Secret Policy Allowed San Bernardino Shooter to Evade Tough Visa Questions

Homeland Security is barred by a secret Obama Administration policy from checking the public social media postings of visa applicants.  Thanks to this policy, Tashfeen Malik one of the murderers in the San Bernardino shootings, was allowed a visa despite a significant pro-jihad social media presence.tashfeen malik san bernardino terror

A secret U.S. policy that prohibits immigration officials from reviewing the social media messages of foreign citizens applying for U.S. visas was reportedly kept in place over fears of a civil liberties backlash and “bad public relations.”

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson refused in early 2014 to end the policy, even though several other officials in the organization pressed for such a policy change, ABC News reported Monday.

Johnson’s politically-correct policy decision lead directly to the bloodshed in California.

Malik received a U.S. visa in May 2014, despite what the FBI said were extensive social media messages about jihad and martyrdom.

Cohen said that officials from United States Citizenship and Immigration Services and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement both pressed for a change in policy, which eventually became the subject of a meeting in 2014 chaired by Homeland Security Deputy Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, other top deputies and representatives of the DHS Office of Civil Liberties and the Office of Privacy.

“The primary concern was that it would be viewed negatively if it was disclosed publicly and there were concerns that it would be embarrassing,” Cohen told ABC’s Good Morning America on Monday.

Instead of putting the safety and security of Americans at the forefront, Secretary Johnson kowtowed to the forces of political correctness and as a result let a dangerous terrorist into the U.S.  The result of his mistake is now open for all to see.

Comments

  1. GlobalThinkTank says

    When it comes to National Security; yes, the very Civil Liberties that most Americans had to give up, why then is Privacy issues allowed as a loophole to bring in poorly vetted Asylees and Refugees, let alone Immigrants?

    If I had to give up my Civil Liberties un-voluntarily, I expect that the very least our government can do is a thorough job vetting out potential terrorist… unless having lapses in security is in actuality a real part of the plan; which sounds ridiculous, but one I am beginning to believe is true.

  2. LowHand1954 says

    Impeach Obuma,Recall RYAN as WIS U.S.Senator and then HANG Them All for TREASON !all the way back to Slick willy Clinton !

  3. GlobalThinkTank says

    OK, for a lack of a better solutions, let’s keep the Hangin’s as a part of ‘Plan B’ for now. ; ) But I do certainly hear your frustration, and one I’ve been voicing for years… get all the former cronies out of D.C., and for God’s sake, don’t vote back in office anyone related to a Bush, Clinton, or Obama, or anyone willing to continue to follow their controllers and handlers commands. They’ve done quite enough damage already over the last 25 years.

  4. GlobalThinkTank says

    Tea Party Journal – DHS Whistleblower Bombshell – Obama Admin Shut Down Investigation That Could’ve Prevented Terror Attack

    http://teapartyjournal.com/dhs-whistleblower-bombshell-obama-admin-shut-down-investigation-that-couldve-prevented-terror-attack/

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