Jordanian who tried to enter Quantico Marine base was on terror watchlist, incident report says

From Washington Times:

Marine Corps security officers were told that one of the Jordanians who tried to enter Quantico earlier this year was on the terror watchlist, according to the Serious Incident Report filed after the incursion.

The report, which was obtained via open-records request by Judicial Watch, bears out the Jordanians’ assertion that they were making deliveries for Amazon. But their illegal immigrant status raises other questions about how they came to be in the delivery truck.

The report identified the driver as Mohammed Khair Hassan Dabous and said Hasan Yousef Hamdan was a passenger in the delivery truck that tried to make its way onto Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia.

Sentries arrested them after their vehicle tried to leave an inspection area. When they ran checks on the men, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer confirmed to the sentries that Mr. Hamdan “was on a terror watchlist.”

ICE said Wednesday that Mr. Hamdan was investigated and has been deemed not to be a terror risk.

The May 3 incident made headlines and Republicans on Capitol Hill have demanded answers about the men.

Now the new Quantico incident and ICE information are filling in some of those questions.

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