Muslim Hijabi Gets Job As Special Assistant in Office Of Citizenship & Immigration With DHS

I seem to have missed the following tid-bit of information.

Back in July of 2014 the Obama administration hired 3 graduate students from the University of Memphis in Tennessee for some coveted positions. One of those was in the Department of Homeland Security, as a special assistant in the Office of the Director for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). And who got that plum job? A woman named Fatima Noor- a psych major with minors in international relations and Spanish. Now, I would have no problem with hiring a Muslim- and yes, she is - if she happened to be secular or not uber religious. But no, a photo of Fatima posted on the Muslim Observer shows her wearing hijab. This tells me that she's a conservative Muslim, one who has problems with integration and assimilation. And, to me, that spells trouble- especially when it comes to matters of immigration and citizenship.

She'll be there until 2017.

Saudis To Be Fast-Tracked Entry Into The U.S.

If you are French, German, British, Israeli, or pretty much from anywhere other than Canada, Mexico, the Netherlands, or South Korea, you have to go through mandatory customs and immigration checks upon entering the U.S.- often having to wait in long lines. But in January the U.S. added Saudi Arabia to that elite short list of countries that have the privilege of being fast-tracked through Customs and Border Protection (CBP) lines. Although the majority of the 9/11 hijackers (15 of the 19 terrorists were from the Kingdom), Saudi Arabians could be given the opportunity to slide on through CBP lines with just a show of their passports and fingerprints, if they are first vetted back home. What's even more troubling is that the vetting will be by both U.S. officials and the Saudi government.

An agreement to accept Saudi Arabian applicants into the Global Entry trusted traveler program drew little notice when it was announced in January. Now, some officials question why the country merits such a benefit – which is similar to a theme park "fast pass" to avoid long lines – when other allies like Germany and France are not yet included. A program for Israeli travelers was reached last May but has not been implemented.

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Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced the agreement in January after meeting with Saudi Interior Minister Prince Mohammed bin Nayef. It "marks another major step forward in our partnership," Napolitano said at the time. "By enhancing collaboration with the Government of Saudi Arabia, we reaffirm our commitment to more effectively secure our two countries against evolving threats while facilitating legitimate trade and travel."

Details about how the plan will work with the Saudis have not been released. Nayef's ministry, however, will be responsible for screening which applicants will be considered when the pilot program begins next year. It's not known whether the Saudi ministry will share its raw intelligence about applicants with its American counterparts. What is known, based on information provided by a Homeland Security source, is that each individual who makes it into the program will have been vetted by both the CPB and by the Saudi Interior Ministry against various databases.

Outrageous!

And had it not been for someone in Homeland Security who forwarded a memo to The Investigative Project On Terrorism (IPT), we probably would still have no idea this occurred.

Read the whole article on IPT.

Obama Skeet Shooting With Scissors- Joke of the day

I'm sure by now everyone has seen the photo that the White House finally posted on Flickr showing Barack Obama with a skeet shooting rifle, although it took forever and doesn't really address the fact he claimed he does it all the time.  And we all know that Janet Napolitano has recommended fighting back 'active shooters' with a good 'ole pair of scissors.

But you might not have seen the following very cleverly photoshopped photo of Obama scissor shooting:

There are those, however,  who believe that the 'real' photo of Obama with a gun is also photoshopped. Who knows. Since it took so long to come up with the photo I would venture to say it was probably somehow staged and/or manipulated. And here's a capture of another obviously photoshopped pic posted on Twitter by leftist New Republic (that they removed) when everyone realized it was a photo of Obama in a golf pose with a gun photoshopped in.