During the evacuation of Afghanistan from July 2021 to January 2022, the United States brought nearly 80,000 Afghan citizens into the United States, but the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) failed to fully vet some of the evacuees, potentially allowing individuals who pose a national security risk into the country, according to a recent report….
Homeland Security May Have Allowed Dangerous, Unvetted Afghans Into United States: Inspector General
September 8, 2022
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Homeland Security May Have Allowed Dangerous, Unvetted Afghans Into US: Inspector General
September 8, 2022
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) failed to fully vet some of the nearly 80,000 Afghan citizens who were brought to the United States as part of the evacuation of Afghanistan that began in August 2021, potentially allowing individuals who pose a national security risk into the country, according to a government report. The DHS’s Office of Inspector…
Judge Docks Lt. Col Scheller $5,000 in Pay, Criticizes Government’s Conduct
U.S. Marine Corps Judge Glen Hines has docked Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller $5,000 in pay and ordered a letter of reprimand against the combat veteran for his criticisms about how senior military officials handled the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. Hines handed down his sentence Oct. 15, concluding the legal matter. The Secretary of the Navy will decide…
What to Expect from the Trial of Lt. Col. Scheller
Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller faces trial by court-martial Thursday for criticizing senior military officials over the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. A former military judge with 30 years of experience spoke with The Epoch Times about what Scheller and the public should expect. Scheller has been charged with contempt toward officials, disrespect toward superior commissioned officers, willfully disobeying…
Leaked Documents Designed to ‘Hurt Lt. Col. Scheller’: Defense Counsel
Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller’s defense team has criticized military officials for leaking case documents ahead of an Oct. 14 trial by special court-martial, saying that the leak is designed to harm Scheller’s reputation and distract people from his calls for accountability for senior leadership’s disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal. Earlier today, Task and Purpose published a story…
The Correct Response to China in the Aftermath of the Afghanistan Debacle
Commentary Chinese “wolf warriors” and their sycophants in China’s state-run media have been crowing for weeks about the strategic defeat suffered by the United States in Afghanistan. During a telephone call on Aug. 16, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi claimed that the U.S. Secretary of State expressed hope that China would help in “stabilizing Afghanistan.” Here…
Destroying Illusions: Reflecting on 9/11 and the Afghanistan Debacle
Commentary Tomorrow, America will commemorate the 20th anniversary of the deadliest terrorist attack in human history, on Sept. 11, 2001. The annual 9/11 remembrance at the Manhattan site of the former World Trade Center towers, targets of the first and most lethal of the four suicide-airplane attacks that day that killed 2,977 people, mostly civilians,…
Canada’s Bungled Afghanistan Evacuation No Cause for Boasting
Commentary If anyone in our government dared present the disastrously bungled evacuation from Afghanistan as cause for self-congratulation, you’d expect their tongues to cleave to the roofs of their mouths. But they’re not that kind of people. A news story about this debacle the acting chief of defence staff called “heartbreaking” reported that, after the…
Biden Says US On Track for Getting Americans out of Afghanistan by Aug. 31
August 24, 2021
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President Joe Biden said during a press conference on Tuesday that the United States is on pace to complete the Afghanistan evacuation mission by the Aug. 31 deadline as long as the Taliban continues to cooperate. “We are currently on a pace to finish by Aug. 31. The sooner we can finish, the better. Each…
The Geopolitical and Market Risks of Afghanistan’s Fall: More China Conflict
August 24, 2021
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Commentary The attack on 9/11 that killed almost 3,000 people in New York was a surprise to U.S. intelligence. Likewise, the rapid fall of Afghanistan over the last weeks has been a surprise, to the point where the United States and G7 allies, who meet Tuesday to discuss Afghanistan, are dependent upon Chinese, Russian, and…
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