“I am confident that Rahmanullah poses no threat to the national security of the United States,” according to the letter, which was unearthed by Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee and has spent years overseeing the chaotic US evacuation from the country following the two-decade war. The letter from the Kabul Annex to Customs officials includes laudatory language officials used to push Lakanwal through the immigration system and into the US, while formally establishing his service to the CIA in Afghanistan during the US war there. The lawmaker told the Justice Department, the FBI, and the Department of Homeland Security, US Citizenship and Immigration Services, and Customs and Border Protection, to provide similar information.
Author: Geoff Earle
Published at: 2026-01-10 21:41:00
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