{"id":1223126,"date":"2022-01-18T19:38:16","date_gmt":"2022-01-19T00:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1223126"},"modified":"2022-01-18T19:38:19","modified_gmt":"2022-01-19T00:38:19","slug":"white-house-multiple-u-s-security-screenings-failed-to-flag-synagogue-terrorist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-multiple-u-s-security-screenings-failed-to-flag-synagogue-terrorist\/","title":{"rendered":"White House: Multiple U.S. Security Screenings Failed to Flag Synagogue Terrorist"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhite-house-multiple-u-s-security-screenings-failed-to-flag-synagogue-terrorist%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1223126&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Malik-Faisal-Akram-640x480-1-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The White House admitted Tuesday that the United States government failed to flag a man who held four people hostage at a Texas synagogue on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Malik Faisal Akram, 44, who was shot and killed by police during his hostage attempt at the&nbsp;Congregation Beth Israel synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, was reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-60019251\">known<\/a> by United Kingdom intelligence, according to reports.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The United States government data bases, however, did not.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cOur understanding and obviously we are still looking into this is he was checked against U.S. government data bases multiple times prior to entering the country,\u201d White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Akram flew into the United States through New York on January 22 with a tourist visa, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/01\/17\/world\/europe\/texas-synagogue-hostage-taker-family.html\">according<\/a> to reports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe U.S. government did not have any derogatory information about the individual in our systems at the time of entry,\u201d Psaki said.<\/p>\n<p>Akram\u2019s brother expressed disbelief that he was allowed into the country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-axufdj evys1bk0\">\u201cHow had he gotten into America?\u201dAkram said to the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/01\/17\/world\/europe\/texas-synagogue-hostage-taker-family.html\">New York Times.<\/a> <\/em>\u201cWhy was he granted a visa? How did he land at J.F.K. airport and not get stopped for one second?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In January 2021, Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/diIl6y0FYN\">ended<\/a> former President Donald Trump\u2019s order requiring that intelligence agencies more thoroughly vet foreigners seeking to travel to the United States.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The White House admitted Tuesday that the United States government failed to flag a man who held four people hostage at a Texas synagogue on Saturday. 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