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Sat Dec 5, 2015, 09:59 PM

Dec 2015

I repeat: 13% of Syrian refugees have sympathy for ISIS

http://english.dohainstitute.org/file/Get/40ebdf12-8960-4d18-8088-7c8a077e522e

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She Gave A False Address On Her Visa [View all] KittyWampus Dec 2015 OP

Whoa. babylonsister Dec 2015 #1

even if it was an 'innocent' mistake (number improperly written) KittyWampus Dec 2015 #3

This is what happens when you have attrition, Drahthaardogs Dec 2015 #63

I think that's a damn fine idea. nt babylonsister Dec 2015 #64

And this is why HRC is correct to call for a careful look into the VISA program. n/t pnwmom Dec 2015 #97

so much for our screening process saturnsring Dec 2015 #2

Wrong randys1 Dec 2015 #4

oh the screening process didnt fail here? saturnsring Dec 2015 #6

Does this inspire confidence in you? KittyWampus Dec 2015 #7

Did you believe the screening process for refugees and what this person went thru randys1 Dec 2015 #8

I think the screening process for ANYONE should be sufficient that a false address KittyWampus Dec 2015 #11

I think most Brown people are harmless and I am not that worried about it. randys1 Dec 2015 #12

"most brown people"??? cwydro Dec 2015 #26

The fear here seems to be focused on Brown people, so I was merely pointing randys1 Dec 2015 #34

"Most?" SoCalMusicLover Dec 2015 #27

Wow. ProudToBeBlueInRhody Dec 2015 #33

Tone deaf, OK, if wanting to help refugees is tone deaf, then I am randys1 Dec 2015 #35

I'm for good, strict, effective screening....for visa and the refugees. NOT keeping people out ProudToBeBlueInRhody Dec 2015 #42

Yeah, so much better to think shootings happen kcr Dec 2015 #108

IMHO the problem is she LiberalElite Dec 2015 #51

How do you check out a ficticious address? 1939 Dec 2015 #88

So if a white person gave a false address I should worry Yupster Dec 2015 #87

It's worse B2G Dec 2015 #13

If they aren't even verifying information given on an application LittleBlue Dec 2015 #16

So you are saying that if 2 out of 20,000 refugees are killers, say no to all? randys1 Dec 2015 #18

they also made pipe bombs. KittyWampus Dec 2015 #19

So if 2 out of 20,000 are killers, you say no to all 20,000? randys1 Dec 2015 #20

where do you get off insinuating that I "say no to all 20,000"? KittyWampus Dec 2015 #22

Someone here was, if not you then I apologize randys1 Dec 2015 #24

Like The Belgium/France Border? SoCalMusicLover Dec 2015 #29

If you think borders are "stupid," TexasMommaWithAHat Dec 2015 #47

It's funny about Canada ProudToBeBlueInRhody Dec 2015 #48

LOL Other countries are just like us. TexasMommaWithAHat Dec 2015 #49

Borders allow governments to regulate immigration davidpdx Dec 2015 #98

Policy should be thought out 6chars Dec 2015 #78

If they are lying on their visa applications LittleBlue Dec 2015 #43

13% of Syrian refugees have an OK opinion of ISIS (poll) Yorktown Dec 2015 #81

So does that put you in the camp of opposing Syrian refugees? philosslayer Dec 2015 #93

Yes Yorktown Dec 2015 #95

Results of your Jury Service DeadLetterOffice Dec 2015 #96

Thanks. I am amazed people alert without even asking info about the source Yorktown Dec 2015 #100

I'm amazed that posts like yours are supported in any way on DU kcr Dec 2015 #109

I am amazed by your comment Yorktown Dec 2015 #110

The great part about this argument is that people make the EXACT same argument about guns. hughee99 Dec 2015 #82

I have an idea for a conversation between your side and mine and it is based randys1 Dec 2015 #83

What? hughee99 Dec 2015 #84

So getting rid of semi auto weapons and kits that make weapons rapid fire etc puts your life at risk randys1 Dec 2015 #86

Huh? hughee99 Dec 2015 #89

Why do we need to allow the ownership of semi auto weapons that can kill many people in randys1 Dec 2015 #90

