danivon wrote:Of course screening can be improved. Continuous Improvement is the best way to proceed. And it needs to be adequately funded.
But that is not what Trump is saying. He is saying no Muslims at all for an undefined period.
That's not quite accurate. He said "until [they] know what the h___" is going on.
In contrast, Obama mentioned looking at the procedures, but for him . . . full speed ahead. He is more concerned about offending ISIS than with trying to tighten up procedures. Tashfeen should give everyone pause--if they're prevented from checking social media . . . what are they thinking? According to Islamophobe, Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY),
it may have cost American lives. Fearing a civil liberties backlash and "bad public relations" for the Obama administration, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson refused in early 2014 to end a secret U.S. policy that prohibited immigration officials from reviewing the social media messages of all foreign citizens applying for U.S. visas, a former senior department official said.
"During that time period immigration officials were not allowed to use or review social media as part of the screening process," John Cohen, a former acting under-secretary at DHS for intelligence and analysis. Cohen is now a national security consultant for ABC News.
One current and one former senior counter-terrorism official confirmed Cohen's account about the refusal of DHS to change its policy about the public social media posts of all foreign applicants.
A spokesperson for the DHS, Marsha Catron, told ABC News that months after Cohen left, in the fall of 2014, the Department began three pilot programs to include social media in vetting, but current officials say that it is still not a widespread policy. A review of the broader policy is already underway, the DHS said.
The revelation comes as members of Congress question why U.S. officials failed to review the social media posts of San Bernardino terrorist Tashfeen Malik. She received a U.S. visa in May 2014, despite what the FBI said were extensive social media messages about jihad and martyrdom.
Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., demanded Sunday that the U.S. immediately initiate a program that would check the social media sites of those admitted on visas."
"Had they checked out Tashfeen Malik," the senator said, "maybe those people in San Bernardino would be alive."
Just as many Governors were saying no Syrian refugees (who are much more thoroughly vetted than most people applying for normal visas). And in my view that is moral cowardice.
Tell that to the residents of San Bernardino.
Are Syrian refugees "more thoroughly vetted?" Is the Syrian government participating fully in that vetting? What databases do we have access to? How up to date are they? Please, do tell.
[quote=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/what-is-the-syrian-refugee-vetting-process/]I am not a fan of this:[/quote]
About 1,800 Syrian refugees have entered the U.S. in the past year. So far, only about 2 percent of the Syrian refugees entering the United States are single men of "combat age." Roughly half of the Syrian refugees are children, and 2.5 percent are adults over 60.
We ought to take more adults over 60. They are little/no threat. We ought to take religious minorities as their lives are more endangered.
Children? Sure, but I would focus on orphans or abandoned children.
None have done what you have done here and suggested areas to improve.
False. Looking at social media is one such suggestion--and it is common sense.
And, assimilation is common sense. Multi-culturalism and a socialist state leads to the nurturing of those who will one day kill in the name of their culture, religion and god. It's happened in Britain, France, and other areas of Europe. Muslim enclaves develop, radical teaching is introduced, and violence ensues.
No thanks.