If Psaki isn’t lying outright, which is possible, this makes the Biden administration look even worse, in that they didn’t find anything on this dedicated and hardened jihad terrorist.
“Jen Psaki says British synagogue terrorist was checked against US government databases ‘multiple times’ before he entered the country as House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy demands answers,” by Elizabeth Elkind and Jennifer Smith, DailyMail.com, January 18, 2022
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki told reporters on Tuesday that the British national who was able to fly to the United States despite having a criminal history and hold four people hostage at a Texas synagogue was checked ‘multiple times’ before he entered the country.
‘Our understanding, and obviously we’re still looking into this, is that he was checked against US government databases multiple times prior to entering the country,’ Psaki said on Tuesday.
A short while earlier, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy released a blistering statement demanding answers from President Joe Biden’s White House and raising alarms over ‘what national security concerns remain.’
In addition to condemning the attack, he and other national Republican figures like Florida Governor Ron DeSantis have been grilling the administration over its handling of the incident.
There is growing outrage and demand for answers as to how the British terrorist gunman who took four hostages at a synagogue in Colleyville on Saturday was even able to enter the US on a tourist visa when he was known to intelligence agencies in the UK.
Malik Faisal Akram, 44, flew to New York City from the UK on January 22, despite being known to MI5 and having a criminal record.
She explained that the government did not have any ‘derogatory information’ on Akram when he entered the country.
‘We’re certainly looking back, as I referenced, at what occurred to learn every possible lesson we can to prevent attacks like this in the future,’ Psaki said.
She directed further questions to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). DailyMail.com has reached out to DHS for more information on whether Akram was ever on a US watchlist.
‘Over the past 48 hours, President Biden’s Justice Department has gone from denying the clear and religious, anti-Semitic implications of this attack to now backtracking to what we all already knew to be true. Now as more information becomes available, it only raises more questions,’ McCarthy said in a statement first sent to DailyMail.com….
Akram’s family say he had a criminal history but somehow, he was able to get an ESTA tourist visa – which are supposed to be off-limits to foreigners who have broken the law….
Wellington says
If true (which is always debatable when dealing with the Biden Administration), then even worse, no?
Roland says
I think that Psaki was telling the truth, but DHS has some explaining to do. If it was not a bureaucratic snafu, then controversial policy changes may be required.
mortimer says
If they checked several times and found nothing, they are ignorant and should be fired. If they barely checked him out then they are negligent in their duty.
Clearly, they let this criminal security risk in due to a Bribed-man policy of laxity towards Muslims. That will make the US more dangerous for Jews, Christians, Hindus and atheists. It will make the US more dangerous for ex-Muslim apostates and for Muslims who adhere to the ‘wrong’ Islamic sect.
Either way, they are INCOMPETENT.
The Bribed-man should be impeached for endangering American citizens by allowing security risks into the country.
Pray Hard says
Negligent? Hardly. They wanted him here. They knew exactly what they were doing.
somehistory says
From the Geller Report”
https://gellerreport.com/2022/01/the-fbi-had-knowledge-of-texas-synagogue-jihadi.html/
“Was the Terrorist Attack in Colleyville a Replay of the Terrorist Attack in Garland in 2015?”
gravenimage says
Thanks for that link, Somehistory.
somehistory says
With what was he “checked”? A red pencil?
Perhaps they should have done a “people search” on the web and paid a few dollars for a full report.
She’s a lying idiot, this circle back fool.
somehistory says
Some reports say he came here in December, that he had been here two weeks, staying at different homeless shelters and telling the guys at JFK….during the “several minutes” he was questioned…that he was going to stay in a hotel in Queens.
Evidently, these people who claim to be in charge, don’t know beans.
nicholas tesdorf says
Malik Faisal Akram was checked by multiple totally incompetent and uninformed US government Agencies and despite having a criminal record as long as your arm was still admitted to the USA to carry out Jihad.
mortimer says
‘Extreme vetting’ has been replaced by LOOSE-AS-A-GOOSE vetting.
The new policy is this: “Boys, if you see something, just look the other way.”
Eleanor says
In other words, the “checkers” did not want to appear “islamophobic”. It’s not as silly as it sounds. If the FBI can be infiltrated with Wokers, so can Biden’s Immigration processors.
DavidR says
He was checked multiple times.
