Friday, April 29, 2011

Obama-terrorism
President Barack Obama, at the White House, discusses his plans to thwart future terrorist attacks on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2010. His remarks followed a meeting with his national security team. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

(CNSNews.com) -- Three people convicted of crimes as a result of a terrorism-related investigation by the Department of Justice (DOJ) were later naturalized as U.S. citizens by the Obama administration, according to federal auditors.
The March 2011 audit (released on April 21, 2011) by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), entitled Criminal Alien Statistics: Information on Incarcerations, Arrests and Costs, shows that three individuals were among “defendants where the investigation involved an identified link to international terrorism but they were charged with violating other statutes [not directly related to terrorism], including fraud, immigration, drugs, false statements, and general conspiracy charges,” referred by DOJ as Category II terrorism-related cases.
The three individuals in question can be found in a DOJ list of unsealed terrorism-related investigations conducted from Sept. 11, 2001 through Mar. 18, 2010. There are 403 defendants on that list of which, according to the GAO, at least 43 percent were aliens--both legal (26 percent) and illegal (17 percent)--at the time they were charged with crimes.
“Prosecuting terror-related targets using Category II offenses and others is often an effective method--and sometimes the only available method--of deterring and disrupting potential terrorist planning and support activities,” explained the DOJ in the document that listed the defendants.
Staff members of GAO's Homeland Security and Justice team who worked on the audit told CNSNews.com in an e-mail that the three individuals were naturalized as U.S. citizens under President Barack Obama.
“One of the individuals was naturalized in late 2009.  The other two were naturalized in 2010,” says the e-mail from the GAO.
In the audit, the GAO analyzed the immigration status of the individuals on the DOJ list using information from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS), a component of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
“Based upon our analysis of USCIS and DOJ data, three of the individuals on the DOJ list received U.S. citizenship after their convictions,” stated the GAO audit report. “Two were convicted of unlawful production of an identity document and one was convicted of transferring funds out of the country in violation of U.S. sanctions.”
“An individual applying for naturalization must demonstrate good moral character for a statutory period of time--from 5 years preceding the application up to admission to citizenship,” added the GAO. “This includes not having been convicted of crimes, such as murder, rape, drug trafficking, or other aggravated felonies prior to or during that period, as well as not having been convicted of other crimes during that period, such as certain drug offenses or convictions that led to 180 days or more of prison time.”
However, according to the USCIS, the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) says that in determining good moral character, the federal government can look further back than five years, adding that it “may take into consideration as a basis for such determination the applicant's conduct and acts at any time prior to that period.”
The INA, which allows a person who has been a permanent resident for at least 5 years to apply for naturalization, governs the eligibility requirements to be naturalized as a U.S. citizen, including establishing good moral character, the USCIS stated on its Web site.
“USCIS determined that each of these individuals were able to demonstrate good moral character within the required period of time and met all other requirements for naturalization,” stated the GAO.
In explaining why the individuals were allowed to become naturalized U.S. citizens, USCIS indicated that “the convictions were outside of the [five year] statutory period, were not aggravated felonies, and resulted in no prison time for the defendants; all required background checks were conducted and resolved with appropriate law enforcement agencies; and no national security, public safety, or other grounds of ineligibility existed.”
The GAO report was requested by Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), chairman of the House Judiciary Immigration and Policy Enforcement Subcommittee, and Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), ranking member of that panel.
In a press release about the report, King's office highlighted that "three individuals on DOJ's list of convictions resulting from international terrorism investigations were granted citizenships after their convictions" as a “key” finding of the GAO audit.
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  • Are you a Democrat, a Republican, or a Southerner?
    Here is a little test that will help you decide.

    You're walking down a deserted street with your wife
    and two small children. Suddenly, an Islamic
    Terrorist with a huge knife comes around the corner,
    locks eyes with you, screams obscenities, praises
    Allah, raises the knife, and charges at you...

    You are carrying a Kimber 1911 cal. 45 ACP, and you are an expert shot.
    You have mere seconds before he reaches you and your family..
    What do you do?

