He was on the watchlist for some reason.
And apparently not watched too well.
He was on the watchlist for some reason.
Cash coming into the country, I would guess... :-)
But, being "on" a watchlist is one thing, and it's not someone who is guilty of something. Rather, I think you'll find that there are certain "parameters" that they have for people getting on the watchlist that are "keys" to possible terrorism.
Cash would be one of those keys, I would say. That much should be obvious. There may be something else that I don't know about, but just being on a watchlist isn't something that is going to make a person guilty of something. It's just that -- something to watch...
Again, for this guy ... if you did "watch" you would have found him to be a student from 19 years old, graduating, getting a job, getting married, having two kids, buying a house ...
So, you've got a guy on a "watchlist" and he's been in the country for about 12 years (I think that's how long it is) and he also has applied to become an American citizen (something that would be "normal" under the consideration that you're married to an American citizen and your two kids are American citizens, and you've got a job and you've bought a house).
What I'm pointing out here is if someone looks at someone "ahead of time" and does so for 12 years and you see all that this guy did during those 12 years -- you don't have much to go on to predict terrorism.
I'm pointing out that detecting these things with the Muslims we have in this country now ... is going to be a whole lot more difficult than some raghead, coming over, without being able to talk English with a pile of money and no connections and no wife and no kids and no job and so on...
Nowadays, you're going to find more and more -- this kind of thing to be seemingly "successful types" (or average "Joes", so to speak) and they're not going to "stand out" ahead of time.