1. Yeah why not. Check.
2. Looks normal. Check.
3. Possible favorable future voter Check.
4. No history of hostage taking. Check.
5. Everybody else in the office is doing it. Check.
6. It’s not like it means anything or whatnot. Check.
10. You’re holding up the line and don’t speak English sir. Check.
11. I “check” everybody.
Aloha Akbar says
12. Write him a cheque now
11. Checkmate
gravenimage says
Psaki claims Texas synagogue jihadi was checked ‘multiple times’ before being admitted to the U.S.
………….
If this is true–which I am not counting on–then either we seriously dropped the ball or the UK did.
Pray Hard says
The UK lost the ball decades ago. Do you seriously believe that they are trying to stop moslem terrorism?
Pray Hard says
The idiocy and evil of this administration is beyond comprehension.
Pray Hard says
People, please don’t give them credit for being negligent or incompetent or stupid or something similar. They are evil. The Biden administration wants as many violent moslems in the US as possible. It is part of their plan. It was purposeful. At the very best, Joebama and his buddies are complicit and involved. At worst, they’re trying to exterminate us. We should know this by now.
Terry Gain says
Right on. They are not merely incompetent. They are deliberate.
gravenimage says
Terry, good to see you posting again.
Terry Gain says
Thank you GI. I have been distracted by America’s descent into madness, which VDH describes at American Greatness, and Justin Trudeau’s attempts to abolish sections 2 and 7 of his father’s legacy.
gravenimage says
Terrible stuff, Terry. I’ve got a front-row seat of the results of these insane policies here in Oakland.
As for the article, I think you mean this one?
“Is America Heading for a Systems Collapse?”
https://amgreatness.com/2022/01/19/is-america-heading-for-a-systems-collapse/
Victor Davis Hanson is a true Western Patriot. Of course, I hope he is wrong here–but much of this is already happening. And yes–virtually all of this is self-inflicted.
Walter Sieruk says
Jen Psaki telling the press reporters that the Muslim from the United Kingdom had been checked “multiple times” before being allowed to enter the United States.
Psaki was obviously speaking an outright falsehood in a feeble attempt to hide and cover-up the terrible incompetence or ,worse yet , the insidious sinister treacherous and treasonous anti- American spirit of Joe Biden and his administration. That’s why she speaks such a lie.
After all, Jen Psaki hasn’t been given the nickname of ” Little Miss Lying Hood” for no good and vaild reason.
Graham Bryant says
True!!
Terry Gain says
Nothing Pissaki says is true. Why would you check anyone more than once if you believed him?
somehistory says
Yes. One does a thorough check, deep down. Multiple checks would only need to be done if time had passed and opportunities presented and the guy came up again.
Kepha says
Caveat: The Biden administration is a dumpster fire and a half. We could well be looking at a looming world war in which it’s us against Russia, China, and Iran simply because the first two see us as weak. The DOJ and FBU have become utterly corrupt; our current leadership has no inkling of how dangerous our own political division is, or, if they do, they are taking precisely the wrong steps to remedy it.
However, I’ll give the [mal-]administration the benefit of the doubt here.
If Akram was on a mere visitor’s visa, and had never committed any crime before, there would’ve been no way he would’ve been detected. The Bureau of Consular Affairs simply doesn’t have the staff to monitor FB or other social media to see if every seeming tourist posts daily rants and threats. Were he a beneficiary of a petition for legal immigration, and had no priors, HMG would’ve given a police notice to that effect. Further the CIA’s and FBI’s omniscience is a Hollywood myth. Our intelligence agencies know only dribs and drabs. Many will fly under its radar.
gravenimage says
Kepha wrote:
If Akram was on a mere visitor’s visa, and had never committed any crime before, there would’ve been no way he would’ve been detected.
…………….
But Kepha, this was *not* the case here.
“Texas hostage taker had criminal and mental health history in UK”
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2022/jan/17/texas-hostage-taker-had-criminal-and-mental-health-history-in-uk
I agree that some cases of Jihad are apt to fall between the cracks if the perps have no previous criminal records, but this was *not* one of those cases. Not only should he have not been granted a US visa, but the Uk never should have let him board a plane, either (unless he was being deported).
Kepha says
So, how was the US Government to know about Akram’s mental health history? I’m sure the UK has some sort of privacy protections analogous to our own Privacy Act.
And, do we want to live under a government which spends inordinate amounts of treasure (to pay a large number of people, at the very least) and energy in keeping tabs on everybody worldwide? We’ve already awakened to how China uses TikTok and Huawei to spy on individual, non-government, and non-corporate targets. Do we want that sort of State-Corporate control and surveillance over us? And, even now, I’m sure that in carefully monitored China, an occasional Han settler in Xinjiang still gets murdered, while a vengeance-hungry peasant might still occasionally murder a health officer somewhere in rural China over something that happened during the time of the one-child policy.
