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