How did this happen?

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Link at bottom.

Why wasn't Rahami on a watch list?

Perez said Rahami had not aroused any kind of suspicion that he might have been radicalizing.

 

Who is Ahmad Khan Rahami?

"They have hundreds of young men who are attracted to ISIS or following supporters of different terrorist groups and are speaking out online, doing things on social media -- he was not one of these people."

The FBI did discuss Rahami with his father once, in 2014, after the younger Rahami was arrested on suspicion of stabbing one of his relatives, two US officials said Tuesday.

That interview stemmed from a tip alleging that Rahami's father was calling his son a terrorist, the officials said. However, there were conflicting reports about who initiated the contact. The father told reporters Tuesday that he contacted the FBI to express concerns about his son.

In the FBI interview, the father downplayed his concern, the two US officials said. The FBI ran more checks but never interviewed Ahmad Rahami, according to officials. Ultimately, federal investigators believed it was just a domestic dispute, officials said.

Rahami was never charged in the incident; a grand jury didn't find sufficient evidence to indict him, according to court documents.

At the time, Rahami had just returned from an extended trip to Pakistan and Afghanistan, one of several he had made to the region.

According to an official who reviewed Rahami's travel and immigration record, he had spent several weeks in Pakistan and Afghanistan in 2011 when he married. He was also in Pakistan almost a year -- and visited Afghanistan again -- from April 2013 until March 2014.

Rahami was questioned every time he returned from Afghanistan to the United States -- as is standard procedure -- and received secondary screening on both visits, telling officials he was visiting family and satisfying whatever concerns they had.

The law enforcement official said Rahami first came to the United States in January 1995, several years after his father arrived seeking asylum. The official said Rahami was given a US passport in 2003, while a minor, and again in 2007 after he said he lost his first one. However, Rahami only became a naturalized US citizen in 2011.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/20/us/new-york-new-jersey-bomb-questions/

[racer254]

Seems to happen quite a bit with these guys.  Same with the NY Marathon brothers.

[Cold War]

Funny, listening to Obama telling people to be vigilant and not hesitate reporting on people you find suspicious.

Wonder how that work out for Trump.