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Saudi National Questioned In Boston Was On Terror Watch List


By Todd Starnes, Fox News – “The Saudi national who was initially detained and then ruled out as a suspect in the Boston Marathon terrorist attack had been flagged on a terror watch list and was granted a student visa without being properly vetted, sources have told me.

A source close to the investigation revealed that Abdul Rahman Ali Alharbi had been deemed inadmissible under the section of the Immigration and Nationality Act which declares ineligible for a visa – any alien who is engaged in or is likely to engage after entry – in terrorist activity.

At least two additional sources have confirmed to me that Ali Alharbi is set to be deported as early as this week, contrary to statements made by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano.

The House Homeland Security Committee is now requesting a classified briefing with Napolitano to get to the bottom of the issue, according to an exclusive report from The Blaze.

Napolitano denied anyone was being deported in a heated exchange Thursday with Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-SC) during a House hearing.

‘I am unaware of anyone who is being deported for national security concerns at all related to Boston,’ she said. ‘I don’t know where that rumor came from.’

The Homeland Security chief said the Saudi national was not ‘technically a person of interest or a suspect, that was a wash.’

But Duncan questioned the wisdom of deporting someone who was at the scene of a terrorist attack.

‘Wouldn’t you agree with me that it is negligent for us, as an American administration, to deport someone who was reportedly at the scene of the bombing, and we are going to deport him, not to be able to question him anymore, is that not negligent,’ Duncan asked.

Napolitano refused to answer the question.

‘It is so full of misstatements and misapprehensions, that it is just not worthy of any answer,’ she replied. ‘There has been so much reported on this that has been wrong. I can’t even begin to tell you, congressman.’

Last week Steven Emerson, of the Investigative Project on Terrorism, told Fox News Channel’s Sean Hannity that Alharbi had been set to be deported ‘on national security grounds.’

‘You don’t arrest their citizens – you deport them,’ Emerson said regarding the Saudis.” Read more.

Source: Saudi National’s Deportation Record Was Altered – “Breitbart News has learned that the Saudi National questioned after the Boston Marathon Bombing had his deportation order records altered, rescinding his deportation order. The alteration occurred the night before Secretary Napolitano vehemently denied the existence of any deportation order in testimony before the House of Representatives. Sources with knowledge of these matters says the change occurred subsequent to Secretary John Kerry’s closed door meeting on Tuesday with the Saudi Minister and around the time of the meeting between the Saudi Minister and Obama later on Wednesday evening.” Read more.

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