{"id":11161,"date":"2015-12-10T07:00:08","date_gmt":"2015-12-10T12:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=11161"},"modified":"2018-12-28T13:53:16","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T18:53:16","slug":"tashfeen-malik-was-already-radicalized-may-have-falsified-information-on-her-visa-application","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2015\/12\/10\/tashfeen-malik-was-already-radicalized-may-have-falsified-information-on-her-visa-application\/","title":{"rendered":"Tashfeen Malik Was Already Radicalized; May Have Falsified Information on Her Visa Application"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Mueller_comey_obama_september_2013\"<\/a>In yet another blow to the credibility of the government\u2019s \u201crigorous\u201d national security vetting process, FBI Director James Comey told<\/a> the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday that Tashfeen Malik<\/a>, who would later join her husband in killing 14 people in San Bernardino, was already radicalized before being granted entry to the United States under a K-1 fianc\u00e9e visa.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese two killers were radicalized for quite a long time,\u201d Comey said. \u201cOur investigation to date shows that they were radicalized before they started courting or dating each other online, and as early as the end\u00a0of 2013, were talking to each other about jihad and\u00a0martyrdom before they became engaged and married and were living in the U.S.\u201d<\/p>\n

The FBI director\u2019s revelation comes amid reports<\/a> that Malik also gave incorrect address information on her K-1 visa application, possibly in an effort to conceal ties to jihadist elements in the north-central province of Punjab in Pakistan.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is yet another example of the failure of the screening process<\/a> for those entering the United States,\u201d said Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. \u201cOur government apparently didn\u2019t catch the false address in Pakistan she listed on her application or other possible signs that she was radicalized or an operative.\u201d<\/p>\n

If Malik talked about jihad for years and lied on her visa application without raising any red flags, then it is clear that the current national security vetting process cannot be trusted to detect individuals who pose a threat to the American public. Nevertheless, the \u201crigorous\u201d vetting process that allowed Malik entry is the same kind of process that will be used to vet tens of thousands of Syrian refugees the Obama administration is seeking to resettle throughout the U.S.