Sentences with phrase «scrutinize state applications»

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The U.S. Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, an intra-government agency that scrutinizes foreign groups» purchases of U.S. assets to protect national security interests, rejected the initial application for the Alerian deal, one of the sources said on Tuesday.

Perhaps in no instance was that more apparent than the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, when State Department policy prevented consular officers from properly scrutinizing the visa applications of several of the 19 foreign nationals who went on to murder nearly 3,000 Americans.