Dusty
05-16-2013, 17:09
WTF is up with this administration? :mad:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/05/16/watchdog-witness-protection-lost-track-known-or-suspected-terrorists-let-others/
The Justice Department temporarily lost track of two known or suspected terrorists who were in the witness protection program -- and allowed others on the no-fly list to board commercial flights -- according to a watchdog report which fueled criticism of the administration.
"This is gross mismanagement -- pure and simple," Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, said in a statement.
The allegations were made in an inspector general report released Thursday. The report found agencies in the department did not properly share the new identities of some in witness protection -- the lapse meant those new names were not updated in the no-fly list.
"Therefore, it was possible for known or suspected terrorists to fly on commercial airplanes in or over the United States and evade one of the government's primary means of identifying and tracking terrorists' movements and actions," the report said.
The report said "some" in the program were able to do just that.
The inspector general's office also said the U.S. Marshals Service, as of last July, was "unable to locate" two former participants who were known or suspected terrorists, and that they were thought to be outside the U.S. The report said the department "did not definitively know" how many known or suspected terrorists had been admitted into the program either.
Though the Justice Department says these problems have in large part been corrected, Republicans seized on the report as another example of administration mismanagement. The DOJ is already under fire for seizing journalist phone records, while the IRS faces criticism for a practice of singling out conservative groups.
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http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/05/16/watchdog-witness-protection-lost-track-known-or-suspected-terrorists-let-others/
The Justice Department temporarily lost track of two known or suspected terrorists who were in the witness protection program -- and allowed others on the no-fly list to board commercial flights -- according to a watchdog report which fueled criticism of the administration.
"This is gross mismanagement -- pure and simple," Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, said in a statement.
The allegations were made in an inspector general report released Thursday. The report found agencies in the department did not properly share the new identities of some in witness protection -- the lapse meant those new names were not updated in the no-fly list.
"Therefore, it was possible for known or suspected terrorists to fly on commercial airplanes in or over the United States and evade one of the government's primary means of identifying and tracking terrorists' movements and actions," the report said.
The report said "some" in the program were able to do just that.
The inspector general's office also said the U.S. Marshals Service, as of last July, was "unable to locate" two former participants who were known or suspected terrorists, and that they were thought to be outside the U.S. The report said the department "did not definitively know" how many known or suspected terrorists had been admitted into the program either.
Though the Justice Department says these problems have in large part been corrected, Republicans seized on the report as another example of administration mismanagement. The DOJ is already under fire for seizing journalist phone records, while the IRS faces criticism for a practice of singling out conservative groups.
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