… [Tashfeen] Malik underwent and passed a Department of Homeland Security counterterrorism screening as part of the process of getting [her] K-1 visa. The visa would have been effective for 90 days, after which Malik would have had to apply for green card status through the Department of Homeland Security as the wife of an American. It was not immediately clear whether she did so.
This would have been after she met Syed Farouk in Saudi Arabia in September 2013. After which she:
… applied for a K-1 visa at the American embassy in Islamabad in May 2014 and Farook traveled to Saudi Arabia that July to bring her to the U.S. The Saudi Embassy in Washington has confirmed that Farook’s 2014 trip lasted nine days.
The two were married in the U.S. where she very likely “radicalized her husband,” becoming Bonnie to his Clyde.
Among the questions being asked in the early hours after the slaughter was whether or not this was a case of terrorism or or workplace violence. Investigators are studying the clues, among them:
… a money trail that would have enabled the suspects to acquire over $30,000 worth of guns and explosives. Public records show that Farook made approximately $51,000 per year as an employee of the San Bernardino County Department of Public Health, making it unlikely he could have afforded such an arsenal out of his own pocket. There is no evidence that Malik had a job.
So somebody – or some cell of somebodies – supplied the money to arm and equip them. They didn’t rob banks for the cash.
Now, authorities are:
…… also looking for a man who bought the two AR-15 rifles the couple used in the attack. The Associated Press reported that Farook legally bought two pistols found on the couple, but an unidentified man bought the rifles. It was not immediately clear whether the man was acting on Farook’s behalf when he bought the weapons or if they were stolen and then used in the attack. A law enforcement official told the Associated Press that all the guns were purchased legally in California
Where, according to Senator Barbara Boxer: “The fact is, sensible gun laws work, we’ve proven it in California, and we’re not going to give up.”
Neither, one suspects, will whomever financed these two.
