People Head to Congress Without Background Checks
The United States has at least two potentially terror-tied men going to Congress without any background checks or security clearances. Abdul El Sayed is the Senator-Elect, and Adam Hamawy is a US Representative-Elect. Both men allegedly have ties to terrorists.
Members of Congress (alongside the President, Vice President, and Supreme Court Justices) do not undergo standard background investigations or require formal security clearances to take office or access classified information.
According to the Congressional Research Service, the U.S. Constitution strictly outlines qualifications for federal office. Additional criteria—such as a security clearance or background check—cannot be legally added without a constitutional amendment.
I imagine there are ways to get around that. They need to go through security clearance, and this is deeply concerning.
By tradition and practice, the public’s election and the oaths of office officers take each term are seen as evidence of trustworthiness.
However, times are different, and we now have a political party that lets radicals run for office.
People in Congress Without Clearance
There is no need to run through all the evidence that those two men are potentially tied to terrorism. Hamaway supported the Blind Sheik and thinks Iran poses no threat. He has ties to the al-Qaeda organization through an organization he worked for. The evidence against El Sayed is enormous. His father-in-law, mother, and other relatives are in the Muslim Brotherhood. His ally, Hasan Piker, is as evil and radical as they come. There’s more, but it’s been beaten to death, and I was very discouraged when I heard that more than 40% of the Jewish community voted for him. They don’t keep records of Christians voting, so I don’t know how many of them went for El Sayed.
All of that is alleged and reported, not absolutely confirmed. We’d need security clearances and background checks to know for sure. Even El Sayed leading a Muslim Brotherhood student association wasn’t good enough to deter the voters.
I would feel much better if these men passed security clearances. And it is not only these two. Would you like Rashida Tlaib or Ilhan Omar to have security checks?
Democrats put Eric Swalwell on a committee where he had top security clearance while sleeping with a honeypot. Dianne Feinstein also had top security clearance while her top aide and chauffeur passed information to China. He is still living in California, insofar as I know.
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