Posted on 10/08/2014 8:56:33 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
FBI Director James Comey admitted that the "dozen or so" American citizens that are currently fighting with the Islamic State terror group in Syria have the ability and right, as Americans with passports, to return to the homeland.
Appearing in his first major television interview since taking the helm of the Bureau in September 2013, Comey said on CBS's "60 Minutes" Sunday night that the FBI is closely tracking about a dozen American citizens whom they believe to be fighting in Syria alongside ISIS militants. He added that although they may be supporting terrorist agendas, they still have the freedom to re-enter the country at anytime by simply using their passport.
"Ultimately, an American citizen, unless their passport is revoked, is entitled to come back," Comey said. "So, someone who's fought with ISIL, with American passport wants to come back, we will track them very carefully."
Although other countries such as Canada have passed laws that authorize the revocation of any person's passport who decides to fight with ISIS, the U.S. has yet to pass such legislation despite several bills issued by Republicans in September that would authorize such a revocation.
Most passport revocations in the U.S. occur because of fraud related issues or pending legal trouble. However, a House resolution introduced by Michele Bachmann, R-Minnesota, would add terrorist involvement to the list of revocable offenses. A bill introduced by Ted Cruz, R-Texas, would strip the citizenship from any citizen who provides support to terror groups.
"Those who have joined a foreign terrorist organization have taken up arms against tthe United States and our very way of life," Bachmann said. "By turning against their country, their passports should be revoked, and if they're naturalized citizens, they should lose their citizenship."
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Sure is a crazy place to live.
ya cant make this stuff up....
Ted Cruz has a bill to solve this problem but Harry Reid won’t put it up for vote.
Only if they return in chains to be tried!
This is an salient FBI signal for more jihadists
and to encourage them to murder Americans.
Criminal Bulger would have been a better director
for America than this clown.
Actually, joining a foreign army that is openly at war with the United States is treason and can not just cause the revocation of citizenship, it can get you put in prison or executed
And the FBI joins the ever increasing list of gubmit agencies who have lost all trust.
Hopefully the military realizes that they alone have any trust from the people.
That trust may soon be needed.
Just dayammm! This country is in full-suicide mode.
FDR let the Lincoln Brigade Communists come back.
Now Hussein wants his fellow travelers to return.
In a box.
Maybe if they were serious about their ISLAM mission,each one should go to Africa on a suicide mission and bring back tons of EBOLA.
NAH, they are really homegrown American Islam cowards, being ISLAM cowards, that would also make them "Traitors" to the Islamic cult and hence should be shot by them.
Imagine if in 1942 some Americans had left the USA to join the German army in Europe, and later wanted to return to our country.
Imagine our reaction if the FBI director said it was perfectly okay with him, and we should just “monitor” them.
Riiiiiiiiight.
Does Obama's administration take ANYTNING seriously? (except for basketball brackets and JayZ concerts, that is)
Arrest them and put them in jail for 15 years not follow them.
Seems that me that if they return, they should immediately be taken into custody and put on trial in a military tribunal. But what do I know. Legally we should pass laws such as Cruz proposes so we can legally take care of these traitors. Can’t believe such legislation is controversial.
That is actually the law as it currently exists.
So why don’t yinz DO SOMETHING about it???
I thought that was the classic definition of TREASON!
Of course to this administration, the Tea Party is a ‘terrorist organization.’
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