3 Convicted in Terror-Related Probes Granted U.S. Citizenship

CNS News has uncovered some startling news. Three people convicted in terror-related investigations have been granted citizenship under the watch of the Obama Administration.

According to a March 2011 audit conducted by the Government Accountability Office, the three individuals were among “defendants where the investigation involved an identified link to international terrorism but they were charged with violating other statutes [not directly related to terrorism], including fraud, immigration, drugs, false statements, and general conspiracy charges,” which CNS says are referred to by DOJ as Category II terrorism-related cases.

CNS reports:

The three individuals in question can be found in a DOJ list of unsealed terrorism-related investigations conducted from Sept. 11, 2001 through Mar. 18, 2010. There are 403 defendants on that list of which, according to the GAO, at least 43 percent were aliens--both legal (26 percent) and illegal (17 percent)--at the time they were charged with crimes.

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Staff members of GAO's Homeland Security and Justice team who worked on the audit told CNSNews.com in an e-mail that the three individuals were naturalized as U.S. citizens under President Barack Obama.

“Prosecuting terror-related targets using Category II offenses and others is often an effective method--and sometimes the only available method--of deterring and disrupting potential terrorist planning and support activities,” the DOJ explained in the document that listed the defendants.

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