'The U.S. government did not have any derogatory information about the individual in our systems at the time of entry,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki said.
— The gunman who took four people hostage at Colleyville synagogue Congregation Beth Israel in a 10-hour standoff that ended in his death on Saturday, was checked against law enforcement databases before entering the U.S. but raised no red flags, the White House said Tuesday, Jan. 18.
British media, including the Guardian, reported Tuesday that Akram was investigated by the domestic intelligence service MI5 as a possible “terrorist threat” in 2020, but authorities concluded he posed no danger, and the investigation was closed.The case illustrated once more the difficulties in identifying potential lone-wolf attackers, despite the U.S. government’s enormous strides in its counterterrorism efforts since 9/11.
One hostage was released hours later, and the rabbi and two others later escaped after Cytron-Walker threw a chair at the gunman. Investigators believe he had initially traveled to New York believing that Siddiqui was still being held there — where her trial occurred — without realizing she had been sent to a federal prison in Texas.
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