{"id":1589748,"date":"2022-08-04T18:16:08","date_gmt":"2022-08-04T22:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1589748"},"modified":"2022-08-04T18:17:48","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T22:17:48","slug":"whistleblower-biden-admin-welcomed-hundreds-of-afghans-on-pentagon-watchlist-to-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whistleblower-biden-admin-welcomed-hundreds-of-afghans-on-pentagon-watchlist-to-u-s\/","title":{"rendered":"Whistleblower: Biden Admin Welcomed Hundreds Of Afghans On Pentagon Watchlist To U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fwhistleblower-biden-admin-welcomed-hundreds-of-afghans-on-pentagon-watchlist-to-u-s%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=1589748&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--><p>Bombshell whistleblower allegations suggest the Biden administration\u2019s failure to thoroughly vet refugees from Afghanistan last summer was worse than the Department of Defense admitted, according to a Thursday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawley.senate.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/2022-08\/Hawley%20Afghan%20Vetting%20Whistleblower%20Letter.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">letter<\/a> from Republican Sens. Josh Hawley of Missouri and Ron Johnson of Wisconsin. The letter asked the acting inspector general of the Department of Defense about allegations that the DoD\u2019s handling of Afghan refugees may have allowed terrorists into the country. <\/p>\n<p>According to the letter, \u201c324 individuals evacuated from Afghanistan were allowed to enter the United States, despite appearing on the DoD\u2019s Biometrically Enabled Watchlist,\u201d which identifies people determined to be \u201cthreats or potential threats to national security, including known suspected terrorists.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The DoD reported in February that \u201c50 Afghan personnel in the United States\u201d had been identified who had \u201cinformation in DoD records that would indicate potentially significant security concerns.\u201d The <a href=\"https:\/\/media.defense.gov\/2022\/Feb\/17\/2002940841\/-1\/-1\/1\/DODIG-222-065.PDF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">report<\/a> does not reference the 324 individuals the whistleblower said were on the watchlist. <\/p>\n<p>In a Senate Judiciary Committee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/video\/?522068-1\/fbi-director-wray-testifies-senate-judiciary-committee-oversight-hearing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hearing<\/a> on Thursday, Hawley asked FBI Director Christopher Wray if he was aware of these individuals. \u201cI don\u2019t know that I have the exact number,\u201d Wray said. \u201cI know that there are a number of individuals through our joint terrorism task forces that we are actively trying to investigate.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Hawley asked if the FBI had interviewed or apprehended any of the 324 people the whistleblower referenced. Wray said, \u201cI know there have been a number of interviews of individuals who came \u2014 lots of interviews, frankly \u2014 of individuals who came as part of the evacuation.\u201d Wray did not specify whether any of the individuals interviewed were among those allegedly on the watchlist.  <\/p>\n<p>Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley asked Wray whether the FBI knows where these individuals are located.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a lot of information about where people are located,\u201d Wray said. \u201cI can\u2019t sit \u2014 I can\u2019t sit here right now and tell you that we know where all are located at any given time, that\u2019s probably true.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The letter cites whistleblower claims that \u201cDoD instructed agency personnel to cut corners when processing evacuees\u201d and \u201cabbreviate their [fingerprint] tests in order to promote the rushed evacuation from Afghanistan.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>According to the letter, the problems aren\u2019t over. \u201c[I]t is alleged that personnel at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) who work on vetting Afghan evacuees have been authorized to delete old biometric data, whenever they personally believed that such information is out of date,\u201d Hawley and Johnson wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Many politicians, even Republicans such as Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb, welcomed Afghan refugees with open arms. Holcomb said in his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.in.gov\/gov\/newsroom\/2022-state-of-the-state-address\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2022 State of the State Address<\/a> that Indiana \u201ctook in 7,500 evacuees\u201d and \u201csaw an outpouring of donations and volunteers on a scale like no other state experienced.\u201d Holcomb called it a \u201ctremendous, uplifting effort\u201d and said about 500 of the refugees are now \u201ccalling Indiana their new home.\u201d Republican Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska also took the opportunity to posture himself as progressive and tolerant, <a href=\"https:\/\/nebraska.tv\/news\/local\/senator-ben-sasse-supports-rescuing-afghan-refugees-who-assisted-american-soldiers-afghanistan-fox-news-chris-wallace\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">telling<\/a> Chris Wallace that Afghan evacuees who had \u201cfought on behalf of Americans\u201d were \u201cwelcome in my neighborhood.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>\n  Olivia Hajicek is an intern at The Federalist and a junior at Hillsdale College studying history and journalism. She has covered campus and city news as a reporter for The Hillsdale Collegian. 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