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A senior Defense Department official in Washington told Fox News he had no direct knowledge of the 17 men being AWOL. The official added that this is not the first time foreign trainees have gone missing, and said some cases in the past have turned out to be more of an immigration concern than a national security threat.
"I can confirm that 17 have gone missing from the Defense Language Institute," said Gary Emery, Chief of Public Affairs, 37th Training Wing, at Lackland AFB. "They disappeared over the course of the last two years, and none in the last three months."
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Oh and here, take the Security Passes to our most sensitive installations
Of all the blithering stupidity.
Who is the crass idiot who authorized this?
This program is, according to the article, at least 2 years old. Now, who was the president 2 years ago? I wonder....
So, before people turn this into some stupid partisan crap, it's serious. Things went wrong, they went wrong under Bush, they went wrong under Obama. There are more important things than pointing fingers at people who probably did not even know about the program.
Whew. That was close. We almost agreed.
Someone should pay the price now though. I'm not talking about presidents, just whomever was in charge of the information and the security.
Yes, right. Mistakes where made, and those mistakes will have to be rectified, and some one at some point made a stupid decision and it needs to cost. Since we are dealing with the military, that is almost certain to happen. My immediate concern however is finding the 17 people.
These guys are all working at Wal-Mart or something and happily munching on cheeseburgers while watching HBO. I'm not particularly concerned about a security threat. These guys are our allies, remember?
Then why don't they step forward?
Then why don't they step forward?
While problematic, I don't see a huge security threat. Common Access cards are merely a root certificate of trust, they don't get you into a secure facility unless you have been specifically cleared for that location. Human errors were obviously made, but the system itself is still intact.
You don't see a security threat?
17 Afghan citizens borught to the US to be taught military operations. That is not a security threat?
How do you figure that one?
He was referring to their ability to get into secured military facilities.
That, and these guys were on our side. People go AWOL because they don't want to fight anymore, not because they want to attack the country they're AWOL from. These guys weren't random grunts, they were training to be pilots.
That makes an assumption that is not necessarily true. The potential exists, however small, that they are AWOL planning some nefarious act. They are probably AWOL in an attempt to stay in the US, but it's best to not assume that.
My point is that there's no particular need to freak out about these guys.
My point is that there's no particular need to freak out about these guys.
Of the 13 Afghans who have been found, one is a conditional resident alien and four have removal proceedings from the U.S. pending, Smith said. Two others are permanent residents in Canada and six have pending refugee claims, also in Canada, he said.
This program is, according to the article, at least 2 years old. Now, who was the president 2 years ago? I wonder....
So, before people turn this into some stupid partisan crap, it's serious. Things went wrong, they went wrong under Bush, they went wrong under Obama. There are more important things than pointing fingers at people who probably did not even know about the program.
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