The Biden administration put in a good word for accused National Guard murderer Rahmanullah Lakanwal four years before the horrific DC slaying, insisting he was “no threat” to national security, a jarring letter of recommendation obtained by The Post reveals.
The shooting before Thanksgiving led to the death of Specialist Sarah Bekstrom, 20, and wounding of fellow Guardsman Andrew Wolfe, who has been making a “miraculous” recovery.
“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. An HR rep at the annex promoted Lakanwal for a Special Immigrant Visa that allowed entry into the country.
The letter is dated Oct. 14, 2021 – almost exactly two months after Taliban forces retook Kabul and the last US troops left the country.
It said Lakanwal had worked as a “security officer” at a State Department Annex since 2011, serving alongside US and Afghan forces for a decade.
Lakanwal provided “faithful and valuable service” to the US, and “has faced significant threat to himself and his family as a result of his dedication to DOS Annex and the U.S. Government’s mission in Afghanistan. His contributions to the mission have no doubt benefited U.S. Government interests and national security,”
An additional section that is redacted for an unidentified “organization” also confirms Lakanwal’s “work for the U.S. Government.”
The Post reported last month that Lakanwal and another Afghan man, Mohammad Dawood Alokozay – who is accused of making terroristic threats – worked at the same counterterrorism base. --->READ MORE HERE
The Biden administration vouched for Rahmanullah Lakanwal — the man accused in the murder of a National Guard member in Washington, D.C. — years before the deadly shooting, declaring he was “no threat” to U.S. national security, according to a recommendation letter obtained by the New York Post.
The attack, which occurred the day before Thanksgiving, critically wounded Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom, 20, and Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe. Beckstrom later died from her injuries while Wolfe has been making “extraordinary progress” in his recovery.
The letter, which was discovered by Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, states: “I am confident that Rahmanullah poses no threat to the national security of the United States.”
Grassley, who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee, has been investigating the Biden administration’s Afghanistan withdrawal and the vetting process used during the U.S. evacuation after two decades of war.
The recommendation was sent from the Kabul Annex to Customs officials and included language supporting Lakanwal’s entry into the United States through the immigration system. It also documented his CIA-linked service in Afghanistan during the war.
An HR representative at the annex promoted Lakanwal for a Special Immigrant Visa that ultimately allowed him to enter the U.S.
The letter is dated Oct. 14, 2021 — about two months after Taliban forces seized Kabul and the final U.S. troops departed Afghanistan. It said Lakanwal worked as a “security officer” at a State Department Annex since 2011, serving alongside U.S. and Afghan forces for a decade. --->READ MORE HERE
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