Really? Nobody checked her criminal record?
I am sure we have a good information exchange with Israel.
The article states that her visa application was twenty years ago. Clinton's second term in office.
Doris Meissner was Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization from 1993-2000. Worked for Carnegie Endowment for Int’l Peace.
I wonder how long she had to wait to get in. Bush 1 actually expedited the process considerably, for foreign spouses and fiancées of US citizens, prior to 911. Before those changes by Bush, it could take well over a year for a spouse or fiancée with no "issues" at all (and no issues for the US spouse either) to be admitted. After 911, the process bogged down again, understandably, due to increased security concerns. But, still, prior to 911, even in the expedited process, the potential immigrant had to pass a FBI check, medical exam, and so on. And before that, Clinton's INS was stupefyingly slow...
How the aich-eee-double-ell-!!! does a convicted murderess / terrorist from the ME get in? Strings pulled by somebody? Nobody checked on her?
Either is very troubling: I know from personal experience and friends as well that the FBI checks were being done in most cases, in that period.
Jordan will probably regret taking her in...