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> When a Tunisian wants to enter the US, US customs can say "hey, is this a bad guy" and Tunisia will respond with something reasonably credible. Is that actua

> When a Tunisian wants to enter the US, US customs can say "hey, is this a bad guy" and Tunisia will respond with something reasonably credible. Is that actually the case? The attacker in the Breitscheidplatz truck attack in Berlin was Tunisian, and the German authorities made a pointed comment that the Tunisian government only issued the passport for his deportation the day after the attack. I wish I could find an exact citation for this (I saw it on live TV, presumably Deutsche Welle), in the meantime the closest I can find is this: "Amri was an asylum-seeker whose application had been rejected by the authorities. He was granted a residence status in Germany referred to as "tolerated," meaning his deportation order had been temporarily suspended. This happened after an initial attempt to deport the man failed." http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/did-failures-by-german-authorities-contribute-to-terror-attack-a-1127268.html http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/did-failures-by-... Seems to me that if the list was what it purports to be, Tunisia should also be on that list.

edblarney 10y ago
"Is that actually the case? The attacker in the Breitscheidplatz truck attack in Berlin was Tunisian" First - there are 1 million migrants in Germany for which the government made no checks whatsoever. Second - nobody is going to argue that a governments assessment is going to be entirely valid. But it's helpful. The notion of 'not allowing people in unless there is a background check' is very rational from a policy perspective. Anyhow - it's besides the point regarding the press: that the countries listed were those for whom there can be no background checks is most of the rationale. The press largely failed to report this. Specifically in Fareeds presentation of the facts. Ergo - not doing his job. The press, more than ever, needs to hold themselves to the most objective standards they can.
- SyneRyder 10y ago
  "It's besides the point regarding the press" I agree about that, and I'm somewhat sorry I brought the point up as it was unrelated to the original link. Not sure why you were downvoted, but thank you for steering my comment back on topic.

edblarney 10y ago

"Is that actually the case? The attacker in the Breitscheidplatz truck attack in Berlin was Tunisian" First - there are 1 million migrants in Germany for which the government made no checks whatsoever. Second - nobody is going to argue that a governments assessment is going to be entirely valid. But it's helpful. The notion of 'not allowing people in unless there is a background check' is very rational from a policy perspective. Anyhow - it's besides the point regarding the press: that the countries listed were those for whom there can be no background checks is most of the rationale. The press largely failed to report this. Specifically in Fareeds presentation of the facts. Ergo - not doing his job. The press, more than ever, needs to hold themselves to the most objective standards they can.

SyneRyder 10y ago
"It's besides the point regarding the press" I agree about that, and I'm somewhat sorry I brought the point up as it was unrelated to the original link. Not sure why you were downvoted, but thank you for steering my comment back on topic.