Posted on 11/19/2015 3:23:19 AM PST by markomalley
Several top Obama administration officials warned of the potential risks of accepting Syrian refugees before the Islamic State’s terrorist attacks on Paris, France last Friday.
Homeland Security secretary Jeh Johnson, according to CNS News, said Oct. 13 that the U.S. wouldn’t know a “whole lot” about potential refugees.
“One of the challenges we will have is that we’re not going to know a whole lot about the individual refugees that come forward from the UN High Commission on Refugees for Resettlement and Vetting,” he said.
At a security industry conference on Sept. 9, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said the potential for Islamic State to “infiltrate” the refugees was a major concern.
“I don’t, obviously, put it past the likes of ISIL to infiltrate operatives among these refugees, so that’s a huge concern of ours,” Clapper said.
FBI director James Comey also acknowledged at a congressional hearing on Oct. 22 that Iraq War refugees who evaded screening in the U.S. were later arrested on terrorism charges, and that even less would be known of Syrian refugees. The Washington Post reported:
Comey added in congressional testimony last month that “a number of people who were of serious concern” slipped through the screening of Iraq War refugees, including two arrested on terrorism-related charges. “There’s no doubt that was the product of a less than excellent vetting,” he said.
Although Comey said the process has since “improved dramatically,” Syrian refugees will be even harder to check because, unlike in Iraq, U.S. soldiers have not been on the ground collecting information on the local population. “If we don’t know much about somebody, there won’t be anything in our data,” he said. “I can’t sit here and offer anybody an absolute assurance that there’s no risk associated with this.”
“It is not a perfect process,” counterterrorism official Nicholas Rasmussen said Oct. 21. “There is a degree of risk attached to any screening and vetting process. We look to manage that risk as best we can.”
President Obama wants to resettle 10,000 Syrian refugees in the U.S. over the next year. A Bloomberg poll published Wednesday showed 53 percent of Americans opposed accepting Syrian refugees into the United States.
0bama is deliberately and intentionally bringing them in. He has chosen to destroy this country. He knows that no Republican will kick them out. He knows that the men will rape American women and send for their wives. They will then breed hordes of little subhuman savages.
I work in corporate america and I hear words like this all the time so please let me translate:
All processes are imperfect. This process is so imperfect that if I endorsed it and then explained how imperfect it is my career would be over.
Your test would catch jews too. And vegans. We can probably find a way to get the jews in but lets be honest - we can do without more vegans, right? ;)
Chip them and hook it up to the web so that everyone can track them.
Why should we take these people when none of the Muslim countries will?
I love that idea Browniexyz. But some may eat bacon just so they stay hereâ¦it not fool proof for sure. I say send all of them back that has come in last 25 years & that get 98% of them who R terroristâ¦..We can keep watch on rest of them maybe. They all need to come to USA legal like others have.
I love that idea Browniexyz. But some may eat bacon just so they stay hereâ¦it not fool proof for sure. I say send all of them back that has come in last 25 years & that get 98% of them who R terroristâ¦..We can keep watch on rest of them maybe. They all need to come to USA legal like others have.
Good one!
Obama and Hitler have many things in common.
It seems to be well-established that Obama doesn’t listen to his advisers, except ValJar and maybe Mooch. He does whatever he pleases.
He has many things in common with Hitler and Stalin.
They should all be locked up and interrogated. They must have a wealth of information that can be used to protect this country.
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Einstein
Now is it time to admit that this Muslim mutt in our White House is insane? How much more do we need to have him certified insane.
Would a sane person jeopardize the whole country to make a point? He refuses to listen to anyone and lives in his own thoughts and believes he is the only right one. This cannot be the actions of a sane person.
He’s too focused on attack republicans as he looks at them as the real enemy.
His whole agenda is to stop having this country as a white , Christian country.
It’s way past time to weaponize pork.
Exactly. Nice easy pictures which even low information voters can understand. I like it!
Everyone, including the governors, are complaining to the wrong people. Obama does what he’s told to do. They need to be talking to VJ.
Allow me to emphasize "we are not going to know a whole lot about the individual refugees that come forward from the UN High Commission on Refugees for Resettlement and Vetting.â
"The UN High Commission on Refugees for Resettlement and Vetting"
WHAT does that tell us?
I wonder just how many Americans will have to die on American soil to awaken a large majority of the people.
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