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Fake U.S. Visas Sold at American Embassy
Fox News ^ | July 10, 2002 | Fox News

Posted on 07/09/2002 9:32:19 PM PDT by varina davis

Edited on 04/22/2004 12:34:06 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Law enforcement sources tell Fox News an investigation is underway into massive visa fraud at the U.S. Embassy in Doha, Qatar, with implications that could yield much more information about the Sept. 11 operation.

The State Department's Bureau of Diplomatic Security began late last year to investigate the sale of 71 U.S. visas by employees at the U.S. Embassy in Doha

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: embassy; scrutiny; terror
Isn't Qatar where the U.S. is building up a military presence?
1 posted on 07/09/2002 9:32:20 PM PDT by varina davis
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To: varina davis; Sabertooth; dennisw; knighthawk
bttt
2 posted on 07/09/2002 9:40:05 PM PDT by Travis McGee
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To: Travis McGee
Thanks, Travis, seems like an important development.
3 posted on 07/09/2002 9:46:01 PM PDT by varina davis
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To: varina davis
bump
4 posted on 07/09/2002 10:06:39 PM PDT by kimosabe31
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To: varina davis
There are places in downtown L.A. where any document needed for immigration can be obtained for $50 - $100, including a pretty good version of a Green Card. It was shown on TV about two years ago.
5 posted on 07/09/2002 10:21:30 PM PDT by NoLongerLurker
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To: NoLongerLurker
There are places in downtown L.A. where any document needed for immigration can be obtained for $50 - $100, including a pretty good version of a Green Card. It was shown on TV about two years ago.

that may be true, but somehow it doesn't quite equate to it happening in a U.S. Embassy

6 posted on 07/09/2002 11:10:38 PM PDT by varina davis
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I've traveled around the world quite a bit and have visited the US embassies in many of these countries. Most of the employees are foreign nationals. Foerign nationals, you see, are much cheaper to employ than Americans!

I've been told, although I've not witnessed it myself, that in some Embassies, it is a foreign national who issues visas to the US. Can any one confirm or deny this?

7 posted on 07/09/2002 11:26:58 PM PDT by Cowboy Bob
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To: varina davis
If the person who provided false visas turns out to be an American, and it can be proven they furnished a visa to one or more of the 9-11 actors, that American should be tried for treason!
8 posted on 07/09/2002 11:32:27 PM PDT by Humidston
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To: Cowboy Bob
I've been told, although I've not witnessed it myself, that in some Embassies, it is a foreign national who issues visas to the US. Can any one confirm or deny this?

This is true. In some nations you have more than one person issuing visas. Imagine the chances for bribery and outright death threats when visas for America are highly prized. Especially by those who plan to violate their visa and never leave America once they get there.

9 posted on 07/10/2002 1:44:11 AM PDT by dennisw
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To: varina davis
that may be true, but somehow it doesn't quite equate to it happening in a U.S. Embassy

Yeah well.. with the strange twists seen recently in the case of the Egyptian terrorist at LAX, I wouldn't be surprised if the State Department itself were showeling fake papers out the door to anyone who could show himself to be an enemy.

10 posted on 07/10/2002 3:24:29 AM PDT by Cachelot
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To: Cowboy Bob
The Kiev embassy is a good example of the above. To walk in the door, Ukrainians must pay $50 (a month or two of salary for most here). Getting anything done involves massive "vzyatki" (bribes), even for Americans. With about $5000 anyone, even an ax-murderer, can get to the states.

An ex-pat in Donetsk told me of his tribulations trying to get married here. At one point he took off his prosthetic leg and banged it on the burocrat's desk, yelling "I lost this f**king leg defending my country and you tell me I can't get married?!!" He ended going to Warsaw for the documents.

Not all foreign nationals working in US embassies are corrupt. The cleaning lady, for example, is merely a spy.

11 posted on 07/10/2002 3:52:06 AM PDT by struwwelpeter
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To: varina davis
NPR reported last night that the FBI didn't view the
other false visa holders as a terrorist threat.
12 posted on 07/10/2002 7:26:32 AM PDT by Wm Bach
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To: varina davis
Sarhan was found to have received his visa on Oct. 1, 2001.

If I remember right, Sept 12, 2001 was the first time a Freeper suggested that all visas (at least from "certain" countries) be revoked and visa holders be returned to their own countries until things could be sorted out. Our government, in its infinite wisdom, decided against this common sense approach.

This case could be a good reason to revoke and return all holders of visas from Qatar, since there was possible fraud involved. Wonder if our government will think of this?

Maybe this is why Qatar had only one person apply for the visa lottery in 2001. Their odds were much higher at our embassy.

13 posted on 07/10/2002 10:30:03 AM PDT by jackliberty
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no chance of trying the person who sold them it was probaly a clinton relative or friend
14 posted on 07/10/2002 2:38:58 PM PDT by oiljake
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To: oiljake
Sounds like something "dickhead" roger clinton would be in on.
15 posted on 07/11/2002 4:08:00 PM PDT by kimosabe31
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