IF I HAD TO GUESS, HIGHER-UPS IN THE GOVT DID NOT WANT DETAILS OF HIS ACTIVITY TO BE DISCUSSED IN IMMIG. CT., AND SO THE GOVT ATTORNEY WAS PROBABLY INSTRUCTED TO STIPULATE (AGREE) TO A GRANT OF ASYLUM. ONCE THE GUYS FINGERPRINTS CLEAR FBIS DATABASE (AND MAYBE OTHER PARTS OF THE GOVT), HE OFFICIALLY IS AN ASYLEE IN THE US.
Well, I doubt that, since his Israeli handler did testify in court ... LOL ... See Post #15
And on top of that, Mosab Hassan Yousef wrote a book on it ... telling it to not just the Immigration officials but to the entire world, too ...
You are probably right. Whatever the reason ultimately, the decision by DHS to agree to the grant must have come from (very) on high, since these high-visibility cases draw the attention of the muckety-mucks at (DHS) headquarters like flies to . . . .
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