I’m glad that those people in the Synagogue in Texas are safe. I hope they recover from the shock and trauma. It’s good that Akram was taken out. But, what Uncle Kepha would prescribe would be something other than an expectation of governmental omniscience. One reason why we have systems of limited government is because deep down inside, we all know that the perfectly secure state is an impossibility.
gravenimage says
Kepha, I never claimed that the US was supposed to know about mental health records if such were sealed.
But a criminal record is a different matter–the idea that a government is somehow overreaching and oppressive if they dare share information about violent crime–especially with an ally–is something I disagree with.
Kepha says
I will backtrack some of my earlier comments. One issue here is that UK citizens get visa-free entry into the USA for stays of up to 90 days for business or pleasure. They have traditionally granted a similar privilege to our temporary visitors in the UK. This system is one in which several countries which give each other very little trouble with undocumented immigration find a way to keep down the visa lines at their embassies and consulates.
However, it seems that Akram’s brother spoke of his having had a criminal history and mental health issues. Maybe his brother volunteered the information after Akram hit the news; but the criminal record, if the report is accurate, should’ve appeared on an automated lookout system or its successor–especially since the UK and USA have a lot of law enforcement cooperation going on. The criminal past should have touched off an alarm somewhere when he got off the plane.
gravenimage says
Agreed, Kepha. That it did not means that someone somewhere along the line–maybe several people–dropped the ball. I just wonder how many other cases there are like this one?
WPM says
There could be thousands of sleeper jihadist cells here in America with thousands more coming in because American ” intelligence agencies” are too busy worrying about mothers and fathers at PTA meetings. Or removing parents and children from planes because their three year old children do not want to stay masked or evil Trump supports posting on the internet, or
the unvax .The main threat to America is angry straight white non-Moslem men according to Joe Biden and all his advisors who head the ” intelligence agencies” ,the military ,education , and press core. They are so woke ,and afraid of law suits and “bad press” from CAIR and the MSM all of them in my opinion jihadist supporting groups here in America they will not do their jobs. Most of the 911 terrorist lived for years in Germany and came here living here for sometime before they committed their jihad ,the intelligence agencies seem to have learn nothing in 20 years. This President and his administration project weakness to every want too be jihadist from all over the world to come here and get his express ticket to allah,s whorehouse heaven dying while committing jihad on American soil.
Now we have the circle back idiot telling us they either failed or just do not care if terrorist(with criminal records) board planes with legal visas in their own names come to America and do jihad. Accidents happen ,they are treating this as an accident a once only “incident”.
WPM says
This piece of jihadist excrement was known by the British “intelligence agencies” he had a criminal record there do they talk with American “intelligence agencies” before he left there on a visa in his real name ! ? Who issued his visa ,what kind of data base search do they use before issuing a visa to a convicted felon from England ? Where did he buy his illegal gun? Who was bankrolling his little vacation here in America ?
gravenimage says
You aren’t wrong, WPM.
VICTOR COWEN says
Over the years I have been to the US (various airports) many times and find their immigration officials the rudest people on earth. During my long experience, people having a criminal record, you could not even think of entering the USA.
I have no such record ever but everybody I know was fully aware of this.
We are being deliberately lied to by the Americans. Under their current (Biden) administration, they are a total disgrace. (But we already knew that didn’t we)
Hank says
I think the extreme vetting she is talking about is for people who stand in line – legal immigrants or Green Card holders or Scientists. LOL
gravenimage says
Grimly true.
Frank says
He is a known criminal and although not judged a threat by our security services a few years ago the info. always remains available in case he would be associated with someone on the UK Police watch lists. So there’s no excuse.
OLD GUY says
And ourGovernment wonders why guns and ammunition sales are up. If our government and police agencies are not going to protect us, that leaves it up to us. Keeps your powder dry and your gun close by.
WPM says
Every Jewish Temple, every Christian Church, every house of worship will need armed guards at services in America because of the increase of Jihad performed by the religion of piece of excrement Islam in less then 10 years I predict .Keep importing those Islamic “dreamers” we will all be in for nightmarish times in the near future.
Orbis Sine Islam says
If we had a government sincere in its desire to prevent such an intelligence debacle in the future, it should begin by conducting enhanced scrutiny of NATURALIZED European citizens; this POS was about as British as my Uncle Karl. But I suppose WOKE sentiment rates higher than American lives, especially Jewish or Christian lives.