Suspected terrorists given citizenship

msnbc ^ | 11/17/03

[knak]

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 — An exclusive NBC news investigation reveals that, over the last decade, U.S. immigration officials repeatedly allowed suspected terrorists to become U.S. citizens, even when they were under FBI investigation — and it continued after 9/11.

NBC NEWS has learned that Ahmed Hamade is, according to a confidential government report, an alleged associate of the Hezbollah terrorist group.

Last year, even as the FBI had Hamade under surveillance in New Jersey, another federal agency mistakenly gave him the highest honor bestowed on an immigrant — the gift of American citizenship and the legal rights that go with it.

[Paul Atreides]

The last decade, huh? Hmmmm....that would mean since 1993.

[chicagolady]

Ping

[Alberta's Child]

For the U.S. to wage a "war on terror" in Iraq while allowing this kind of sh!t to go on here in this country is a joke.

In fact, this government effectively surrendered whatever moral authority it may have had in this fight against terrorism when we invaded Iraq without first sacking every career bureaucrat at the top of the FBI, CIA, INS, etc.

[FITZ]

This is one reason that "legal" immigration is sometimes as bad as some of our "illegal" immigration. When they fail to do any kind of background check on anything and letting in America-haters.

[TrueBeliever9]

Not a surprise!

[ellery]

grrrrrrr

[JustPiper]

FBI says problem has been corrected?!
Russ Knocke, of the Department of Homeland Security claims it was a one-time mistake by a former agency. “This particular instance, insists Knocke, “was unique, but it was a processing error. It was immediately identified, immediately rectified.”

But a government report obtained by NBC News says there’s a “high probability” that, even after 9/11, other suspected terrorists became citizens too. And it reveals that the basic FBI process used for 17 years to check citizenship applications was “not detailed enough” to identify suspected terrorists.

From Lisa Meyers:
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, chairs the Senate’s Governmental Affairs Committee, which is in charge of the Homeland Security. She’s outraged, saying, “It’s unbelievable that in the post-9/11 environment that this could still be occurring.”

Justice Dept. citizenship executive summary - United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - Office of Internal Audit - Special Review - Review of the Circumstances Surrounding the Naturalization of an Alien Known to be an Associate of a Terrorist Organization -Report Number 03-02 - Executive Summary- Circumstances Surrounding the Naturalization of an Alien Known to be an Associate of a Terrorist Organization

[JustPiper]

Justice Department citizenship memo - SUBJECT: Review of the Circumstances Surrounding the Naturalization of an Alien Known to be an Associate of a Terrorist Organization: Report Number 03 02

[Pro-Bush]

BUMP!

[doug from upland]

W better get this problem solved immediately.

[janetgreen]

BTTT The inmates are running the asylum, at our expense.

[Klickitat]

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