Saudi military trainees expelled from US over child porn and anti-American material

This appeared in The Millennial Source

United States Attorney General William Barr has confirmed that 21 Saudi military students are being removed from a US training program and are returning home over possession of child pornography and anti-American material, Barr said on January 13.

Of the 21 Saudis now in the process of being removed from the United States, investigators found that 17 had shared social media posts that were either Jihadi or anti-American in nature.

About 15 individuals were found to have had contact with child pornography, Barr added. “While one of these individuals had a significant number of such images, all the rest had one or two images, in most cases posted in a chat room by some other person or received over social media,” he told reporters.

Naval Air Station Pensacola shooting

None of the accused is said to have links to the Naval Air Station Pensacola shooting on December 7, which Barr said was motivated by “jihadist ideology,” classified as an act of terrorism.

The increased scrutiny of foreign military exchange programs, especially with Saudi trainees, comes after December’s fatal shooting incident…