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  • White House: Texas synagogue hostage-taker not in U.S. terror database

    01/18/2022 7:18:48 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 27 replies
    Police1 ^ | 1/18 | Jamie Stengle, Jake Bleiberg and Eric Tucker
    The man was investigated by British authorities as a possible "terrorist threat" but the investigation was later closedThe 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...
  • Wife: Bush skips 9/11 NY event to keep low profile

    05/05/2011 10:49:11 AM PDT · by Free ThinkerNY · 20 replies
    Associated Press ^ | May 5, 2011 | JAMIE STENGLE
    DALLAS (AP) -- Former President George W. Bush decided not to join President Barack Obama at a Thursday ceremony at ground zero because he feels that acting presidents alone should preside over such official ceremonies, the former first lady said. Laura Bush told The Associated Press on Thursday that she and her husband were out to dinner Sunday night when they received word that Obama wanted to speak with him.