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EXCLUSIVE: Trump’s team bypassed the Dept. of Homeland Security analysts to produce a bogus terror report, @attackerman reports thebea.st/2DxdUGr
The Trump administration made it crystal clear: “An analysis conducted by DHS” determined that 73% of terrorists were “foreign-born.” But DHS analysts had nothing to do with it thebea.st/2DxdUGr
Two ex-DHS officials say Homeland Security doesn't even cross-reference terrorism convictions with citizenship data thebea.st/2DxdUGr
As it turns out, AG Jeff Sessions’ office assembled the stats and sent them to DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen for her stamp of approval after the report was virtually finished thebea.st/2DxdUGr
Why this matters, in the words of an expert: “The Trump administration is trying to turn counterterrorism into an immigration issue” thebea.st/2DxdUGr
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