Speech #1140070191

If this administration had not made that decision in 2011 to not look at social media. they could have seen that Malik. which is. surely. not her real name. had pledged her allegiance to radical Islam. It is kind of tough to recognize when somebody pledges ones allegiance to radical Islam if one wont even recognize that there is such a thing as radical Islam. This article from Joseph Kolb reads: "A proposal to admit 10.000 Syrian refugees to the United States has ignited a bitter debate in Washington. but more than 10 times that number of people from the embattled country have quietly come to America since 2012. according to figures obtained by FoxNews.com. "Some 102.313 Syrians were granted admission to the United States as legal permanent residents or through programs including work. study and tourist visas from 2012 through August of this year. a period which roughly coincides with the devastating civil war that still engulfs the Middle Eastern country. Experts say any fears that terrorists might infiltrate the proposed wave of refugees from the United Nationsrun camps should be dwarfed by the potential danger already here. "The sheer number of people arriving on all kinds of visas and with green cards. and possibly U.S. citizenship. makes it impossible for our counterterrorism authorities to keep track of them all. much less prevent them from carrying out attacks or belatedly try to deport them. said Jessica Vaughan of the Center for Immigration Studies. " I think its reasonable to assume that the U.S. Government ran the minimum intelligence traces required at the time of entry." We know now. as of 2011. they wouldnt even bother to look to see if someone who was wishing to come in had made statements on social media or had even had his picture taken with known terrorists. Of course. we had a great. valiant patriot in the person of Phil Haney. in his working for the Department of Homeland Security. who was cited for his brilliance in finding over 300 of 400 people who were looked at. on whom he had entered data. and who should have been added to the terrorist watch list from an organization called Tablighi Jamaat.