[cva66snipe]

Osman is only a reservist. I doubt if Bush's order would apply to him and give him citizenship.

In certain Army M.O.S. it can give him access to secrets just for being a grunt. {Such as Ammo handler, gun crew ect.} Navy wise most Navy Aviation Bosuns Mates {fuelers} task from what I remember were at best confidential. But he could have befriended quiet a few in more knowing ratings though. I could understand our letting the Phillipines in as we had a long standing alliance with them up till recently or post Marcos. Basically we ran the nation and had sufficent means to do back ground checks. But why in the world are we letting persons from other nations in? I think it's time to make our enlistees who are not U.S. natural citizens subject to a very extensive back ground check. And what about this guys age to rank ratio? It's not adding up.

[aristeides]

I suspect that, until 9/11, military organizations, including reserve ones, were happy to get any warm bodies they could. I also suspect that 9/11 changed the situation totally, and has made it possible for them to be much more selective. So probably the worry now is basically about those let in in the past.

[rdavis84]

"And what about this guys age to rank ratio?"

I noticed that as well. First thought was we must be scraping bottom. But last I knew the cutoff age was 35.

[aristeides]

Particularly odd that the chief preacher at a mosque should want to be an E-1 reservist at that age.

[aristeides]

On second thought, since he was an E-4 less than a year after joining up, he probably affiliated at that rank. But still...

[Travis McGee]

A suicide sleeper Islamikazi on a Navy ship could easily blow it up by sneaking a small explosive device into a magazine etc.

The biggest explosion in French history was done by an Islamikazi a few weeks after he got a job in a fertilizer plant.