1. "[Peter] King noted that on two occasions the FBI interviewed or investigated people who went on to commit terror acts on U.S. soil in 2009:Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad, who is serving a life sentence for killing an Army private at a Little Rock, Ark., recruiting station, and Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, charged with killing 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas.
In a statement issued Friday, the FBI said it investigated Tsarnaev after receiving intelligence from a foreign government that he was "a follower of radical Islam" and "that he had changed drastically since 2010." That foreign government feared Tsarnaev was preparing to travel to that country to join "underground groups."
A federal law enforcement source said Russia was concerned about Tsarnaev's possible links to Chechen extremists. He and the second suspect in the Boston attack, his brother Dzhokhar, 19, were immigrants from a Chechen family."
Rep. Peter King questions FBI's 2011 investigation of Tamerlan Tsarnaev
2. "Theres new outrage from families of 9/11 victims after it was revealed that the Department of Homeland Security is giving a special travel status to low-risk travelers from Saudi Arabia. Fifteen of the 19 hijackers who carried out the September 11th attacks were from Saudi Arabia.
Steve Emerson, the executive director for the Investigative Project on Terrorism, called the move truly disturbing.
.... , the program allows Saudi Arabia to vet visa applicants. Under the Visa Security Program applied to Saudi Arabia after 9/11, Emerson explained that they weren't allowed to vet their own citizens.
Emerson said hes concerned because now the U.S. and Saudi governments will be sharing the responsibility. What happens when a Saudi applicant is passed by them [ ] and they say theyre okay. They get a five year visa, fast-tracked into the United States and then suddenly new material develops that theyre really Hezbollah or theyre Hamas, you think the Saudis are going to tell us?
According to Fox News.com, only an exclusive handful of countries enjoy inclusion in the Global Entry program -- Canada, Mexico, South Korea and the Netherlands.
Concern Growing Over DHS Decision to Give Saudi Arabia Fast Track Travel Privilege | Fox News Insider
3. "In the years following the security crackdown on Arab travelers after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacksin which 15 of the 19 hijackers were Saudi Arabiantough restrictions kept most Arab students away from the U.S. In 2004, only about 1,000 Saudis were studying in the U.S., according to the U.S. State Department.
This past school year, Saudi Arabia sent 66,000 students to U.S. universities, four times the number before the 2001 attacks and the fastest-growing source of foreign students in the U.S., ahead of China, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education. The Saudi influx is part of a broader increase in international students in the U.S. as American universities seek to raise tuition revenues. Some 723,277 foreign students enrolled during the 2010-2011 school year, up 32% from a decade ago."
Saudi Students Flood In as U.S. Reopens Door - WSJ.com
4. "(Reuters) - Around 25 former detainees from Guantanamo Bay camp returned to militancy after going through a rehabilitation program for al Qaeda members in Saudi Arabia, a Saudi security official said on Saturday." 25 Saudi Guantanamo prisoners return to militancy | Reuters
5." Saudi Arabias government has claimed that its terrorism rehabilitation program has converted former terrorists.
However, U.S. critics have said many Islamist radicals are able to fool the government officials running those programs into believing they have changed and then they flee and re-join terrorist groups.
Frank Gaffney, director of the Center for Security Policy, said both the Obama and George W. Bush administrations mistakenly released terrorists from Guantanamo under the misguided notion they could be rehabilitated."
Gitmo Detainees Return to Field of Battle | Washington Free Beacon
....yet, somehow, according to our elected Democrats, disarming the American populace is the most important problem.....????????
In a statement issued Friday, the FBI said it investigated Tsarnaev after receiving intelligence from a foreign government that he was "a follower of radical Islam" and "that he had changed drastically since 2010." That foreign government feared Tsarnaev was preparing to travel to that country to join "underground groups."
A federal law enforcement source said Russia was concerned about Tsarnaev's possible links to Chechen extremists. He and the second suspect in the Boston attack, his brother Dzhokhar, 19, were immigrants from a Chechen family."
Rep. Peter King questions FBI's 2011 investigation of Tamerlan Tsarnaev
2. "Theres new outrage from families of 9/11 victims after it was revealed that the Department of Homeland Security is giving a special travel status to low-risk travelers from Saudi Arabia. Fifteen of the 19 hijackers who carried out the September 11th attacks were from Saudi Arabia.
Steve Emerson, the executive director for the Investigative Project on Terrorism, called the move truly disturbing.
.... , the program allows Saudi Arabia to vet visa applicants. Under the Visa Security Program applied to Saudi Arabia after 9/11, Emerson explained that they weren't allowed to vet their own citizens.
Emerson said hes concerned because now the U.S. and Saudi governments will be sharing the responsibility. What happens when a Saudi applicant is passed by them [ ] and they say theyre okay. They get a five year visa, fast-tracked into the United States and then suddenly new material develops that theyre really Hezbollah or theyre Hamas, you think the Saudis are going to tell us?
According to Fox News.com, only an exclusive handful of countries enjoy inclusion in the Global Entry program -- Canada, Mexico, South Korea and the Netherlands.
Concern Growing Over DHS Decision to Give Saudi Arabia Fast Track Travel Privilege | Fox News Insider
3. "In the years following the security crackdown on Arab travelers after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacksin which 15 of the 19 hijackers were Saudi Arabiantough restrictions kept most Arab students away from the U.S. In 2004, only about 1,000 Saudis were studying in the U.S., according to the U.S. State Department.
This past school year, Saudi Arabia sent 66,000 students to U.S. universities, four times the number before the 2001 attacks and the fastest-growing source of foreign students in the U.S., ahead of China, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education. The Saudi influx is part of a broader increase in international students in the U.S. as American universities seek to raise tuition revenues. Some 723,277 foreign students enrolled during the 2010-2011 school year, up 32% from a decade ago."
Saudi Students Flood In as U.S. Reopens Door - WSJ.com
4. "(Reuters) - Around 25 former detainees from Guantanamo Bay camp returned to militancy after going through a rehabilitation program for al Qaeda members in Saudi Arabia, a Saudi security official said on Saturday." 25 Saudi Guantanamo prisoners return to militancy | Reuters
5." Saudi Arabias government has claimed that its terrorism rehabilitation program has converted former terrorists.
However, U.S. critics have said many Islamist radicals are able to fool the government officials running those programs into believing they have changed and then they flee and re-join terrorist groups.
Frank Gaffney, director of the Center for Security Policy, said both the Obama and George W. Bush administrations mistakenly released terrorists from Guantanamo under the misguided notion they could be rehabilitated."
Gitmo Detainees Return to Field of Battle | Washington Free Beacon
....yet, somehow, according to our elected Democrats, disarming the American populace is the most important problem.....????????
