Philip Haney: Administration nixed probe into Southern California jihadists

The Hill ^ | December 16, 2015 | Philip Haney

[EveningStar]

There are terrorists in our midst and they arrived here using legal means right under the noses of the federal law enforcement agencies whose mission is to stop them. That is not due to malfeasance or lack of effort on the part of these officers; it is due to the restrictions placed on them by the Obama administration.

I was a firsthand witness to how these policies deliberately prevented scrutiny of Islamist groups. The two San Bernardino jihadists, Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik, may have benefited from the administration's closure of an investigation I initiated on numerous groups infiltrating radicalized individuals into this country.

While working for the Department of Homeland Security for 13 years, I identified individuals affiliated with large, but less well-known groups such as Tablighi Jamaat and the larger Deobandi movement freely transiting the United States. At the National Targeting Center, one of the premier organizations formed to "connect the dots," I played a major role in an investigation into this trans-national Islamist network. We created records of individuals, mosques, Islamic Centers and schools across the United States that were involved in this radicalization effort. The Dar Al Uloom Al Islamiyah Mosque in San Bernardino was affiliated with this network and we had identified a member of it in our investigation. Farook frequented that mosque and was well-known to the congregation and mosque leadership.

[Blood of Tyrants]

The only reasonable conclusions is that Obama wants terrorists here.

[PGR88]

[Vigilanteman]

Correct. And the only reasonable conclusion about the GOPe is that they either agree or don’t think it is worth the political confrontation necessary to stop them.

[BerniesFriend]

Philip Haney: Administration nixed probe into Southern California jihadists

That Mr. Haney was always trying to sell something..

[VRWC For Truth]

One big azz mistake America, The Mooselimb in cheat has gotta go!

[TigersEye]

That is not due to malfeasance or lack of effort on the part of these officers; it is due to the restrictions placed on them by the Obama administration. I was a firsthand witness to how these policies deliberately prevented scrutiny of Islamist groups.

0bama: "Do not look at muslims!"

Think they'll find any terrorists?

[Perseverando]