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.
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His whole agenda is to stop having this country as a white, Christian country.
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Yes, His and "the "democrats" whole agenda is to stop having this country as a white , Christian country.
I would like to paint this with a broader brush to include Hillary and any other democrat running for office. Tie them all to back Obama!
51% of U.S. Muslims Want Sharia Law
25% American Muslims Okay With Violence Against Infidels
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3339848/posts
The following data is taken specifically from here:
http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/Pages/Opinion-Polls.htm
And is a small snapshot of all the polls and data listed. See the link above for the complete list.
World Public Opinion:
61% of Egyptians approve of attacks on Americans
32% of Indonesians approve of attacks on Americans
41% of Pakistanis approve of attacks on Americans
38% of Moroccans approve of attacks on Americans
83% of Palestinians approve of some or most groups that attack Americans (only 14% oppose)
62% of Jordanians approve of some or most groups that attack Americans (21% oppose)
42% of Turks approve of some or most groups that attack Americans (45% oppose)
A minority of Muslims disagreed entirely with terror attacks on Americans:
(Egypt 34%; Indonesia 45%; Pakistan 33%)
About half of those opposed to attacking Americans were sympathetic with al-Qaeda’s attitude toward the U.S.
http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/pdf/feb09/STARTII_Feb09_rpt.pdf
Pew Research (2007):
26% of younger Muslims in America believe suicide bombings are justified.
35% of young Muslims in Britain believe suicide bombings are justified (24% overall).
42% of young Muslims in France believe suicide bombings are justified (35% overall).
22% of young Muslims in Germany believe suicide bombings are justified.(13% overall).
29% of young Muslims in Spain believe suicide bombings are justified.(25% overall).
http://pewresearch.org/assets/pdf/muslim-americans.pdf#page=60
Pew Research (2011):
8% of Muslims in America believe suicide bombings are often or sometimes justified (81% never).
28% of Egyptian Muslims believe suicide bombings are often or sometimes justified (38% never).
http://www.people-press.org/2011/08/30/muslim-americans-no-signs-of-growth-in-alienation-or-support-for-extremism/
Pew Research (2007):
Muslim-Americans who identify more strongly with their religion are three times more likely to feel that suicide bombings are justified
http://pewresearch.org/assets/pdf/muslim-americans.pdf#page=60
The Polling Company CSP Poll (2015):
19% of Muslim-Americans say that violence is justified in order to make Sharia the law in the United States (66% disagree).
http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/150612-CSP-Polling-Company-Nationwide-Online-Survey-of-Muslims-Topline-Poll-Data.pdf
The Polling Company CSP Poll (2015):
25% of Muslim-Americans say that violence against Americans in the United States is justified as part of the “global Jihad (64% disagree).
http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/150612-CSP-Polling-Company-Nationwide-Online-Survey-of-Muslims-Topline-Poll-Data.pdf
Perhaps Johnson .. or Clapper or Comey .. should pick up the phone and clue Ben Rhodes in on their concerns.
Rhodes just spent the Sunday talking heads circuit assuring anyone who would listen that we are utilizing the most extensive vetting process known to mankind!
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Sorry about that, I wasn’t thinking of ALL refugees, I guess, just those who either ARE Syrians or coming in on a Syrian passport. I love the Jewish people!! But the vegans, yeah, you’re right.....;)
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