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White House: Texas synagogue hostage-taker not in U.S. terror database
Police1 ^ | 1/18 | Jamie Stengle, Jake Bleiberg and Eric Tucker

Posted on 01/18/2022 7:18:48 PM PST by nickcarraway

The man was investigated by British authorities as a possible "terrorist threat" but the investigation was later closed

The gunman who took four people hostage at a Texas synagogue in a 10-hour standoff that ended in his death was checked against law enforcement databases before entering the U.S. but raised no red flags, the White House said Tuesday.

Malik Faisal Akram, a 44-year-old British citizen, arrived in the U.S. at Kennedy Airport in New York about two weeks ago, a law enforcement official said. He spent time in Dallas-area homeless shelters before the attack Saturday in the suburb of Colleyville.

British media, including the Guardian, reported Tuesday that Akram was investigated by the domestic intelligence service MI5 as a possible “terrorist threat” in 2020, but the investigation was closed after authorities concluded he posed no threat.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: bidenadm; colleyville; dysfunctionaldhs; erictucker; jakebleiberg; jamiestengle; malikfaisalakram; terorrist; texas; texassynagogue
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1 posted on 01/18/2022 7:18:48 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

But every Republican is.


2 posted on 01/18/2022 7:19:25 PM PST by FlipWilson
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To: nickcarraway

Where is the Fey Wray?


3 posted on 01/18/2022 7:20:16 PM PST by Paladin2
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The FBI is detailed to school board meetings and this ***hole flies into Boston right under their noses.

Honorable men in leadership positions at the FBI would resign in disgrace over this.

Too bad we don’t have any of those.

L


4 posted on 01/18/2022 7:23:39 PM PST by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: Paladin2

Apparently, he never spoke up at a PTA meeting.


5 posted on 01/18/2022 7:24:25 PM PST by Mr. Lucky
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To: nickcarraway

Yes, but Aunt Marge from Iowa is right there on the list because she attended a Trump rally.


6 posted on 01/18/2022 7:26:14 PM PST by gubamyster
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Isn’t information like this the justification for, 5 Eyes program, or whatever they call it?


7 posted on 01/18/2022 7:27:29 PM PST by qaz123
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To: FlipWilson

Yep. The Biden occupation calls us domestic enemies? Well who the hell is defending foreign terrorists but also financing them? We can’t have guns but the Taliban can have $85 billion in US military weapons? They lock up US citizens all year for protesting yet they defund the cops and get rid of bail to assist REAL criminals while also assisting terrorists and gang members enter the country illegally. We might as well have Al Qaeda in the White house.


8 posted on 01/18/2022 7:28:20 PM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary Clinton remains free, the USA will never have equal justice under the law)
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To: nickcarraway

That database is reserved for Trump supporters, dummy.


9 posted on 01/18/2022 7:28:32 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum ("Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy." ― Mao Zedong [FJB])
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To: qaz123

” 5 Eyes program,”

5 blind [to Islam] mice....


10 posted on 01/18/2022 7:29:40 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: nickcarraway

A mistake obviously due to the need for more funding and more power.


11 posted on 01/18/2022 7:31:03 PM PST by blackdog (# We Are Corn-Pop)
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To: nickcarraway

Why would he be in the FBI database - he’s white.


12 posted on 01/18/2022 7:31:12 PM PST by BobL (I shop at Walmart and eat at McDonald's, I just don't tell anyone, like most here.)
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(try again)

Why would he be in the FBI database - he’s NOT white.


13 posted on 01/18/2022 7:32:08 PM PST by BobL (I shop at Walmart and eat at McDonald's, I just don't tell anyone, like most here.)
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Wasn’t his brother in contact with the FBI during the stand-off? He spoke to his brother on the phone to try to talk him down. So, it’s obvious they had his name on Saturday. Much easier to remove his name from the terror list right then and there, to make it look like they knew nothing about him.


14 posted on 01/18/2022 7:35:56 PM PST by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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What is he then?


15 posted on 01/18/2022 7:38:11 PM PST by nickcarraway
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"Texas synagogue hostage-taker not in U.S. terror database"

Why should he be?
He isn't a Christian.
He isn't white.
He isn't wearing a MAGA hat.
He hates America.
He doesn't vote Republican.
He isn't a member of the Proud Boys.
He isn't a member of the Oath Keepers.
He isn't protesting CRT in K-12.
He wasn't there for the J6 Capital Hill rally.
He isn't protesting mask mandates.
and
He isn't posting on FreeRepublic...

16 posted on 01/18/2022 7:44:15 PM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is another Sam Adams now that we desperately need him?)
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Looks Middle Eastern, and if so, then he would have been purged from the FBI databases to clear out room for the REAL terrorists - Trump supporters and soccer moms who go to school board meetings.


17 posted on 01/18/2022 7:44:57 PM PST by BobL (I shop at Walmart and eat at McDonald's, I just don't tell anyone, like most here.)
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To: nickcarraway

Of course the people being paid to track terrorists in the U.S. didn’t pick up on this guy; the Mushbrain Regime is keeping them busy chasing PTA meeting attendees who are against CRT, investigative reporters like James O’Keefe, and arthritic grannies in wheelchairs at airports. But real terrorists are free to enter our country, even terrorists identified as such by other countries’ securities agencies, and harm Americans. DISGUSTING and PATHETIC!!! The Mushbrain Regime, every one of its idiot members, must go.


18 posted on 01/18/2022 7:45:58 PM PST by EinNYC
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To: BobL

If only he had attended a school board meeting, he would have been in the database.


19 posted on 01/18/2022 7:46:16 PM PST by Trumpisourlastchance
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To: FlipWilson
But every Republican parent is.

Fixed it.

-PJ

20 posted on 01/18/2022 7:50:22 PM PST by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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