    Democrat's Answer:
    • Well, that's not enough information to answer the question!
    • Does the man look poor or oppressed?
    • Have I ever done anything to him that would inspire him to attack?
    • Could we run away?
    • What does my wife think?
    • What about the kids?
    • Could I possibly swing the gun like a club and knock the knife out of his hand?
    • What does the law say about this situation?
    • Does the pistol have appropriate safety built into it?
    • Why am I carrying a loaded gun anyway, and what kind of message does this send to society and to my children?
    • Is it possible he'd be happy with just killing me?
    • Does he definitely want to kill me, or would he be content just to wound me?
    • If I were to grab his knees and hold on, could my family get away while he was stabbing me?
    • Should I call 9-1-1?
    • Why is this street so deserted?
    • We need to raise taxes, have “Paint & Weed Day”;
    • Can we make this a happier, healthier street that would discourage such behavior.
    • I need to debate this with some friends for a few days and try to come to a consensus.
    • This is all so confusing!
    ...........................................
    Republican's Answer:
    BANG!
    .......................................
    Southerner's Answer:

    BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!
    BANG ! BANG! BANG! BANG!
    Click..... (Sounds of reloading)
    BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!
    BANG!
    BANG!
    BANG!
    Click

    Daughter: 'Nice grouping, Daddy!'
    'Were those the Winchester Silver Tips or Hollow Points?! '

    Son: 'Can I shoot the next one?!'

    Wife: 'You ain't taking that to the Taxidermist!



  • Ericsyale 7 minutes ago
    Anyone who thinks the traitor obama is not out to destroy this country is an IDIOT
  • A shocking story of a 8 year old girl being married to a Muslim man in a Islamic Country, Saudi Arabia. This happens in Islamic Countries because the prophet of Islam Muhammad himself married his second wife Aisha when she was only 6 years old. Muhammad then consummated the marriage with Aisha when she was only 9 years old, Muhammad himself was 54 years old. For this reason it is not illegal for Muslim men to marry child brides in many Islamic Countries & this routinely happens. Some Islamic Countries that still allow legal pedophilia today are; Saudi Arabia, Iran, Afghanistan, Yemen, Samalia & northern Nigeria where their is a large Muslim population.

    Narrated Aisha: that the prophet married her when she was six years old, and he consummated his marriage when she was nine years old, and then she remained with him for nine years. Sahih Bukhari Volume 7, Book 62, Number 64

    Narrated ‘Aisha: that the Prophet married her when she was six years old and he consummated his marriage when she was nine years old. Hisham said: I have been informed that ‘Aisha remained with the Prophet for nine years (i.e. till his death).” what you know of the Quran(by heart)’ Sahih Bukhari Volume 7, Book 62, Number 65

    Narrated Hisham’s father: Khadija died three years before the Prophet departed to Medina. He stayed there for two years or so and then he married ‘Aisha when she was a girl of six years of age, and he consumed that marriage when she was nine years old. Sahih Bukhari Volume 5, Book 58, Number 236

    Narrated ‘Ursa: The Prophet wrote the (marriage contract) with ‘Aisha while she was six years old and consummated his marriage with her while she was nine years old and she remained with him for nine years (i.e. till his death). Sahih Bukhari Volume 7, Book 62, Number 88
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  • is obama doing anything?
  • Crazyrver1 16 minutes ago
    They were probably some sort of family!! Just like the others are 1/2 bro's.
  • Obama said that "one of the prettiest sounds in the whole world is the muezzin`s call to prayers from the top of the mosque`s minaret".....
    That explains it all.
  • Walid do you not know who runs the world....SATAN!!! He gets into peoples heads. The Bible does NOT tell people to go kill. People make that decision on their own because GOD gave us the ability to choose!!!! A little of sharia law would not be a bad thing??? Ah your real thoughts are showing, better watch out. Are you kidding me!! I am a woman and I do not agree with the way some women behave but I do not believe they should be stoned or killed for a bad or stupid decision! I WILL NEVER EVER EVER live under sharia law EVER!! I will defend my right as a person in whatever way I need to keep my values, morals and country. Note this world...many of Americans will not go down with out a fight!!
  • I'M A RETIRED IMMIGRATION SERVICES OFFICER. NATURALIZATION DECISIONS RARELY ARE PASSED UP THE CHAIN BEYOND A FIRST SUPERVISOR. THE FIELD OFFICE DIRECTOR LIKELY NEVER NEW OF THE GRANTS OF NATURALIZATION.

    THE OFFENSES MAY HAVE BEEN FOR PRODUCING A COUNTERFEIT RESIDENCY CARD AT THE TIME OF COMPLETING THE EMPLOYMENT VERIFICATION FORM. PRODUCTION DOESN'T MEAN COUNTERFEITING ONLY PRESENTING IT TO YOUR EMPLOYER. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES CAN'T ACCEPT COUNTERFEIT CARDS BECAUSE THE NUMBERS MUST BE CHECKED AGAINST USCIS DATABASES. WAIVER FOR BUYING THE CARDS WHICH COST LESS THAN $300 ARE ROUTINELY GRANTED UNLESS THE CARDS ARE USED FOR A MORE SINISTER PURPOSE.

