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Homeland Security REJECTED Plan To Screen Social Media...In 2011!
An
internal memo obtained by MSNBC shows that the Department of Homeland
Security rejected a plan to screen the social media of applicants for
U.S. visas.
The network reports:
Top officials at the Department of Homeland Security considered a
specific policy to strengthen security screenings for foreign visa
applicants' social media accounts, but the proposal was ultimately
rejected, according to an internal department memo obtained by MSNBC.
The federal government considered that policy, according to a former
senior official in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), but
officials rejected it in 2011.
Considering that San Bernardino shooter Tashfeen Malik was posting
pro-jihad messages on her Facebook account prior to her entrance into
the United States, the proposal could have led officials to reject her
visa application.
According to the memo, Department of Homeland Security personnel are
actually restricted from even accessing social media sites, due to
concerns that access would reduce productivity. The memo reads...(continue reading) |
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Chris Matthews Tells Reporter To 'Go To Hell'
Chris Matthews once declared that Barack Obama gave him a "thrill" up his leg.
WATCH: Matthews tells report to "go to hell"
Apparently, the thrill is gone. When Media Research Council reporter Dan
Joseph asked Matthews about his famously tingling appendage, the MSNBC
host wasn't too amused. |
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