US authorities are facing a difficult task screening Syrian refugees for potential extremists because of a shortage of intelligence from the war-torn country, officials told lawmakers. "The difference is, in Iraq, we were there on the ground collecting, so we had databases to use," Steinbach told the House Homeland Security Committee. "The concern is in Syria, the lack of our footprint on the ground in Syria, that the databases won't have the information we need," he said.
02-13-2015, 12:55 PM
US lacks intel to vet Syrian refugees
US authorities are facing a difficult task screening Syrian refugees for potential extremists because of a shortage of intelligence from the war-torn country, officials told lawmakers. "The difference is, in Iraq, we were there on the ground collecting, so we had databases to use," Steinbach told the House Homeland Security Committee. "The concern is in Syria, the lack of our footprint on the ground in Syria, that the databases won't have the information we need," he said.
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