CNN’s Perez: Some Afghans ‘Bought Backgrounds from Brokers’, ‘There’s Been a Struggle’ to Ensure Vetting Was Right
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by Ian Hanchett 28 Nov 2025
On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Inside Politics,” CNN Senior Justice Correspondent Evan Perez stated that while Afghans from the unit that the suspected shooter of two members of the National Guard were vetted, “there’s been a struggle, too, to try to make sure that the vetting was appropriate.
I’ll tell you this, there were examples of people who essentially bought backgrounds from brokers.”
Perez said, “There were thousands of members of this unit that this suspect came from, the NDS, that worked in Afghanistan directly for the CIA. There’s a reason why they got sort of expedited entry into the United States after the fall of Afghanistan. And so, those people were vetted a number of times. But there’s been a struggle, too, to try to make sure that the vetting was appropriate. I’ll tell you this, there were examples of people who essentially bought backgrounds from brokers.”
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