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Visas for Terrorists: They were ill-prepared. They were laughable. They were approved.

National Review

| October 28, 2002 | MOWBRAY, JOEL | COPYRIGHT 2002 National Review, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

On June 18, 2001, Abdulaziz Alomari filled out a simple, two-page application for a visa to come to the United States. Alomari was not exactly the ideal candidate for a visa. He claimed to be a student, though he left blank the space for the name and address of his school. He checked the box claiming he was married, yet he left blank the area where he should have put the name of his spouse. This "student" indicated that he would self-finance a two-month stay at the "JKK Whyndham Hotel"-and evidently provided no proof, as required by law, that he could actually do so.

Despite the legal requirement that a visa applicant show strong roots in his home country (to ...

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