Home Office Lawyer Tells Shamima Begum Hearing That ‘Brainwashed’ People Can Be National Security Threats

Home Office Lawyer Tells Shamima Begum Hearing That ‘Brainwashed’ People Can Be National Security Threats
Shamima Begum being interviewed by Sky News in northern Syria on Feb. 17, 2019. The so-called ISIS bride has claimed she was radicalised both online and "between her circle of friends." Reuters
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A Home Office lawyer has told an immigration tribunal hearing and appeal by Shamima Begum that just because people are “brainwashed” does not mean that they cannot be a threat to national security.

Sir James Eadie, KC said Begum had been living as part of the ISIS regime for four years and he said, “If you have been exposed for prolonged periods there is an almighty problem.”

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