes from federal agents with firsthand knowledge of the situation. They spoke to a mainstream newspaper on condition of anonymity, as many Judicial Watch sources who expose delicate information do, out of fear. This is the type of case the government works hard to keep quiet and consequences could be serious for those who blow the whistle. The news article reveals that federal agents are now “reinvestigating the backgrounds” of the dozens of Syrian refugees because somehow DHS discovered that the lapse in vetting allowed refugees with “potentially negative information in their files to enter the country.” The newspaper attributes the information to “U.S law enforcement officials” who were not authorized to discuss the matter.

Coincidentally, on the day this story broke a national newswire service reported that President Donald Trump drafted an executive order to stop accepting Syrian refugees. The president also plans to suspend issuing visas for citizens of seven predominantly Muslim countries—Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. Under President Barrack Obama’s lax immigration policies, large numbers of terrorists from some of these nations entered the U.S., including members of ISIS and other radical Islamic groups. They include individuals who have engaged in or attempted to engage in acts of terrorism, conspired or attempted to conspire to provide material support to a terrorist organization or engaged in criminal conduct inspired by terrorist ideology. Some have been convicted and sentenced in American courts.

Additionally, the Obama administration was very generous in granting citizens of Muslim nations special amnesty protections and residency benefits in the U.S. During a five-year period, Obama’s DHS issued around 680,000 green cards to foreigners from Muslim countries, according to the agency’s figures. Somalia, Yemen, Syria and Libya were among the nations. In 2015 Judicial Watch reported on a special “humanitarian” amnesty program offered to illegal aliens from Yemen, an Islamic Middle Eastern country well known as an Al Qaeda breeding ground. Yemen is the headquarters of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and the State Department has revealed that AQAP militants carried out hundreds of attacks including suicide bombers, vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices (VBIEDs), ambushes, kidnappings and targeted assassinations.

Circling back to Syrian refugees, as Obama let thousands settle in the U.S. his own intelligence and immigration officials admitted that individuals with ties to terrorist groups used the program to try to infiltrate the country and that there is no way to properly screen them. In 2015 the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) confirmed that individuals with ties to terrorist groups in Syria tried to gain entry to the U.S. through the refugee program and that the program is “vulnerable to exploitation from extremist groups seeking to send operatives to the West.” Before that the director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Matthew Emrich, admitted during a congressional hearing that there’s no way to adequately screen Syrian refugees because the Syrian government doesn’t have an intelligence database to run checks against.

Additionally, FBI Assistant Director Michael Steinbach conceded that the U.S. government has no system to properly screen Syrian refugees.


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aliens; dhs; immigrtation; syria; terrorist; trump; vetting

1 posted on 01/30/2017 10:41:47 AM PST by xzins
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It is entirely rational for the Trump Adminstration to relook at the Obama vetting standards.


2 posted on 01/30/2017 10:42:25 AM PST by xzins (Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.)
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To: xzins

‘lapse’?

A miss is as good as a mile... ya know


3 posted on 01/30/2017 10:47:06 AM PST by SMARTY ("Nearly all men can stand adversity...to test a man's character, give him power." A. Lincoln)
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To: xzins

Why don’t they blame the “lapse” where it belongs, on BHO and his illegal czars?


4 posted on 01/30/2017 10:48:07 AM PST by Calvin Locke
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To: Calvin Locke

see paragraph 4 of this article


5 posted on 01/30/2017 10:49:27 AM PST by xzins (Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.)
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yes very generous...with our lives and money.


6 posted on 01/30/2017 10:56:50 AM PST by snarkytart
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To: Calvin Locke
Lapse? More like deliberate dysfunction with pay-offs to look the other way.

Btw, Japan refuses all people from Islamic countries trying to enter.

7 posted on 01/30/2017 10:58:27 AM PST by blackdog
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To: xzins

Shouldn’t those responsible for this purported “lapse in vetting” be fired...or brought up on charges? Loser Fed employees.


8 posted on 01/30/2017 11:10:25 AM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?.)
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To: xzins

Have a couple, maybe three party line votes (usually a Supreme Court nominee is a shoo-in), then go nuclear. Be sure that the partisanship is openly and painfully obvious.


9 posted on 01/30/2017 11:11:44 AM PST by glorgau
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DANNTALL IT’S LIKE THEY *WANT* TERRORISTS TO COME HERE!!!!!!!


10 posted on 01/30/2017 11:12:57 AM PST by Mr. K ( Trump kicked her ass 2-to-1 if you remove all the voter fraud.)
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To: xzins

Each one who handled those murders’ files should be made to stand in front of the victims’ families and explain their dereliction of duty.


11 posted on 01/30/2017 11:20:08 AM PST by bgill (From the CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
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Lapse my @ss.
Government workers are lazy, incompetent buffoons.


12 posted on 01/30/2017 12:00:34 PM PST by Original Lurker
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Interesting report regarding this very subject

https://homeland.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/TaskForceFinalReport.pdf


13 posted on 01/30/2017 12:13:18 PM PST by HollyB
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Most, probably all of the _refugees_ were _vetted_ by the UN, which provided whatever fake documentation was needed.
UN? See my tag line...


14 posted on 01/30/2017 1:31:17 PM PST by veracious (UN = OIC = Islam ; And Democrats may change USA completely, just amend USConstitution)
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To: xzins

Lapse or strategy - for toppling the last domino from within?

[Clinton+Regime+Change+Investment+Club]
https://www.google.com/#q=Clinton+Regime+Change+Investment+Club


15 posted on 01/30/2017 2:04:25 PM PST by HLPhat (It takes a Republic TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS - not a populist Tyranny of the Majority)
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To: blackdog

It’s racist to point that out./s


16 posted on 01/30/2017 4:15:13 PM PST by Eleutheria5 (“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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