and phil haynie is one of the most patriotic, one of the finest people i've ever known. he cares so deeply about this country. and with his scientific mind, by the way, mr. speaker, his appearance decries his int and his knowledge -- intellect and his knowledge about radical islam, so he's done. no telling how many secondary screenings from his time in the middle east, his knowledge of the language, the culture, the moderate islamic culture, the radical islamic culture, knows the teachings of the radicals and who they are. he's been able to get massive amounts of information that i would never have dreamed people would admit to him. i've been working with him for number of years to try to get information to people in the administration that would protect the information. and instead when they realized how much information he had, of what others in homeland security had deleted, they thought was gone, as janet napolitano talked about connecting the dots, she forgot to mention that they had been deleting dots like crazy. i knew that phil's information was so damaging to th

of course, we had a great patriot in the person of phil haynie, he worked for the department of homeland security , that was cited for his brilliance in finding over 300 of 400 people that were looked at, that he entered data on, that should be added to the terrorist watch list, from an tabliki ion called shamat. but since there are apparently ties with people in that organization to this administration, perhaps it's care, they complained, and he sends -- ends up being , away from ut off ability topetter data. his investigation -- to enter data. his investigation into potential radicals within the organization was shut down. not by his superior, his superior recognized its importance, but by people way up the chain. and if that investigation has continued, it appears pretty clear there would be people alive today in san bernardino that are dead. the numbers obtained from the u.s. cuss tums and border protection -- customs and border protection show 60,000 syrian visa holders have entered the u.s. since 2012, including 16,245 this year through august. additional numbers provided by a cong