Thread: NY Bombing suspect passed checks to become citizen

By EILEEN SULLIVAN, Associated Press Writer

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

(05-04) 06:48 PDT WASHINGTON (AP) --

Law enforcement officials say the man accused of driving a bomb-laden SUV into Times Square became a U.S. citizen in April 2009 and passed all the criminal and national security background checks required for citizenship.

The officials familiar with the inquiry say investigators plan to go through his citizenship application line by line to see if he lied about anything. He became a citizen in Hartford, Conn.

The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation.

The suspect, Faisal Shahzad, was arrested aboard an Emirates flight to Dubai at John F. Kennedy International airport.

Shahzad is expected to appear in court later Tuesday.

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He may have become indoctrinated after he became a citizen. Radicals are made, not born. Lock him up!

Originally Posted by miguelina

He may have become indoctrinated after he became a citizen. Radicals are made, not born. Lock him up!

My gut tells me they come to cause problems and yes many are radicals from birth thanks to radical parents. If we simply scrutinize people coming in country as the TSA checks old women and kids just perhaps we would avoid these problems.