Donald Trump rejects intelligence report on travel ban because it doesn't say what he wants it to
Donald Trump rejects intelligence report on travel ban because it doesn't say what he wants it to
White House claims report was politically motivated and based on poor research
Caroline Mortimer
Donald Trump reportedly rejected an intelligence report on his “Muslim ban” because it did not corroborate his claim that it improved national security.
Compiled by the Department of Homeland Security, the report said that banning all citizens of seven predominantly Muslim countries was ineffective way of stopping terrorists coming to the US because “country of citizenship is unlikely to be a reliable indicator of potential terrorist activity.”
Mr Trump has vowed to introduce a revised version of his highly controversial ban which was blocked by the courts earlier this month. He has insisted it was a security measure not a religious ban.
But the report from his own intelligence staff, seen by The Wall Street Journal, makes this claim harder to justify.
The White House dismissed its findings as politically motivated and poorly researched.
“The intelligence community is combining resources to put together a comprehensive report using all available sources which is driven by data and intelligence and not politics", said Spokesman Michael Short.
“The president asked for an intelligence assessment. This is not the intelligence assessment the president asked for,” an senior administration official added.
The DHS report was prepared in response to a White House request for intelligence on the terror threat posed by people coming from the seven countries affected by the ban – Syria, Sudan, Somalia, Iraq, Yemen, Libya and Iran.
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