    THE OTHER PERSON LIKELY SENT MONEY TO A FAMILY MEMBER. A REASONABLE BELIEF BY USCIS OF HAVING ENGAGED IN TERRORIST RELATED ACTIVITIES IS A GROUND OF REMOVABILITY RENDERING THE ALIEN PERMANENTLY INELIGIBLE FOR NATURALIZATION. THE ARTICLE DOESN'T STATE THAT THE ALIENS ENGAGED IN SUCH ACTIVITIES.



  • ANYONE WHO COMMITS A CRIME AND IS CONVICTED SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED CITIZENSHIP...FINDING LAME EXCUSES TO DEFLECT THE REAL ISSUE OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY ONLY GOES TO INSENCE THOSE OF US WHO ARE FED UP WITH THIS KIND OF CRAP...
  • NOW the CIA will RE-hire them! At least we know they will have gainful employment.
  • Pdunc1013 56 minutes ago
    Hussein Obama only favors muslims in all policy. Us Christians will be extinct unless Jesus comes soon to deliver us from antichrist Obama!
  • TaterSalad 1 hour ago
    Welcome to Shari'ah Law to the United States. Compliments of the Obama administration/regime and here is why:

    President is "For the People and "By the People"! Period! His self appointed DOJ Attorney General, Eric Holder is now telling everyone that he will challenge the anti-sharia legislation in Missouri if it passes. Question: Why? Since the U.S. Constitution is the supreme document to be ruled by in this great country, why and what is the purpose of challenging our Constitution "unless" you, my friend are trying to destroy our government?

    http://creepingsharia.wordpress.com/2011/04/30/muslim-us-attorney-if-anti-sharia-legislation-passes-in-mo-doj-will-challenge/
  • Charlie Brown ,he's a clown. That Charlie Brown , he is a clown........
  • WinterHaven 1 hour ago
    Salad.Sunday is right! Obama didn't grant them citizenship. Some low level clerk did. The article says nothing about the 3 being terrorists only they were picked up for some crime while the government was trolling for terrorists.
  • I DON'T SEE ANYTHING HERE THAT OBAMA KNEW ABOUT IT. SOUNDS LIKE MALFEASANCE BY SOME IMMIGRATION OFFICER.
  • Continuing the example from below, if a mail man misdelivers a letter is that an error by the Obama administration? If the INS grants citizenship to a criminal, is that an error by the Obama administration?
  • doesnt the president have to sign something to make them citizens? like an executive order? How could a low level clerk grant citizensihp? I think your wrong on your facts. if it was a low level clerk then we'd be having millions of people made citizens. can't congress stop it?
  • Nobama probably has to look at the file before he signs them a citizenship paper. He saw they are Muslam and signed it. Something so important is left to a clerk in some immigration office like an irs examiner.
  • Raw Powered 1 hour ago
    Now that they are freshly minted American citizens, perhaps the Junior President from Illinois will introduce them to his longtime friends, like domestic terrorists Bill Ayers and Bernadette Dohrn and then take them to hear his source of spiritual and moral consel, Rev. Jeremiah Wright spew out anti-American speeches that would make a Palestinian mullah blush.

    So, folks, how's that Obama vote been working out for you? Are you still hope-y?
  • Capecodstuff 1 hour ago
    To Raymond, your piece was Inspirational, Patriotic and Creative. I would like to link it to my Conservative Twitter comments at Capecodstuff or Teapartykid with your permission.
    Keep thinking for yourself. it is a shame that original thought and logical reasoning seem so rare these days.
  • Art D. 1 hour ago
    Our country is being destroyed not by military means but by an insiduous inflow of people committed to an alien agenda.
  • why are many citizens disgusted with government? Government seems above the law,able to contort the law to it's needs.The citizen however is dealt with harshly and with out restraint.
  • That is the only way they could legally get into the country to blow something up.
  • Herman Cain tells it how it is.
  • Mama you are right, but all those who chop the heads off the non-believers are muslim. I do beleive it was only muslims that bombed the Cole, The WTC (twice), and a number of other targets that were non-military.
  • Chris, if you like Trump, then you will love Herman Cain. You should look him up. He is the only man I know that has flat out said he would not put a muslim on his cabinet as he believes most muslims are attempting to convert America to islam.
  • Obummer has been practicing treason since he was inaugurated.
  • I liked your statement but to clarify further, His treason started before being inaugurated, it's how he got elected and even before. Look at past associates and doings. The lies.

