Patel Rips Biden Over Unserious Afghan ‘Vetting’ After Guard Attack
FBI Director Kash Patel criticized what he called the Biden administration’s “emblematic failure” following the Nov. 26 shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, D.C., during an appearance on “The Ingraham Angle.”
On Tuesday, the Justice Department formally charged Afghan national Rahmanullah Lakanwal with four counts, including murder.
“The problem with this case shows the emblematic failure of the Biden administration to vet anyone who came here from Afghanistan after the disastrous withdrawal,” Patel told the host.
One of the victims, 24-year-old U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe of the West Virginia National Guard, remains hospitalized. The second victim, 20-year-old U.S. Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom, also of the West Virginia Guard, died from her injuries.
The Justice Department said Lakanwal is currently hospitalized and under guard. A D.C. Superior Court judge ordered that he be held without bond, Fox noted.
The Biden administration is being criticized for insufficient vetting of Afghan refugees following the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021.
According to Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General report from Sept. 6, 2022, “U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) did not always have critical data to properly screen, vet, or inspect the [Afghan] evacuees.”
Patel told Ingraham, meanwhile, that the FBI is continuing to investigate when and how Lakanwal became “radicalized.”
“This is a sprawling international terrorism investigation that the FBI is leading out on,” Patel said.
“I’ve already issued dozens of pieces of legal processes, dozens of devices, already hit two houses and interviewed many individuals associated with the subject, and that investigation is going to continue on to anyone and everyone this person ever spoke to,” Patel continued. “We are not going to leave any stone unturned.”
He also vowed to vet “every single person that came in here — legally or illegally or otherwise — and make sure there is no derogatory or criminal information or terrorist ties.”
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, on Monday, announced an overhaul of the vetting process for illegal migrants.
“We are requiring the country of origin to cross-reference biometric data and criminal history, expanding our vetting to include social media screening, and directing individuals to
check-in every year,” Noem wrote on X.
Noem said she had met with President Donald Trump and decided to suggest “a full travel ban on every damn country that’s been flooding our nation with killers, leeches, and entitlement junkies.”
The proposed travel ban’s specific countries affected and its implementation timeline remain unclear. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has informed the BBC that it will announce the detailed list soon.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt stated on Fox News Monday evening that former President Trump had introduced a travel ban months ago targeting “third world and failed state” countries. She mentioned that Governor Noem’s recommendation would expand this ban to include additional nations.
On June 4, the White House identified 19 countries, mainly located in Africa, the Middle East, and the Caribbean, that would face full or partial immigration restrictions.
According to multiple U.S. officials who spoke to CBS News, Noem’s proposed additions would increase this list to approximately 30 countries in total.
All decisions on asylum requests were also paused following the Guard shootings, with US Citizenship and Immigration Services director Joseph Edlow saying it would remain paused “until we can ensure that every alien is vetted and screened to the maximum degree possible.”
On Thursday, Trump himself went further, threatening to “permanently pause migration” from all “third world countries. In his Thanksgiving social media post, the president cited refugees for causing “social dysfunction in America” and vowed to remove “anyone who is not a net asset” to the United States, which is a throwback to former U.S. policy during the early portion of the 20th century.
A Little Girl Saves a Billionaire’s Life — Then He Discovers Who She Really Is
It was a scorching afternoon in Dallas when Alexander Reed, once celebrated as a tech prodigy and self-made billionaire, collapsed on the sidewalk — and no one noticed.
People rushed past without slowing down. Some assumed he was drunk. Others thought he was just another exhausted executive in an expensive suit. No one realized that the CEO of Nexora Technologies was lying there, barely conscious.
He had just lost fifty million dollars in a disastrous investment. His mother was in intensive care after suffering a stroke. Years of sleepless nights and relentless pressure had finally broken him.
But fate had other plans.
A little girl in a bright red dress, chasing butterflies nearby, froze when she heard the sound of his fall. She ran toward him, placed her tiny hand on his chest, and whispered softly, “He’s still breathing.”
With trembling fingers, she grabbed his phone and dialed emergency services. Her calm voice and quick thinking saved his life.
Neither of them realized that this moment — a stranger’s compassion on a blazing Texas afternoon — would change everything.
Because the man she had just saved was not a stranger.
He was…
Her father.
A child born from a brief love story years ago.
Alexander blinked in shock as he looked at her. The little girl stared back with eyes that felt hauntingly familiar.
Her smile. Her gaze. Something deep inside him stirred. A memory long buried surfaced — a summer night, a soft laugh, a promise he never kept.
“Daddy…” she whispered, her voice small but certain.
The word pierced through him.
He leaned forward slowly, hands shaking.
“Are you… are you really mine?” he asked, his voice barely steady.
She nodded shyly, clutching the worn teddy bear she carried everywhere.
In that moment, Alexander felt his heart shatter and mend all at once. For years, he had chased success and wealth, ignoring the fragile human connections that truly mattered.
And now destiny — in the form of a fearless little girl — was giving him a second chance.
The paramedics stood nearby, quietly respecting the scene.
Alexander gently brushed her hair from her face, tears filling his eyes.
“I will never let you go again,” he whispered.
That day, on the scorching pavement of Dallas, a life was saved — and a family long separated was finally brought back together.
Past mistakes and future hope met in the eyes of a little girl brave enough to change everything.