By that same logic, why do we need to allow refugees hughee99 Dec 2015 #91

K & R mog75 Dec 2015 #71

not at all but it isnt surprising saturnsring Dec 2015 #40

Exactly, GGJohn Dec 2015 #14

Even our signatures look alike. LOL randys1 Dec 2015 #17

Here you go. GGJohn Dec 2015 #25

Excellent. He was SCREWED out of a 2nd term, too randys1 Dec 2015 #28

Great minds think alike. GGJohn Dec 2015 #30

Forgot your sarcasm sign yeoman6987 Dec 2015 #61

You know the RW will be all over this AZ Progressive Dec 2015 #31

There's always going to be bureaucratic loopholes to exploit... Blue_Tires Dec 2015 #38

yep 840high Dec 2015 #44

Well this is going to be interesting. B2G Dec 2015 #5

Are these the same people screening the Syrian immigrants? LittleBlue Dec 2015 #9

If they were atreides1 Dec 2015 #52

It's a very different process. uppityperson Dec 2015 #55

How so? Joe the Revelator Dec 2015 #74

She may have been working in Saudi Arabia, and since she was not a Saud LiberalArkie Dec 2015 #10

Yes, it could easily have been a miswritten number, a poorly remembered address KittyWampus Dec 2015 #15

I think we will have to wait until the investigations are complete to find LiberalArkie Dec 2015 #21

Just read this. proverbialwisdom Dec 2015 #37

Interesting, so really she was from SA. LiberalArkie Dec 2015 #46

First photo of her you may want to add to thread title GusBob Dec 2015 #23

A vetting success story. n/t cherokeeprogressive Dec 2015 #32

Yet we are supposed to have confidence that the government can weed out terrorists in the refugees? davidn3600 Dec 2015 #36

I don't. 840high Dec 2015 #45

Refugee and spousal are very different processes but different groups uppityperson Dec 2015 #56

How so? Joe the Revelator Dec 2015 #75

Here you go uppityperson Dec 2015 #76

K & R mog75 Dec 2015 #73

Looks around...is this still Democratic Underground? Fawke Em Dec 2015 #39

Don't Be So Open-Minded That Your Brains Fall Out. GeorgeGist Dec 2015 #58

What so many here fail to notice 2naSalit Dec 2015 #41

THANK YOU uppityperson Dec 2015 #57

First thing that 2naSalit Dec 2015 #60

When the crazy hits the fan even liberals would throw out the baby with the bath water. Drunken Irishman Dec 2015 #77

That's the scary part... 2naSalit Dec 2015 #79

I hardly think that leftynyc Dec 2015 #85

Hey, I'm also a drunken Irishman... R. Daneel Olivaw Dec 2015 #107

We need a ban on immigrants bigwillq Dec 2015 #50

Not really shocked by this knowing the Middle East... Street Addresses are a rather novel JCMach1 Dec 2015 #53

The same for rural areas of Latin America nadinbrzezinski Dec 2015 #54

precisely Nadin... JCMach1 Dec 2015 #59

I did read she was pre-screened already and given the thumbs up to come into this country. Rex Dec 2015 #66

The ammount of ammo is really not that large nadinbrzezinski Dec 2015 #68

I was thinking more the military style firearms than the ammo. Rex Dec 2015 #69

Armor Piercing, you read the same blog entry soembody else showed me, must have nadinbrzezinski Dec 2015 #70

Forget about addresses... DHS is a clusterfrak when it come to immigration JCMach1 Dec 2015 #111

So what the Qatar comment a slip of the tongue by a news reporter? Rex Dec 2015 #67

Yes, it was nadinbrzezinski Dec 2015 #72

Yes treestar Dec 2015 #105

If she'd spent 25 years in Saudi Arabia, that's where most of the background check effort goes Recursion Dec 2015 #62

Wait.. She lived 25 years in Saudi Arabia? darkangel218 Dec 2015 #104

Well now... I asked how she got by security. But I thought she was pre-screened by the FBI? Rex Dec 2015 #65

If we had to check every single address, the system would completely bog down. alarimer Dec 2015 #80

Breaking News: Sissyk Dec 2015 #92

Surprise surprise Aerows Dec 2015 #94

+1 million darkangel218 Dec 2015 #106

Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2015 #99

Many DUers will still rationalize this and deny the US needs better screening Democat Dec 2015 #101

We do need better screening, if this is true. darkangel218 Dec 2015 #103

From what I understood, she received a "green card" darkangel218 Dec 2015 #102