    I have a new National Anthem to add to our Scared songs we love for the US,

    It's From Muse ,it's called UPRISING.


  • Spelling correction , please excuse my error

    Scared- Sacred.
  • Radar havent you learned. The pols in washington now, do not wnat to make our country better. They want to make our country mediocre like eroupe.
  • Salad.Sunday 2 hours ago
    DON'T YOU THINK THAT IF THEY WERE TERRORISTS, THE ARTICLE WOULD SAY THAT? I'M SURE OBAMA DIDN'T PERSONALLY GRANT THEM CITIZENSHIP BUT IT WAS GRANTED BY AN IMMIGRATION OFFICER. IF A MAILMAN MISDELIVERS A LETTER, IS OBAMA AT FAULT FOR THAT?
  • You have a point. I don't believe that those who are here have achieved a sufficient reading level to understand the article.
  • I agree! You really can't blame the boss for the miscreants who work for him, the sheer incmpetence of his employees, the wrong courses that his employees take...and s.. Dick Cheney was NOT responsible for Abu Ghraib. Will you admit that? Say so, as I have, openly.
    Not George Bush nor Cheney, nor Rumsfeld were responsible for the mailmen who misdelivered the instructions to the miscreants in Abu Ghraib! Right?
  • Where is all the oil that the LEFT said was the reason we went into Iraq? Should the gas prices be around $!1.50 by now??? Where is the outrage by the press at the high prices now???
  • Lepiquant 2 hours ago
    Come libs ya still in love the man? Yes we can, destroy America.
  • Raymond 2 hours ago
    Dear American liberals, leftists, social progressives, socialists, Marxists and Obama supporters, et al:

    We have stuck together since the late 1950's for the sake of the kids, but the whole of this latest election process has made me realize that I want a divorce. I know we tolerated each other for many years for the sake of future generations, but sadly, this relationship has clearly run its course.

    Our two ideological sides of America cannot and will not ever agree on what is right for us all, so let's just end it on friendly terms. We can smile and chalk it up to irreconcilable differences and go our own way.

    Here is a model separation agreement:
    Our two groups can equitably divide up the country by landmass each taking a similar portion. That will be the difficult part, but I am sure our two sides can come to a friendly agreement. After that, it should be relatively easy! Our respective representatives can effortlessly divide other assets since both sides have such distinct and disparate tastes.

    We don't like redistributive taxes so you can keep them. You are welcome to the liberal judges and the ACLU. Since you hate guns and war, we'll take our firearms, the cops, the NRA and the military. We'll take the nasty, smelly oil industry and you can go with wind, solar and biodiesel. You can keep Oprah, Michael Moore and Rosie O'Donnell. You are, however, responsible for finding a bio-diesel vehicle big enough to move all three of them.

    We'll keep capitalism, greedy corporations, pharmaceutical companies, Wal-Mart and Wall Street. You can have your beloved lifelong welfare dwellers, food stamps, homeless, homeboys, hippies, druggies and illegal aliens. We'll keep the hot Alaskan hockey moms, greedy CEO's and rednecks. We'll keep the Bibles and give you NBC and Hollywood .

    You can make nice with Iran and Palestine and we'll retain the right to invade and hammer places that threaten us. You can have the peaceniks and war protesters. When our allies or our way of life are under assault, we'll help provide them security.

    We'll keep our Judeo-Christian values. You are welcome to Islam, Scientology, Humanism, political correctness and Shirley McClain. You can also have the U.N. but we will no longer be paying the bill.

    We'll keep the SUV's, pickup trucks and oversized luxury cars. You can take every Prius you can find.

    You can give everyone healthcare if you can find any practicing doctors.. We'll continue to believe healthcare is a luxury and not a right. We'll keep "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" and "The National Anthem." I'm sure you'll be happy to substitute "Imagine", "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing", "Kum Ba Ya" or "We Are the World".

    We'll practice trickle down economics and you can continue to give trickle up poverty your best shot.

    Since it often so offends you, we'll keep our history, our name and our flag.

    P. S. Also, please take Ted Turner, Sean Penn, Martin Sheen, Barbara Streisand, &
    Jane Fonda with you.

    P. S. S. And you won't have to press 1 for English when you call our country.
  • Raymond..I'm with you!!!!
  • Are you going to run for President soon? You got my vote!!!
  • Prayer Works 2 hours ago
    Only Christians should be made citizens.