By Judi McLeod ——Bio and Archives--December 7, 2015
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“Investigators are focusing on Tashfeen Malik, who married Syed Rizwan Farook after meeting him online and coming to the U.S. on a fiancee visa, and are particularly interested in a period from roughly 2007 to 2014 that she spent in her native Pakistan. It is during that time when she may have become radicalized, adopting the extremist ideology that she may have spread to her American-born husband. U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch said that investigators have interviewed more than 300 people and are working with Pakistan and other foreign governments as part of the far-reaching probe. Pakistan’s interior minister also announced the country had launched its own investigation. “Despite being allies in the war on terror, the relationship between the U.S. and Pakistan has been plagued by mistrust, and the current probe could expose further cracks in cooperation. Usama bin Laden is believed to have lived for years in his Abbottabad compound, possibly with the knowledge of government authorities, prior to the May 2011 Navy SEAL raid in which he was killed. Now, the U.S. is believed to be putting heavy pressure on Pakistan to cooperate on its end of the investigation into the deadliest terror attack on American soil since 9/11. “It’s time that Pakistan matures up and accepts some responsibility,” a source with knowledge of discussions between U.S. and Pakistani officials told FoxNews.com. “At this stage, Tashfeen’s training is all leading back to Pakistan.” Take that, Pakistan.And now Rep Michael McCaul (R-Texas) has released the unsurprising news that intelligence officials have determined that Islamic extremists have explored using the refugee program to enter the United States--which the Obama administration has not announced publicly. (The Hill, Dec. 7, 2015) Meanwhile, it is not finding out where terrorists were radicalized that will keep the public safe from the horror of Islamic terrorist attacks, it is cutting off the jihadists from crossing borders. Most citizens, who already know that terrorists are being radicalized in places like Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, don’t really care where the radicalization took place. They want the assurance of knowing that there is no way into America for ‘Mr. and Mrs. Terrorist’ like Tashfeen Malik and Syed Rizwan Farook.
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